WorksheetsSI Session 1
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 9mins
What is the Bible NOT?
Authoritative
One book
Written for ancient communities of faith
A dialogue
The New Testament is NOT
Complete with 27 books.
Written in Hebrew and Aramaic.
Interpreted
The fulfillment of the OT.
Which of the following is NOT a major genre of the NT?
Epistles
Ancient Greco-Roman historiography
Apocalyptic Literature
Parables
What is the meaning of "canon"?
Collection
Portion
List
Selection
Which were the first NT books to be collected and circulated?
The Gospels
Paul's letters
The Catholic Epistles
Acts, Hebrews, and Revelation
Which of the following are NOT considered a smaller genre in the NT?
Sermons
Parables
Miracle stories
Saying stories
Which two figures preferred to have 1 Gospel rather than 4.
Tatian
Luther
Marcion
Jerome
What is the basic definition of hermeneutics?
To defend
To critique
To dissect
To interpret
Which 4 are included in the Hermeneutical Quadrilateral?
Christian Interpretive Tradition
"Original" meaning(s) of Scripture
Authorial Intent
Holy Spirit's Guidance
Embodied Experience
Which of the following is NOT a Hermeneutical principle?
Be careful with the text and respect it.
Recognizing that the Bible is inspired and authoritative.
Consider how we are all involved in the interpretive process.
Be sensitive to retrieve the Bible's meaning from "back then."
Which of the following are NOT apart of the 3 C's of textual criticism?
Comparing manuscripts
Critiquing the types of manuscripts
Choosing between divergent readings
Collecting manuscripts
Which of the following are to be preferred in text criticism?
The longer reading
The shorter reading
The easier reading
The harder reading
How must we read the Bible?
Literally
Contextually
Skip Leviticus
What is Tatian's Diatessaron?
A harmonization of the 4 Gospels.
An edited version of the Gospel of Luke.
A harmonization of Matthew and Luke.
A harmonization of Matthew, Mark, and Luke.
Which 2 portions of the NT did Marcion regard as authoritative?
The Gospel of Matthew
The Gospel of Mark
10 Letters of Paul
The Gospel of Luke
Why is Jerome significant?
Translated the whole Bible into Vulgar (common) Latin.
The Council of Trent formally rebuked him.
Deemed a heretic for not preferring all 4 Gospels.
Just for fun! Draw a picture of Jesus :)
