BIBLE BASICS

The word Bible comes from the Greek phrase 'ta biblia' which means _.

• the books

• the bible

The Catholic Bible is comprised of _____ books.

• 71

• 72

• 73

The Old Testament has 46 books while the New Testament contains (a)   books.

Most of the Old Testament was written in Hebrew, and few bits in Aramaic. The New Testament was written in (a)   , the commonly-spoken language of the time.

By counting the number of words in Hebrew or Greek, the longest book in the Bible is ___________ and the shortest is 3 John.

• Jeremiah

• Ezekiel

• Daniel

The oldest book in the Bible is ________ which was written in the year 1500 BC approximately.

• Genesis

• Book of Job

• Isaiah

Apocalypse is another name for which book in the Bible?

• Revelation

• Gospels

• Genesis

CHECK ALL CORRECT ANSWERS: The Bible was originally written in three languages namely _, _, and _.

• Greek

• Latin

• Aramaic

• Hebrew

Which term is used to refer to the first five books of the Old Testament?

• Pentateuch

• Pentagon

• Pentatonix

Give another term/name used to refer to the Bible.