What is the Bible?

What is the main theme of the Bible?

• God working through people to bring order and beauty out of the chaos of the world

• The struggle of life and death

• The hope for a new leader who would restore the world

• The exploration of complicated questions about life

What is the Bible?

• A small library of books that tell the story of Jesus

• A diverse collection of poetic and wisdom books

• A collection of books that emerged from the history of ancient Israel

• A book written by prophets to explore life's most complicated questions

When did the Jewish People start to put together the Bible?

• During the Second Temple Period

• When they were kicked out of their homeland (Israel)

• As soon as the events happened

• After the death of Jesus

The Bible tells the story of how God works to create ​ (a)   and ​ (b)   out of ​ (c)   .

• order
• beauty
• chaos
• peace
• justice
• scripture
• prophets
• sadness

The Bible is not just a book but a ​ (a)   of books that emerged out of the history of the people of ​ (b)  

• library
• Israel
• book
• collection
• novel
• compilation
• Rome
• Egypt
• God

The ​Jewish people are from the land of ​ (a)  

• Israel
• Egypt
• Greece
• Palestine

This section of the Bible contains the five-book foundation story of Israel

• Torah (Law)

• Nevi'im (Prophets)

• Ketuvim (Writings)

• Gospel (Good News)

What does the acronym TaNaK stand for?

• Torah, Nevi'im, Ketuvim

• Tim, Noah, Kevin

• The New and Known

• The Ancient Scriptures

For each section of the TANAK, match the Hebrew name with the English name:

• NEVIIM

• WRITINGS

• KETUVIM

• LAW

• TORAH

• PROPHETS

What does the Torah (Law) focus on?

• A diverse collection of poetic books, wisdom books, and more narrative

• Five-book foundation story of Israel

• Historical books and poetic books of the prophets

• Torah, Nevi'im, and Ketuvim