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Understanding the Bible: Sixth Edition, 6/e
Stephen Harris, California State University--Sacramento
The Bible An Overview
True or False
1
The Vulgate is also known as the Authorized Version of the Bible.
A)
TRUE
B)
FALSE
2
The Tanak is identical to the Old Testament
A)
TRUE
B)
FALSE
3
Most scholars believe that Jesus and his disciples spoke Aramaic.
A)
TRUE
B)
FALSE
4
The discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls has confirmed the long-held belief that the Masoretic text of the Hebrew Bible preserves a single authoritative textual tradition that goes back to biblical times.
A)
TRUE
B)
FALSE
5
1-2 Chronicles is the final book in the Hebrew Bible (Tanak).
A)
TRUE
B)
FALSE
6
The Apocrypha are those books of the Old Testament regarded as authoritative by Roman Catholic and Greek Orthodox Christians, but rejected by Protestants.
A)
TRUE
B)
FALSE
7
Historical Criticism is that type of biblical criticism that seeks to ascertain the sources authors and editors used to create their documents.
A)
TRUE
B)
FALSE
8
The canon of the Hebrew Bible was established during the Babylonian Exile (587-539 bce).
A)
TRUE
B)
FALSE
9
The Septuagint is the Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible completed in the third century bce.
A)
TRUE
B)
FALSE
10
The earliest surviving copy of the New Testament as a whole dates from around 125 ce.
A)
TRUE
B)
FALSE
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