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The book of Isaiah talks about the virgin birth of the future messiah.

A) True
B) False

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In Greek and Roman pagan contexts, "son of God" meant


A) a member of the Trinity.
B) a person used to do God's will on earth.
C) the coming messiah.
D) a demigod produced by the sexual union of a god and a human.

E) B) and C)
F) None of the above

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Pieces of literature that share a range of formal conventions are classified together as a trope.

A) True
B) False

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The Jewish scriptures were written in Hebrew and Greek.

A) True
B) False

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We have the original copies of the Hebrew Bible but not of the New Testament.

A) True
B) False

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Most scholars think ____________ was the last book of the Bible to be written


A) Revelation
B) 2 Peter
C) 3 John
D) Daniel

E) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

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Modern English translations of the Hebrew Bible are based upon


A) manuscripts from the Dead Sea Scrolls.
B) a single manuscript from 1000 C.E.
C) the original Hebrew manuscripts from ancient Israel.
D) thousands of manuscripts collected from across the ancient world.

E) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

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In pre-Christian Judaism, the term "Son of God" referred to


A) God.
B) a person used to do God's will on earth.
C) Jesus.
D) the coming messiah.

E) A) and C)
F) B) and C)

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Who wrote the New Testament Gospels?


A) Matthew, Peter, Paul, and Mary
B) Matthew, Mark, Luke, John
C) Matthew, Peter, Luke, John
D) none of the above (The authors wrote anonymously.)

E) C) and D)
F) B) and D)

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Why is the Bible so difficult to understand? List several factors that make the Bible difficult for modern audiences to understand and how modern readers can best attempt to overcome these difficulties.

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The Bible is not a single book but a collection of many books written over a long period of time and in different places. We do not have the original-or even a near copy of an original-manuscript for any biblical book but rely upon long distant copies transmitted by hand for centuries. These books are written in three different languages (Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek), and those languages changed significantly over time. These books were also written by numerous authors, most of whom were anonymous, and include many pseudonymous books or books falsely attributed to a historical figure. Not knowing the historical or social context of a given book can make it more difficult to understand. These authors also did not all agree with one another and came from different historical contexts or worldviews-and their contexts and worldviews were all radically different from those of modern readers. There are also numerous genres of literature represented in the Bible, with some books including sections of more than one genre or even combining different genres into one. There are also numerous internal tensions and discrepancies within and among the various books. Finally, many of the historical details found in various biblical books are either unverified or outright contradicted by external evidence such as archaeology. It is therefore imperative to take a careful historical and literary approach to bridge these gaps and get as close as possible to how these documents might have been understood in their own contexts.

The Dead Sea Scrolls include the original copies of several books of the Hebrew Bible.

A) True
B) False

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Discuss why it is important to assign a piece of literature to a particular genre before attempting to interpret it.

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The Bible nowhere contradicts the historical evidence archaeologists have found.

A) True
B) False

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The Bible can be described most accurately as an anthology, or collection of writings assembled over many centuries.

A) True
B) False

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Which of the following genres does not appear in the Bible?


A) apocalypse
B) myth
C) novel
D) mystery

E) All of the above
F) A) and B)

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D

One positive value of the discrepancies found among different books in the Bible is that they


A) prove that God does not exist.
B) show that each book of the Bible has its own message.
C) cause headaches for scholarly interpreters.
D) expose false interpretations and demonstrate the true historical value of the Bible.

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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The books of the Bible were written in which languages?


A) Hebrew and Greek
B) Hebrew, Greek, and Latin
C) Hebrew, Aramaic, and Latin
D) Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek

E) A) and C)
F) None of the above

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Historians can only access


A) what is written in texts.
B) what happens in the natural world.
C) the natural and supernatural realms.
D) data from texts and archaeology.

E) A) and B)
F) None of the above

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The Bible contains books that claim to be written by authors who did not write them.

A) True
B) False

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In pre-Christian Judaism, the term "Son of God" referred to


A) God.
B) a person used to do God's will on earth.
C) Jesus.
D) the coming messiah.

E) A) and C)
F) A) and B)

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