True or False


1	Maccabees is an apparent eyewitness account of the revolt against Antiochus IV in the mid-second century bce.
		A)	True
		B)	False


2	Apocrypha comes from a Greek word which means unveiling or uncovering.
		A)	True
		B)	False


3	Deuterocanonical and pseudepigrapha are two different terms for the same set of texts.
		A)	True
		B)	False


4	Scholars define apocalyptic literature as prophecy concerning future events.
		A)	True
		B)	False


5	Daniel gives us the earliest biblical reference to a belief in the resurrection of the dead.
		A)	True
		B)	False


6	In the apocryphal additions to the Book of Daniel, one of the stories tells of Susanna's rejection of the sexual advances of two Jewish elders and their attempts to have her executed.
		A)	True
		B)	False


7	1 Enoch claims to be written by the Biblical patriarch who lived before the flood.
		A)	True
		B)	False


8	Ecclesiasticus is unique among apocryphal texts because its author and date of writing are known.
		A)	True
		B)	False


9	In Wisdom of Solomon, scholars see the beginnings of the doctrine of the Word which was later developed by Philo Judaeus and the Gospel of John.
		A)	True
		B)	False


10	The Book of Jubilees asserts that the Torah is eternal.
		A)	True
		B)	False

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