Chapter 2: Introduction to Sacred Scripture

What is the term for non-Jews?

Who called together the Second Vatican Council where bishops discussed the Church in the Modern World?

What is the name for people who were trained to use writing before literacy was widespread?

Which version of the Bible did we NOT cover in class?

The phrase that means that the prophets served as vehicles for God's sacred Word.

The majority of the Old Testament (~40%) was written in what language?

The Ark wasn't mentioned again in the Old Testament again until WHO destroyed the Temple in Jerusalem around 587 BC?

What is the meaning conveyed by the words of Scripture and discovered by exegesis?

What is the 2nd Century Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible that was made in Alexandria, Egypt?

What is the type of writing that has a particular style?

Which literary genre is a vivid story told to reveal a religious truth and also has a surprise ending?

Not all Christians read the Bible the same way.

Which literary genre is a question or statement that teases the mind and requires thought and application?

The Bible is the written word of what?

What type of sense helps us to understand what the biblical authors were trying to communicate with their audience?

What type of criticism is used when scholars want to determine where the material for the Bible came from?

How many years ago was the Bible written?

Which true statement about Sacred Scripture is INCORRECT?

What is the name of the Old Testament manuscripts discovered in 1947? They helped scholars better understand the Bible

What is the process of sharing stories and other important pieces of information by word of mouth?

What were the two North African Church councils that approved the New and Old Testament canons in the Bible today?

Which literary genre contains elements of a story that represent a deeper meaning?

The Old and New Testaments were originally written in three different languages: Hebrew, Greek and _________________.

What provides important clues about the Bible passage and what it is trying to say?

Which literary genre is a formal statement of religious belief?

What is the name of someone who proclaims the Good News of Jesus Christ in both word and deed?

Which literary genre is a story that gives the cause of something or origin of it?

If we want to understand the Bible, we must call upon what to help guide us?

Which literary genre is a rule of conduct or standard of behavior established by some authority?

What is the study of the Bible closely to better understand the meaning of God's intent? This is critical interpretation

What word means "hidden" and it describes the extra section of the Protestant Bibles within the Septuagint?

What was the wooden chest built by the Chosen People after Moses received the Ten Commandment?

What helps us to discern important truths in the Bible? This is the teaching authority of the Church

The New and Old Testament contain the same number of canons.

This word in the Bible means that while God is the true author, He used various human authors to put truths into writing

What type of sense tells us what individual passages of the Bible mean in the larger context of Salvation History?

What is the Hebrew word meaning, "measure"?

What is the name of St. Jerome's 4th Century translation of the Bible from Greek to Latin?

Which literary genre is an inspired word spoken by a prophet doing God's will?

Using what type of criticism do experts understand Scripture through historical and cultural context?

What was the language of the first-century Roman Empire that was known as "common Greek"?

During the 16th Century, leaders of the Protestant Reformation took on the Jewish canon of how many books?

Who brought the Ark of the Covenant to the Jerusalem around 1000 BC?