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