REL 1310 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+ 2025/2026

REL 1310 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS GRADED A+ 2025/2026




Canon - ANS The official list of books regarded as authoritative Scripture


Scripture - ANS Sacred writings considered inspired and authoritative by a faith community


Hebrew Bible/Old Testament (HB/OT) - ANS The collection of Jewish sacred texts later
adopted by Christians as the Old Testament


Torah/Pentateuch - ANS The first five books of the Bible containing Israel's foundational
stories and laws


Prophets (Former and Latter) - ANS Historical and prophetic books delivering God's messages


Writings - ANS The third section of the Hebrew Bible including poetry, wisdom, and later
histories


Deuterocanonical Books - ANS Books accepted by Catholic/Orthodox canons but not
Protestant/Jewish canons


New Testament (NT) - ANS Christian writings about Jesus and the early church


Gospels - ANS Narratives of Jesus' life, teachings, death, and resurrection

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, Epistles - ANS Letters addressing theology, church life, and encouragement


Manuscript - ANS A handwritten copy of a text


Autograph - ANS The original document written by the author


Oral Transmission - ANS The passing of traditions verbally before being written


Dead Sea Scrolls (DSS) - ANS Ancient Jewish manuscripts found near Qumran


Genesis - ANS First book of the Bible narrating creation and Israel's ancestors


Primeval History - ANS Genesis 1-11 describing creation, early humanity, and the flood


Ancestral Narratives - ANS Genesis 12-50 telling the stories of the patriarchs and matriarchs


Genealogy - ANS A list tracing family lineage


Adam and Eve - ANS First humans in Genesis


Cain and Abel - ANS Sons of Adam and Eve, Cain kills Abel


Noah - ANS A righteous man saved from the flood


Noahic Covenant - ANS God's promise never again to destroy the earth by flood


Etiology - ANS A story explaining the origin of something
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