Bible 101: Canonization, Translation, Interpretation

The process of how we got the Bible (i.e. how the set of books became the authoritative list)

• Canonization

• Illumination

• Translation

• Hermeneutics

• Inspiration

The term for God's work in guiding the human authors of Scripture in their writing

• Canonization

• Illumination

• Translation

• Hermeneutics

• Inspiration

The term for God's work in guiding the human READERS of Scripture in their reading and interpreting

• Canonization

• Illumination

• Translation

• Hermeneutics

• Inspiration

The term for how to interpret texts (e.g. the Bible)

• Canonization

• Illumination

• Translation

• Hermeneutics

• Inspiration

When did full Christian Bibles with the OT and NT begin to be produced and officially established?

• 4th Century AD

• 16th Century AD

• 19th Century AD

• 3rd Century BC

• 1st Century AD

When did English Protestant begin leaving the Apocrypha out of their Bibles?

• 4th Century AD

• 16th Century AD

• 19th Century AD

• 3rd Century BC

• 1st Century AD

When did we first start getting English Bibles?

• 4th Century AD

• 16th Century AD

• 19th Century AD

• 3rd Century BC

• 1st Century AD

When was the Jewish Bible established?

• 4th Century AD

• 16th Century AD

• 19th Century AD

• 3rd Century BC

• 1st Century AD

Who was the first person to make an official NT list that was rejected by early Church leaders?

• Jerome

• Marcion

• Athanasius

• Coverdale

• Martin Luther

Which is not a principle of Christian biblical interpretation?

• Context informed

• Christ centered

• Spirit sensitive

• Kingdom oriented

• None of the others.

  (All of them are principles.)