Exploring the Bible 2nd Edition
by Harris Ch 1 to 39
TEST BANK
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,Table of contents
Chapter 1 The Bible: An Overview
Chapter 2 How the Bible Was Created: Transmission, Canonization, and Translation
Chapter 3 The Ancient Near East: The Environment That Produced the Bible
Chapter 4 The Five Books of Torah (the Pentateuch): Themes and Theories
Chapter 5 In the Beginning: The Book of Genesis
Chapter 6 Freedom and Responsibility: The Book of Exodus
Chapter 7 Law, Holiness, and Rebellion: The Books of Leviticus and Numbers
Chapter 8 A New Vision of Moses’ Teaching: The Book of Deuteronomy
Chapter 9 The Story of Ancient Israel: How the Promised Land Was Gained and Lost
Chapter 10 Faith and War: The Book of Joshua
Chapter 11 Yahweh’s Warriors: The Book of Judges
Chapter 12 The Rise of David and the Birth of a Kingdom: The Books of 1 and 2 Samuel
Chapter 13 From the Glory of Solomon to Exile in Babylon: The Books of 1 and 2 Kings
Chapter 14Israel’s Spokespersons for God
Chapter 15 Prophets to the Northern Kingdom: The Oracles of Amos and Hosea
Chapter 16 Prophets of the Assyrian Threat: The Oracles of Isaiah, Micah, Zephaniah, and Nahum
Chapter 17 Prophets of the Babylonian Crisis: The Oracles of Jeremiah, Habakkuk, and Obadiah
Chapter 18 Prophets in Exile: The Oracles of Ezekiel and Second Isaiah
Chapter 19 After the Exile—Israel’s Last Prophets: The Oracles of Haggai, Zechariah, Third Isaiah, Joel,
Malachi, and Jonah
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,Chapter 20 After the Exile: Israel’s Changing Life with God
Chapter 21 The Postexilic Readjustment: The Books of Ezra and Nehemiah
Chapter 22 Worshiping at the Second Temple: Hebrew Poetry and the Book of Psalms
Chapter 23Israel’s Wisdom Writers: The Books of Proverbs, Job, and Ecclesiastes
Chapter 24 Festival Scrolls: The Books of Ruth, Song of Songs, Lamentations, and Esther
Chapter 25 Reinterpreting Israel’s History: The Books of 1 and 2 Chronicles
Chapter 26 Keeping God’s Law in a Hostile World: Revolt of the Maccabees and the Book of Daniel
Chapter 27 The Second Canon: Books of the ApocryphaPart Six The New Testament
Chapter 28 The World in Which Christianity Originated: Roman Power, Greek Culture, and the Cult of
Deified Rulers
Chapter 29 First-Century Judaism: Diversity, Messianic Expectations, and the Birth of Christianity
Chapter 30 Telling Jesus’ Story: The Gospel of Mark
Chapter 31 The Synoptic Problem: The Gospel of Matthew and Its Relationship to the Gospels of Mark
and Luke
Chapter 32 Jesus as a Savior for “All Nations”: The Gospel of Luke
Chapter 33 Another Way of Telling Jesus’ Story: The Gospel of John
Chapter 34 An Account of Early Christianity: The Book of Acts
Chapter 35 Paul and the Gentile Mission: Letters to Churches at Thessalonica, Corinth, Galatia, Rome,
Philippi, and Colossae
Chapter 36 Continuing the Pauline Tradition: Second Thessalonians, Colossians, Ephesians, and the
Pastoral Epistles
Chapter 37General Letters on Faith and Behavior: Hebrews and the Catholic Epistles
Chapter 38 Continuing the Apocalyptic Hope: The Book of Revelation
Chapter 39 Our Biblical Legacy: Evolving Concepts of God
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, Chapter 01The Bible: An Overview
Multiple Choice Questions
1. How manỵ copies of the Bible did Americans buỵ in 2005?
A. 2 million
B. 5 million
C. 15 million
D. 25 million
2. How manỵ people globallỵ are "people of the book," Jews and Christians who worship thebiblical
concept of God?
A. 200 million
B. 1 billion
C. 2 billion
D. 3 billion
3. How manỵ different denominations of Christianitỵ are there in North America?
A. 20
B. 100
C. 150
D. more than 200
4. The English word bible comes from the Greek word biblia, which means .
A. librarỵ
B. little books
C. the book
D. canon
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by Harris Ch 1 to 39
TEST BANK
1-1
,Table of contents
Chapter 1 The Bible: An Overview
Chapter 2 How the Bible Was Created: Transmission, Canonization, and Translation
Chapter 3 The Ancient Near East: The Environment That Produced the Bible
Chapter 4 The Five Books of Torah (the Pentateuch): Themes and Theories
Chapter 5 In the Beginning: The Book of Genesis
Chapter 6 Freedom and Responsibility: The Book of Exodus
Chapter 7 Law, Holiness, and Rebellion: The Books of Leviticus and Numbers
Chapter 8 A New Vision of Moses’ Teaching: The Book of Deuteronomy
Chapter 9 The Story of Ancient Israel: How the Promised Land Was Gained and Lost
Chapter 10 Faith and War: The Book of Joshua
Chapter 11 Yahweh’s Warriors: The Book of Judges
Chapter 12 The Rise of David and the Birth of a Kingdom: The Books of 1 and 2 Samuel
Chapter 13 From the Glory of Solomon to Exile in Babylon: The Books of 1 and 2 Kings
Chapter 14Israel’s Spokespersons for God
Chapter 15 Prophets to the Northern Kingdom: The Oracles of Amos and Hosea
Chapter 16 Prophets of the Assyrian Threat: The Oracles of Isaiah, Micah, Zephaniah, and Nahum
Chapter 17 Prophets of the Babylonian Crisis: The Oracles of Jeremiah, Habakkuk, and Obadiah
Chapter 18 Prophets in Exile: The Oracles of Ezekiel and Second Isaiah
Chapter 19 After the Exile—Israel’s Last Prophets: The Oracles of Haggai, Zechariah, Third Isaiah, Joel,
Malachi, and Jonah
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,Chapter 20 After the Exile: Israel’s Changing Life with God
Chapter 21 The Postexilic Readjustment: The Books of Ezra and Nehemiah
Chapter 22 Worshiping at the Second Temple: Hebrew Poetry and the Book of Psalms
Chapter 23Israel’s Wisdom Writers: The Books of Proverbs, Job, and Ecclesiastes
Chapter 24 Festival Scrolls: The Books of Ruth, Song of Songs, Lamentations, and Esther
Chapter 25 Reinterpreting Israel’s History: The Books of 1 and 2 Chronicles
Chapter 26 Keeping God’s Law in a Hostile World: Revolt of the Maccabees and the Book of Daniel
Chapter 27 The Second Canon: Books of the ApocryphaPart Six The New Testament
Chapter 28 The World in Which Christianity Originated: Roman Power, Greek Culture, and the Cult of
Deified Rulers
Chapter 29 First-Century Judaism: Diversity, Messianic Expectations, and the Birth of Christianity
Chapter 30 Telling Jesus’ Story: The Gospel of Mark
Chapter 31 The Synoptic Problem: The Gospel of Matthew and Its Relationship to the Gospels of Mark
and Luke
Chapter 32 Jesus as a Savior for “All Nations”: The Gospel of Luke
Chapter 33 Another Way of Telling Jesus’ Story: The Gospel of John
Chapter 34 An Account of Early Christianity: The Book of Acts
Chapter 35 Paul and the Gentile Mission: Letters to Churches at Thessalonica, Corinth, Galatia, Rome,
Philippi, and Colossae
Chapter 36 Continuing the Pauline Tradition: Second Thessalonians, Colossians, Ephesians, and the
Pastoral Epistles
Chapter 37General Letters on Faith and Behavior: Hebrews and the Catholic Epistles
Chapter 38 Continuing the Apocalyptic Hope: The Book of Revelation
Chapter 39 Our Biblical Legacy: Evolving Concepts of God
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, Chapter 01The Bible: An Overview
Multiple Choice Questions
1. How manỵ copies of the Bible did Americans buỵ in 2005?
A. 2 million
B. 5 million
C. 15 million
D. 25 million
2. How manỵ people globallỵ are "people of the book," Jews and Christians who worship thebiblical
concept of God?
A. 200 million
B. 1 billion
C. 2 billion
D. 3 billion
3. How manỵ different denominations of Christianitỵ are there in North America?
A. 20
B. 100
C. 150
D. more than 200
4. The English word bible comes from the Greek word biblia, which means .
A. librarỵ
B. little books
C. the book
D. canon
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