Scriptures Exam 1 with Accurate
Solutions
*Scripture - correct answer-Writings that serve as authoritative guidelines for the beliefs
and practices of a religious community
*Canon - correct answer-A fixed and binding list/collection of the writings that function
as scripture for a particular religiouscommunity
What is the collection of writings that make up the canon of scripture for Christianity -
correct answer-The Bible
*Two divisions of the Bible - correct answer-Old Testament(OT) and
New Testament(NT)
*Christian OT is based on the - correct answer-Tanakh
*Tanakh - correct answer-the collection of writings that make up the canon of scripture
for Judaism
Formation of the Tanakh - correct answer--Books that make up the Tanakh were mostly
written between c. 700s-100s
-Jewish people gradually defined their canon of scripture between
c. 500s BCE-100 CE
The Septuagintor LXX - correct answer-- "seventy"
- a collection of ancient Jewish religious writings in Greek
-some translated from Hebrew, some composed in Greek
LXX came together when - correct answer-gradually between c. 250-20 BCE
Why does the Christian OT have different contents/ orders of the Tanakh - correct
answer-because Most early Christians were Greek-speakers, so they used the LXX
version of the Jewish scriptures
How many books were in the Jewish Tanakh - correct answer-24
How many books were in the Roman Catholic Old Testament and New Testament -
correct answer-46 OT
27 NT
73 total
, How many books were in the Greek Orthodox Old Testament and New Testament -
correct answer-49 OT
27 NT
76 total
*Deuterocanonical - correct answer-belonging to a second canon
The deuterocanonical books are what? - correct answer-books in some versions of
ChristianOT that were in the LXX but did not end up as part of the final Jewish canon
What do the deuterocanonical books describe - correct answer-events that occurred
between the events recorded in the Tanakhand the events recorded in the Christian NT
Who decided to use their OT canon would only include books of Tanakh - correct
answer-Protestant Reformers
*Apocrypha - correct answer--means hidden
-what Protestants referred to the deuterocanonical books
How many books are in the Protestant Old Testament and New Testament - correct
answer-39 OT
27 NT
66 total
Describe the formation of the New Testament - correct answer--written c. 50-125 CE, in
Greek
-Early Christians produced many other religious writings
-As Christianity grew more diverse, it became important to define the canon of Christian
scripture
when was the NT finalized - correct answer-c. 400 CE
How many books are in the New Testament - correct answer-27
*Textual Criticism - correct answer-Scholarly discipline of comparing biblical
manuscripts in an attempt toreconstruct the original text
*autographs - correct answer-Original handwritten manuscripts of biblical books
how many autographs of biblical books do we have present - correct answer--none
-all modern Bible translations are made from copies of copies of copies
*The Masoretic Text (MT) - correct answer-The standardized Hebrew text of the
Tanakh/Old Testament
Solutions
*Scripture - correct answer-Writings that serve as authoritative guidelines for the beliefs
and practices of a religious community
*Canon - correct answer-A fixed and binding list/collection of the writings that function
as scripture for a particular religiouscommunity
What is the collection of writings that make up the canon of scripture for Christianity -
correct answer-The Bible
*Two divisions of the Bible - correct answer-Old Testament(OT) and
New Testament(NT)
*Christian OT is based on the - correct answer-Tanakh
*Tanakh - correct answer-the collection of writings that make up the canon of scripture
for Judaism
Formation of the Tanakh - correct answer--Books that make up the Tanakh were mostly
written between c. 700s-100s
-Jewish people gradually defined their canon of scripture between
c. 500s BCE-100 CE
The Septuagintor LXX - correct answer-- "seventy"
- a collection of ancient Jewish religious writings in Greek
-some translated from Hebrew, some composed in Greek
LXX came together when - correct answer-gradually between c. 250-20 BCE
Why does the Christian OT have different contents/ orders of the Tanakh - correct
answer-because Most early Christians were Greek-speakers, so they used the LXX
version of the Jewish scriptures
How many books were in the Jewish Tanakh - correct answer-24
How many books were in the Roman Catholic Old Testament and New Testament -
correct answer-46 OT
27 NT
73 total
, How many books were in the Greek Orthodox Old Testament and New Testament -
correct answer-49 OT
27 NT
76 total
*Deuterocanonical - correct answer-belonging to a second canon
The deuterocanonical books are what? - correct answer-books in some versions of
ChristianOT that were in the LXX but did not end up as part of the final Jewish canon
What do the deuterocanonical books describe - correct answer-events that occurred
between the events recorded in the Tanakhand the events recorded in the Christian NT
Who decided to use their OT canon would only include books of Tanakh - correct
answer-Protestant Reformers
*Apocrypha - correct answer--means hidden
-what Protestants referred to the deuterocanonical books
How many books are in the Protestant Old Testament and New Testament - correct
answer-39 OT
27 NT
66 total
Describe the formation of the New Testament - correct answer--written c. 50-125 CE, in
Greek
-Early Christians produced many other religious writings
-As Christianity grew more diverse, it became important to define the canon of Christian
scripture
when was the NT finalized - correct answer-c. 400 CE
How many books are in the New Testament - correct answer-27
*Textual Criticism - correct answer-Scholarly discipline of comparing biblical
manuscripts in an attempt toreconstruct the original text
*autographs - correct answer-Original handwritten manuscripts of biblical books
how many autographs of biblical books do we have present - correct answer--none
-all modern Bible translations are made from copies of copies of copies
*The Masoretic Text (MT) - correct answer-The standardized Hebrew text of the
Tanakh/Old Testament
