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| The number of books in a Catholic translation of the Old Testament. | 46 |
| The number of books in the New Testament. | 27 |
| The number of books in a Catholic translation of the Bible. | 73 |
| The writing of the Old Testament began around this year. | 1000 B.C. |
| The writing of the Old Testament ended around this year. | 150 B.C. |
| The books of the Old Testament were written predominantly in this language. | Hebrew |
| The number of books that the Catholic church includes in the Old Testament that are not in the Hebrew Bible. | 7 |
| Most Protestant Bibles include the deuterocanonical books in a separate section in the back called the . . . | Apocrypha |
| The most common name for God in the Old Testament is . . . | Yahweh |
| The name Yahweh is usually translated from Hebrew into English as . . . | I AM |
| Some Jewish traditions hold that the name of Yahweh is too sacred to pronounce so they say ___ in its place. | Adonai (Lord) |
| The Catholic church teaches that God's revelation occurs through both Sacred _____ and Sacred _____. | Scripture; Tradition |
| The _____ sense of scripture refers to what the actual words directly mean, either precisely or metaphorically. | Literal |
| The _____ sense of scripture refers to how the words of Scripture can be signs of something more profound. | Spiritual |
| Jewish people traditionally divide the books of the Hebrew Bible into _____ (number) parts or sections. | 3 |
| For Jewish people the first part of the Hebrew Bible is Torah or _____. | Law |
| For Jewish people the second part of the Hebrew Bible is Neviim or _____. | Prophets |
| For Jewish people the third part of the Hebrew Bible is Ketuvim or _____. | Writings |
| What are the five books of the Bible that make up the Law? | Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus. Numbers, Deuteronomy |
| For Jewish people the Writings include _____ (number) books. | 11 |
| The Jewish people refer to their Hebrew Bible by this acronym. | TaNaK |
| The Catholic Bible divides the Old Testament into 4 sections, which are . . . | Pentateuch, Historical Books, Wisdom Books, Prophetic Books |
| The Greek word Pentateuch means . . . | Five Books |
| The Church refers in its Catechism to the Old Testament as _____. | An indispensable part of Sacred Scripture |
| Catholics do not believe that the Bible was literally penned by God but rather that God _____ the human authors to write the sacred words. | Inspired |
| The central theme of the Old Testament is . . . | A loving relationship through history of a people and their God |
| This is a mistaken reading of the name Yahweh. | Jehovah |
| The second part of the Old Testament of the New American Bible. | Prophetic Books |
| Biblical _____ meet regularly to compare notes, debate, and suggst new ideas. | Scholars |
| A name for God; used by Jewish people when speaking because the name Yahweh is considered too sacred to speak aloud. | Adonai |
| To interpret Scripture correctly, we must study what the human authors wanted to say and what the _____ intended to communicate. | Holy Spirit |
| _____ is the sense in which the words of Scripture can be signs of something more profound. | Spiritual |
| Sin is a _____ thought, word, deed, or omission against the eternal law of God. | Deliberate |
| _____ is the fourth part of the Old Testament of the New American Bible. | Wisdom Books |
| Readers today rely on _____ to bring the words of the Bible to them because most do not speak or read the original language of the Bible. | Translators |
| _____ is the understanding that the Bible was written by human authors deeply moved by God. | Inspiration |
| Most of the Old Testament is written in the language _____. | Hebrew |
| When reading the Bible one must find out the human authors' _____ by examining time, culture, literary form of the time, manner of speaking and thinking. | Intentions |
| The Bible that Catholics use in liturgy. | New American Bible |
| Catholics believe that some events inthe Old Testament prefigure Christ; this is called the _____ sense. | Allegorical |
| The second part of the Hebrew Bible is _____. | Prophets |
| Some of the later writings of the Old Testament were written in the language _____. | Greek |
| After the fall of Jerusalem in 587 B.C., much of the Bible was _____. | Edited |
| Christians share the Old Testament with another living faith, _____, for whom it is the Bible. | Judaism |
| The earliest books of the Bible were based on _____ traditions. | Oral |
| Catholics believe that the authors of the Bible were inspired by the Holy Spirit to write God's _____. | Truth |
| The Pontificial Biblical Commission states that the study of the _____ is never complete. | Bible |
| Years of _____ have contributed to the Bible translations that are in use today. | Scholarship |
| The process and transmission of official Church beleifs, doctrines, rituals, and Scripture is _____. | Tradition |
| Catholics believe that the Bible is the inspired _____ of God. | Word |
| The Church considers the Old Testament an _____ part of Sacred Scripture. | Indispensible |
| Central to the Old Testament is a loving _____ between a people and their God. | Relationship |
| _____ involves a number of methods of studying the Bible to discover what God is communicating to the people of the past and the present. | Critical Reading |
| An acronym used by modern Jews for the Hebrew Bible. | TaNaK |
| Hebrew and Aramaic are known as _____ languages. | Semitic |
| _____ sense is what the actual words of the Scripture mean, in either a precise sense or in a figurative sense. | Literal |
| The teaching authority of the Church. | Magisterium |
| An offense against God. | Sin |
| Something created by past humans for a specific purpose or use. | Artifact |
| Is translated as "I Am." | Yahweh |
| An official list of books of the Bible. | Canon |
| Number of books in the Catholic New Testament. | 27 |
| Number of books in the Catholic Old Testament. | 46 |
| The approximate year that the writing of the OT began. | 1000 B.C. |
| The approximate year that the writing of the OT ended. | 150 B.C. |
| Catholics include _____ (number) of books in the OT that are not included in the Hebrew Bible. | 7 |
| The 7 books in the Catholic OT that are not in the Hebrew Bible are known as this. | Deuterocanonical |
| The word deuterocanonical translates to this. | Second canon |
| In Protestant Bibles the deuterocanonical books are included in a separate section called the _____. | Apocrypha |
| The word apocrypha means this. | Hidden |
| The most common name for God in the OT is this. | Yahweh |
| Some Jewish traditions hold that the name Yahweh is too sacred to pronounce and instead they say this. | Adonai |
| The living transmission of the message of the Gospel of the Church is called this. | Tradition |
| The bishops together with the Pope who interpret God's word for each generation. | Magisterium |
| In order to interpret Scripture correctly one must pay attention to what the _____ authors intended to say and what the Holy Spirit intended to communicate. | Human |
| Sense of scripture that refers to what the actual words mean, either precisely or metaphorically. | Literal |
| Sense of scripture that refers to how the words of scripture can be signs of something more profound. | Spiritual |
| Jews divide the Hebrew Bible into _____ (number) sections. | 3 |
| The first section of the Hebrew Bible is the _____. | Torah/Law |
| The second section of the Hebrew Bible is the _____. | Prophets/Neviim |
| The third section of the Hebrew Bible is the _____. | Writings/Ketuvim |
| The Torah/Law consists of these first five books of the Bible. | Genisis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy |
| The Prophets/Neviim of the Hebrew Bible is divided into _____ prophets, _____ prophets, and _____ prophets. | Former, Latter, Minor |
| The Writings include _____ (number) books. | 11 |
| The Catholic Bible divides the OT into these 4 sections. | Pentateuch, Historical Books, Wisdom Books, Prophetic Books |
| This word is Greek for "five books." | Pentateuch |
