Chapter 1 & 2
By approximately what year were the prophetic books accepted as canonical for the Jewish faith?
200 BCE
The Catholic New testament has ______ books.
27
The protestant New Testament contains ______ books.
27
The protestant Old testament contains ______books
39
By approximately what year were the five books of the Torah (Pentateuch) accepted as canonical for the Jewish faith?
400 BCE
The Catholic Old Testament contains ______books.
46
Tje protestant Bible contains a total of ______ books.
66
The Catholic Bible contains a Total of ______ books.
73
How did scriptures become canonical?
A lenghty communal process
The longest book of the New Testament is ______, which presents an account of how early Christian community grew, carryiong out its mission to proclaim Christian faith first in Jerusalem and then to the whole known world.
Acts of the Apostles
In the ancien world, many Jews believed that a new era would be brought about through a specially chosen agent of God, ______ - Messiah in Hebrew, Christos
Anointed One
What is Gentile?
Any person who is not Jewish
The word bible, from the greek Biblie, literally means "_____"
Books
______ is presented in the form of final instructions Moses gives immediately before the Israelites are about to enter Canaan.
Deuteronomy
The name______comes from the Greek for "second law"
Deuteronomy.
____ Tells the story of Yahweh's deliverance of the Israelites from slavery in Egypt, the people's long trek through the Sinai Desert on their way to Canaan, and the covenent relationship established between Yahweh and Israel through Moses.
Exodus
Much in the Book of ______ focuses on the patriarchs Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, (later renamed Israel), and Joseph, with special attention to Yahweh's promises to Abraham.
Genesis
The term______ literally means "Good news"
Gospel
Some texts of the Bible are written in _____.
Hebrew, Greek, Aramaic
In the Bible, the primary mode in which God is made known is ______, the unfolding story of a particular faith community and its reflection upon historical events as revelatory experience of God.
History
The Bible speaks of a______God, meaning a God who draws near and can be experienced by and among human beings.
Immanent
What did the Council of Trent accomplish?
It officially recognized the Catholic Bible to consist of forty-six books of the Septuagint and twenty-seven books of the New Testament.
______elaborates many laws concerning community life and public ritual worship (cult).
Leviticus
The four Gospels of the New Testament in their canonical order are ______.
Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John
______Contains several census and lists and additional stories of the Israelites' journey in the Sinai Desert.
Numbers
Friggie describes the formation of the Bible as a four stage process. The second stage she describes is ______.
Oral traditions
The Greek term ____ means "Five books" or five scrolls," namely Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy.
Pentateuch
The Bible contains _____ and many other literary forms.
Stories, Poems, Prayers
Jews today refer to their sacred scriptures as the ____.
Tanak
_______ is another word for covenant, a kind of sacred promise.
Testament
The last book of the New Testament is ______(Apocalypsis in Greek), which was written during a Roman persecution of Christians at the end of the first century.
The Books of Revelations
What is the Vulgate?
The translation of the Greek Bible into Latin
Which of the following scriptures was added to the canon of Jewish scripture by the Septuagint?
Tobit
_____ Is a Hebrew word that most fundamentally means "Instruction" or "teaching" but is usually translated into English as "Law"
Torah
The Bible speaks of a _____ God, meaning a God who is above and beyond human reach and comprehension.
Transcendent
The Bible contains the divine name or title _____.
Yahweh, Elohim, El Elyon
Which of the following is true of the apocrypha?
although not accepetd as authoriative, their authorship is more clearly established that the Bible
Friggie describes the formation of the Bible as a four stage process. The fourth stage she describes is ______.
canons established
Which of the following is a hallmark of oral tradition?
details vary over time, but the accuracy of essential meaning remains intact
What do Catholics can the seven "additional" books of the Old Testament, i.e. the books found in the Roman Catholic canon of the Old Testament, but not found in the Protestant canon of the Old Testament?
deuterocanonical or "second canon"
Friggie describes the formation of the Bible as a four stage process. The first stage she describes is ______.
events
The Bible contains the literary form of _____.
myths, law codes, prophetic oracles
What are the three criteria used by early Christians to Establish the New Testament canon?
orthodox content, apostolic origin, and usage in worship.
Friggie describes the Gospels as including ______.
proverbs, exoercisms, conflict stories
Frigge defines ______ as "God's self-manifestation through realities of the created world." This defintition emphasizes God's initiative and God as unveiled in and through persons and events of human experience.
revelation
The English word ____ translates Hebrew and Greek words meaning "uncovering" or "unveiling"
revelation
Friggie emphasizes that the Bible is not a ______.
single Book
What is the Septuagint?
the translation of Jewish sacred writings into the Greek language.
What best explains the inconsistency in how many pairs of animals God ordered Noah to shelter in the Ark.
the use of several written sources to compose the book Genesis.
Friggie describes the formation of the Bible as a four stage process. The third stage she describes is ______.
written traditions