Making of the Old Testament

How long did it take to write the Old Testament?

• 5000 years

• 100 years

• 900 years

• 500 years

Many stories from the Old Testament existed in oral traditions for centuries before ever being written down and preserved.

• True

• False

When did the oldest texts of the Old Testament begin to be written down and preserved?

• During the time of the Patriarchs (Abraham, Isaac, Jacon)

• During the time of Moses

• During the time of the Judges

• During the reign of King Solomon

What period do most of the prophets appear in Israel's history?

• First Temple Period

• Second Temple Period

• Judges Period

• Patriarchal Period

What event has the most dramatic impact on the formation of the Old Testament?

• The Exodus

• The Flood

• The Maccabean Revolt

• The Babylonian Exile

This term refers to the dispersal of the Jewish people to different parts of the world after the Exile.

• Diaspora

• Exodus

• Return

• Restoration

The diaspora is a major impetus (driving factor) for the formation/production of the TaNaK?

• True

• False

The Greek translation of the Jewish Scriptures that was used and adopted by the earliest Christians.

• Vulgate

• Septuagint

• Deuterocanon

• Apocrypha

Hypothetical Jewish Council in the late first/early second century that is said to have fixed the Jewish canon at 24 books, excluding any text that was originally written in Greek

• Council of Jerusalem

• Synod of Hippo

• Council of Jamnia

• Synod of Carthage

Most influential figure in discerning the Christian canon of Scripture.

• St. Augustine

• St. Jerome

• Origen

• St. Ambrose