Religion

Front 1

The Bible concists of both the old and new testament. true or false

Back 1

true

Front 2

Religious truth is the same as historical accuracy or scientific explaination. true or false?

Back 2

false

Front 3

The word "Torah" only means the law. true or false

Back 3

false

Front 4

Ancient concepts of authorship are approxinately the same as modern day concepts of authorship. true or false?

Back 4

false

Front 5

Ancient people thought of history differently than we do today. True or False?

Back 5

true

Front 6

A biblical editor is sometimes called a redactor. true or false?

Back 6

true

Front 7

Exegesis of a biblical passage means the same thing as studying for personal spiritual reflection. true or false?

Back 7

false

Front 8

The Bible was created by a kind of collaboration of God with human beings. true or false?

Back 8

true

Front 9

there are many puroposes for scripture study. true or false?

Back 9

true

Front 10

The best scripture scholars always agree of their findings and theories.

Back 10

false

Front 11

Jerusalem was both a political and religious capital

Back 11

true

Front 12

The kings of Israel participated in a kind of government called a theocracy.

Back 12

true

Front 13

Most of the Jews of the first century C.E. became christian.

Back 13

false

Front 14

Judiasim looks for an unknown messiah to come.

Back 14

true

Front 15

It is important for christians to know and respect the hebrew scriptures in order to understand the New Testament

Back 15

true

Front 16

The catholic cannon has a few texts that are not part of the protestant or jewish cannon

Back 16

true

Front 17

the hebrew scriptures were formed over a period of over 1000 years

Back 17

true

Front 18

Christians believe that the scriptures were formed through the inspiration and guideance of the holy spirit

Back 18

true

Front 19

God's promise to abraham is that his descendants would reveal the one true god to the world, and would be given the land of cannan.

Back 19

true

Front 20

In the first years of christianity the hebrew scriptures were not concidered important to the christian community

Back 20

false

Front 21

the bible is:
a. the story of gods love for us
b. the word of god
c. inspired by the holy spirit
d. all of the above

Back 21

d

Front 22

The New Testament:
a. replaces the old testament
b. is the fulfillment of the old testament
c. cannont be understood without undrestanding the old testament
d. both b and c

Back 22

d

Front 23

To say that the bible is inspired by god means that:
a. everything in it is factually correct
b. god dictated the words to the bible writers
c. god ensured that it contains all that is necessary for our salvation
d. all the people in the bible are ideal models of who god wants each of us to be

Back 23

c

Front 24

To understand what a biblical author meant we need to
a. merely read the words
b. understand the circumstances in which the scriptures were written and handed down
c. reach at least a graduate level of thological education
d. read at least five different bible translations

Back 24

b

Front 25

The god revealed in the old testament is
a. always angry
b. always unforgiving
c. involved and active in human history
d. impersonal

Back 25

c

Front 26

the time period of the creation falls into the category of
a. prehistory
b. history
c. the biblical era
d. ancient history

Back 26

a

Front 27

at verious times in their history, the Israelites were ruled by
a. the persians
b. the greeks
c. the romans
d. all of the above

Back 27

d

Front 28

the catholic teaching on judiasim is that
a. christians cannot attend jewish worship services
b. christians are forever linked with the jewish people
c. god's covenant and special relationships with the jews still stand
d. both b and c

Back 28

d

Front 29

what types of writings are found in the old testament
a. laws
b. prayers
c. poems
d. all of the above

Back 29

d

Front 30

the hebrew scriptures told of the jews dispersion in their own language
a. how best to life a faithful life in unfamiliar surroundings
b. that their people still loved them
c. that the god of their people would be with them always
d. all of the above

Back 30

d

Front 31

The catolic cannon of the old testament consists of how many books
a. 17
b. 28
c. 46
d. 53

Back 31

c

Front 32

major themes that run throughout the bible are:
a. love and promise
b. heaven and hell
c. forgiveness and revenge
d. creation and destrustion

Back 32

a

Front 33

Sin is essentally refusing to acknowledge god as god and ourselves as dependant on god

Back 33

true

Front 34

God sometimes creates suffering and injustice in the world

Back 34

false

Front 35

Adam and Eve were tricked by the serpent so they did not really have a free choice to sin or not

Back 35

false

Front 36

The two creation stories differ but they both contain religious truth

Back 36

true

Front 37

like polution the wide spread effects of original sin are impossible for individuals to fully control

Back 37

true

Front 38

god offers the first covenant to adam and eve

Back 38

false

Front 39

the first part of genesis explains why things went wrong in the world that god had created to be good

Back 39

true

Front 40

the authors of the story of noah were primarily interested in figuring out the floods historical causes

Back 40

false

Front 41

circumcision is a sign of gods covenant with noah

Back 41

false

Front 42

Abraham is concidered the ancestor of judiasim islam ans christianity

Back 42

true

Front 43

Isralites were reminded that being chosen means being more worthy

Back 43

false

Front 44

Haggar emerges from genesis more nobel than abe and sarah

Back 44

true

Front 45

Rebekah believes esau is destined to be the heir to isaac

Back 45

false

Front 46

Joseph fails to prepare egypt for the famine

Back 46

false

Front 47

through the creation story we learn that god wants us to
a. be happy
b. be his slaves
c. preserve the environment
d. a and c

Back 47

d