REL A 275 Exam 1
EE: Which of the following scriptural passages is an example of Nephi using eisegesis?
"I did liken all scriptures unto us, that it might be for our profit and learning"
BoM: True or false: The Mulekites had no scriptural records at the time the Nephites met them.
True
POS: Jesus had to physically die in order for the infinite atonement to be fully realized.
True
Precepts: For any given principle, there are many ways to apply it. Each individual should seek the guidance of the Spirit to make correct applications.
True
Agency: According to the Book of Mormon, what three things must occur for us to have agency? (Select three answers.)
We must have freedom to choose. We must understand the consequences. We must know the alternatives.
Fall: According to latter-day scripture, what is the status of children when they are born into this world?
They are innocent.
Atonement: According to King Benjamin, the Lord's Atonement covers all of the following:
Those who have died not knowing the will of God concerning them. Those who have ignorantly sinned. Those who have fallen by the transgression of Adam. EXCEPT: Those who have committed sin but who did enough good in the world to counteract it.
Atonement: What is the literal meaning of the English word atonement?
To bring two different things together in unity.
Fall: Which of the following definitions represents how the word consecrate was understood in the days of the Prophet Joseph Smith?
To make/declare sacred
Agency: All of the following are fundamental elements of agency outlined by Samuel the Lamanite:
an understanding of the consequences of one's choices the existence and knowledge of opposites freedom to choose EXCEPT: a covenant with the Lord
Exegesis/Eisegesis: In Alma 32, Alma compares "the word" to a seed. How else does he use "word" or "words" in this chapter?
word of God
Covenants: What is the spiritual parallel to the promise of land in the Abrahamic covenant?
A place in the celestial kingdom
BOM: Who was the prophet who was put to death by King Noah?
Abanadi
Fall: According to Elder Orson F. Whitney, why does God allow human tragedy and suffering?
It is for our education and development of our character to become more like God.
POS: What makes Samuel the Lamanite's speech so unique in the Book of Mormon?
It is the only time we hear a Lamanite preaching the gospel.
Fall: What do the prophets of the Book of Mormon teach about the role of the Fall of Adam and Eve?
It was a necessary part of God's eternal plan.
BOM: True or false: The Zoramites believed in God and Christ. True
False
POS: The Book of Mormon prophets clearly taught about the three degrees of glory in heaven.
False
Patterns: Because eisegesis is more about how we each read the text than about a way of reading the text with the historical context in mind, it is less valuable than exegesis.
False
Precepts: We will get nearer to God by studying the Book of Mormon than by any other book.
False
EE: What was the exegetical key that the Prophet Joseph used to understand scriptural passages?
He searched the text, looking for the question that led to Jesus's teaching or parable.
Covenants: When were/are the first personal covenants made?
In the premortal life
Covenants: According to your reading about the Abrahamic covenant in the Bible Dictionary, what must happen in the last days for the fulfillment of the Abrahamic covenant? (Select the FOUR that apply.)
Israel must be gathered. The gospel must be restored. The Holy Ghost must be poured out upon the Gentiles. The priesthood must be conferred again upon man.
bom: Who predicted the murder of a Nephite chief judge?
Lehi
Translation: The person who lost the 116 pages of the Book of Mormon was ________.
Martin Harris
BOM: Who created the abridged record of the Jaredite people in the Book of Mormon?
Moroni
Plates: Who is most likely the author of the title page of the Book of Mormon?
Moroni
plates: Who abridged the plates of Ether?
Moroni
BOM: Who was King Benjamin's father?
Mosiah 1
Agency: Which of the following truths did Lehi teach regarding agency in 2 Nephi 2? (Select the FOUR that apply.)
There is an opposition (or different choices) in all things. There must be things (beings) to act and not just be acted upon. Joy is impossible without opposite choices. God gave unto man that he should act for himself.
Precepts: President Ezra Taft Benson taught, "There is a ________ in the book which will begin to flow into your lives the moment you begin a serious study of the [Book of Mormon]. You will find greater ________ to resist temptation. You will find the ________ to avoid deception."
Power
Atonement: Death is understood as what in the Book of Mormon?
Separation
Covenants:Upon what covenant will all future covenants be based?
The Abrahamic covenant
Fall: According to President Russell M. Nelson, what doctrine do we need to first understand before we can comprehend the Atonement of Christ?
The fall of Adam
Plates: What lesson does Joseph Smith say he learned from the loss of the 116 pages?
When the Lord commands, do it.
What is a precept?
a moral rule of action
Patterns: Fill in the blank: "A man would get nearer to God by ____________ by [the Book of Mormon's] _____________ than by any other book."
abiding, precepts
Translation: The term "Urim and Thummim" refers to ________.
both the brown seer stone and the Nephite interpreters
Agency: At its core, Lehi's teachings on agency are about the fundamental choice between "liberty and eternal life" and which of the following?
captivity and death
Patterns: Fill in the blank: President Henry B. Eyring said, "The Lord has _____________ in [the Book of Mormon] His message to you."
embedded
Patterns: According to Dr. Smith, eisegesis is ________.
fun
EE: In 1 Corinthians 3:16-17, Paul says, "Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are." From an exegetical perspective, what is the "temple" that Paul refers to?
the Church and its members
Plates: What is the topic of the sealed portion of the Book of Mormon?
the history of the world from the beginning until the end
Translation: "Tight control" refers to ________.
the idea that Joseph Smith closely and carefully reproduced the words he saw on the seer stone
BoM: Nephi was prompted to flee and go where in 2 Nephi 5?
the land of Nephi
Covenants: Which of the following covenants are found in the Book of Mormon? (Select the THREE that apply.)
the new and everlasting covenant the Abrahamic covenant the Mosaic covenant
EE: What is hermeneutics?
the study of how humans interpret sacred texts
BOM: Where did Alma the Elder baptize his first converts?
the waters of Mormon
Atonement: Which is the suggested sequence by which one experiences grace?
therapeutic → enabling → perfecting
Translation: The idea that Joseph translated the Book of Mormon with little to none of his own input is called ________.
tight control
Agency: The English word agency derives from the Latin root agere, which means ________.
to act
Precepts: What does it mean to abide by the precepts of the Book of Mormon?
to live its teachings