Chapter 2 Old Testament

Which of the following words do we use when we describe how God authored Sacred Scripture?

• Living

• Inerrant

• Inspired

• Literalistic

Which of the following words do we use when we explain that, through the Bible, God conveyed the truths necessary for our Salvation?

• Living

• Inerrant

• Inspired

• Literalistic

Which of the following words do we use when we explain that we encounter God in the reading of Sacred Scripture and that the words are relevant to our lives today?

• Living

• Inerrant

• Inspired

• Literalistic

The standard list of books recognized by a religious community to be genuine and inspired is known as a ____.

• Testament

• Tradition

• Scripture

• Canon

• Vulgate

Catholic Bibles contain seven books that are not a part of the Protestant Bible. We describe these as ____.

• Traditional

• Redaction

• Anagogical

• Deuterocanonical

St. Jerome translated the entire Bible from the original variety of languages into which language?

• Latin

• English

• Greek

• Hebrew

Biblical scholars use ____ to determine the literal sense of the Bible.

• Exegesis

• Canon

• Apocrypha

• Literalism

Which of the following is not an example of a literary genre found in the Bible?

• Genealogy

• Law

• History

• Novel

Who can guide you toward a more correct interpretation of Sacred Scripture?

• The Magisterium

• Scripture Scholars

• The Holy Spirit

• All of the above

Who is quoted as having said that “ignorance of the Scriptures is ignorance of Christ”?

• St. Augustine

• St. Jerome

• St. Peter

• St. John Paul II