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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