SCRIPTURE FINAL S1:
After eating from the tree of knowledge of good and evil, Adam and Eve hid when they hear God walking in the garden. When God asks them why they hid, they say "__________; so I hid." (fill in the blank)
"I was afraid because I was naked"
When ancient Israelites heard that God created the world in seven days, they likely would have thought...
"That is the same amount of time as a ceremony to dedicate a new temple"
Right in the middle of the two parts of Genesis is a story that links the two parts together and helps us understand that the BIG, overarching story of Genesis is about...
.... God's rescue plan to restore humanity back to its original intended flourishing through Abraham and his family.
Who was Saul?
1st king of Israel Very handsome and tall etc
In exodus 3, god appears to Moses in
A burning bush
A modern day equivalent to a covenant in the ancient world would be...
A contract
When it comes to our relationship with God, a good explanation for what a "covenant" is would be...
A partnership with God, working alongside God to accomplish a common goal together
The Garden of Eden was...
A place for humans to live and work in community with God
God created the Garden with the intention of it being...
A project Dynamic
Who was Samuel
A prophet Israel wanted a king to be like other nations but Samuel warned them that a king will recreate Europe
The new Pharaoh sees the large immigrant population of Israelites as
A threat to Egyptian national security
Who has a wife named Sarah?
Abraham
Who is the father of Ishmael, Hagar's son?
Abraham
Who is told he will have more descendants than the stars in the sky?
Abraham
What's the proper academic name of the region, cures, and natures surrounding ancient Israel?
Ancient Near East
The Hebrew word for "Babel" can also be translated to...
Babylon
"Righteousness" means...
Being in right relationship with God, yourself, others and the earth
What does horseradish symbolize in the Passover meal?
Bitterness of sllavery
On Mt.Sinai God appeared to Moses as a
Cloud
The Hebrew word eden means ________, and thus an alternative translation of the Garden of Eden would be "the garden of _______"
Delight
T/F: According to the Law, the sabbath is more of an optional recommendation by God then a requirement, which is good because our lives are so much busier today so its its good God understands its unrealistic to actually have a weekly sabbath.
False
T/F: Because God promised to use Abraham's family to rescue the world, we should read the stories of Abraham and his descendants as examples of how to be a good person.
False
T/F: Genesis 1 says that God created human beings as good, but sinful.
False
T/F: In Genesis 15, both God and Abraham perform the ritual for an ancient covenant.
False
T/F: In Genesis 3, Adam and Eve eat an apple from the tree of knowledge of good and evil
False
T/F: The 613 laws in the Torah have nothing to do with Justice
False
T/F: The infamous reoccurring bad guy in the Old Testament is satan
False
T/F: The story of Genesis 2 (Adam & Eve in the Garden of Eden) and the theory of Evolution cannot both be true because Genesis 2 says humans started out as humans and the theory of evolution says the theory of evolution says that humans evolved into what they are now over hundreds of thousands of years.
False
T/F: When Jesus was on earth he answered every question people asked him because the most important thing to God is people knowing the right answers.
False
T/F: You cannot believe that both the story of Genesis 1 and the big bang are true because one says the world was created in seven days and the other says the world was created over billions of years.
False
T/F: You should try to do what the Bible heroes do because the characters in these stories are showing us how to live by their good example.
False
If the Ten Commandments were to be separated into two categories, which of the following would most accurately describe the categories and their order?
First, commandments about your relationship with God. Second, commandments about your relationship with your neighbor (other people)
The embroidery and metalwork in the tabernacle depicted
Garden images
In exodus 3, god wants Moses to
Go tell pharaoh to let the Israelites go
In Genesis 4, why did God look with favor on Abel's offering and not Cain's?
I dont know
Tselem, the Hebrew word for "image" in the phrase "image of God," can be translated as which of the following words:
Idol
Genesis 2 seems to suggest that God lived on earth with Adam and Eve rather than in some sort of heavenly palace in the sky. This makes sense because....
In Genesis 1-2 God's domain (heaven) and human's domain (earth) overlap
Joseph rises to prominence in Egypt because he has a special talent. It is the ability to...
Interpret dreams
Who is almost killed by his father?
Isaac
Who is born when his parents are very old and thought they could no longer have children?
Isaac
The books of the Bible all emerged out of the history of the ancient...
Israelites
Who has his name changed to Israel?
Jacob
Who has twelve sons?
Jacob
Who wrestles with God?
Jacob
Who becomes the second most powerful person in Egypt?
Joseph
Who is sold into slavery by his brothers?
Joseph
Which of the following was the center of the Passover meal?
Lamb
In Exodus 5 Moses confronts Pharaoh for the first time. This is an important chapter because Pharaoh's response is very revealing of the culture of empire. Pharaoh repeatedly insists that the true reason they want to leave is because they are...
Lazy
The Bible can best be described as a
Library of writings
Who was Joshua?
Moses 2.0 Brought Israel into promise land -crossed Jordan river
After Adam and Eve eat from the tree of knowledge of good and evil, they realize they are...
Naked
According to Genesis 3, who encourages Adam & Eve to eat the fruit from the tree of knowledge of good and evil?
None of the abovve
At the beginning of exodus, who is upset that the Israelites have been multiplying in numbers
Pharaoh
Which are the three main types of literature in the Bible?
Prose discourse, poetry, and narrative
Israel's priests were a special group of people whose role was to...
Represent the entire Israelite community before god
Who was David?
Second king. Slept with a married woman named Babsheba. Youngest and most unimpressive David vs Goliath (slingshot)
The repetition of keywords and themes over the course of multiple books in the Bible is VERY important to notice because it is the author's way of...
Showing you what the main point is
In the inner recesses of every ancient near eastern temple, you would find a....
Statue of the god that the temple was built to honor
Physically the tabernacle was basically an elaborate
Tent
In Deut 21:10-14, having the captured woman shave her head forced people to acknowledge what?
That she was a human being with human emotions
The Hebrew Scriptures, known in Hebrew as the TaNaK, are also known as which of the following?
The Old Testament
Which of the following is a component of Sinai covenant
The Ten Commandments
God did not create a temple building for himself in genesis because...
The whole world was God's temple so humans did not need a special place to access God's presence
How do the Israelites end up in Egypt?
They go seeking food due to a famine
The books of the Bible were produced over roughly a ______ year span of time
Thousand
Genesis 1 says that God created humans to "Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground..." Radah is the Hebrew word for "rule" in the passage above. Which of the following alternative translations for radah best describe what Genesis means when it says humans were created to "rule"?
To actively partner with God in taking the world somewhere
The LORD God took the man and placed him in the garden of Eden to work it and take care of it." (Genesis 2:15) The Hebrew word that is translated as "to work it" in the passage above can be translated as all but one of the following phrases. Select the phrase that is not an accurate alternative translation of this word:
To gain form
Which of the following best describes the purpose of an idol in ancient near eastern temples?
To make visible the invisible god
God's ultimate goal with the Sinai Covenant is...
To use one group of people to bless all people
T/F: After Adam & Eve are banished from the Garden of Eden at the ending of Genesis 3, the story spirals downward, showing the ripple effect of Adam & Eve's rebellion and all the tragic ways sin continued to ruin human relationships.
True
T/F: Ancient Israelities would not have worried about whether Genesis 1-2 was scientifically accurate or not.
True
T/F: Ancient temples were believed to be designated spaces where humans could experience the presence of the gods.
True
T/F: Catholic Church teaches that it is okay to believe in both science and religion
True
T/F: Genesis 4-11 traces all the different ways sin fractured human relationships and stunted human flourishing.
True
T/F: In light of the zoomed out BIG PICTURE story of the Bible, Genesis 3 is basically the story of a great split— the story of how our space became separated from God's space, how heaven on earth became heaven and earth.
True
T/F: In the context of the Tower of Babel story, the author is clear that the people weren't just building a tower for a good view; they were trying to reach the realm of the divine— to make themselves the gods of their own little worlds.
True
T/F: One of the biggest reoccurring themes in the Bible is the union of Heaven and Earth
True
T/F: Sometimes the original Hebrew word that we translate as "heavens" is used to refer to the domain in which God dwells and rules. Other times the word simply means the sky above us. It depends on how it is used so you need to pay attention to the context to understand whether the author is referring to the literal sky or God's domain.
True
T/F: The Tower of Babel story introduces us to the reoccurring "bad guy" of the Old Testament.
True
T/F: The ancient Isrealites thought that it was good that the Law was ambiguous and unclear at times.
True
T/F: The purpose of God's new covenant relationships in Genesis is to use this relationship to renew his partnership with everyone else. Put another way, even though God picks specific people to make a covenant with, the end goal is not for that blessing to stay with those people alone— it is suppose to spread out to all people!
True
T/F: The second part of Genesis (chapters 12-50) zooms in and focuses on four generations of one family.
True
T/F: The tabernacle was intended to recreate the intimacy humans had in the garden
True
T/F: ancient Israelites thought the word was flat
True
True or False: Pope Francis believes in evolution
True
What were the Israelites doing while Moses was receiving the ten commandments
Worshipping the golden calf
The man who first proposed what we today call the Big Bang theory was a...
a Catholic priest who was also a mathematician, astronomer, and professor of physics
Which best describes what Israel must do to fulfill their part of the Sinai covenant
be righteous & moral people who live according to God's laws
If you want to engage the Bible deeply and meaningfully, if you want to really wrestle with the Bible, then the most unhelpful questions (or at least the questions that often take us furthest from the author's intent) are often questions that...
begin with the words "Why did God..."
In the ancient world, when you entered into a deal with someone, you would...
chop an animal in half, lay out the two halves with space in between, and then both walk in between the animal saying something like "may I become like these animals if I fail to uphold my end of the covenant"
Israel being a "kingdom of priests" is most similar to...
humans being the image of God
Pharaoh tells the midwives to
kill all the sons of Israelite women
The tree of life referenced in Genesis 3...
symbolizes the reality that being in close proximity to God's presence is life itself.
In Deuteronomy 21:10-14, what did having the captured woman shave her head symbolize?
that she was grieving the loss of her loved ones
Genesis 1 puts a lot of emphasis on God repeatedly looking at all of creation and thinking it is good because...
the author wanted to emphasize how much pleasure God took from the act of creating and how much God celebrates all of creation.
The reason God planned to bless Abraham and his family was so...
the blessing would overflow to all the other families of the earth.
