Thursday, September 27, 2012

Introduction to Sacred Scriptures





Part I - Bible Trivia

1. What is the name of the Greek translation of the Old Testament?

2. What is the term used to refer to the Latin translation of the Bible?

3. What is the original language of the New Testament?

4. What part of the Bible is referred to as the Jewish Scripture?

5. Who introduced the chapters in the Bible?

6. Who put the verses in the Old Testament?

7. Who divided the New Testament into verses?

8. What is the Catholic term for the seven Old Testament books in the Septuagint but omitted in the Protestant Bible?

9. In what original language the Old Testament was written?

10. What is the Greek word for the English word “bible”?

11. What is the Protestant term for the deuterocanonical books of the Old Testament?

12. How many books does the New Testament have?

13. How many books does the Old Testament have?

14. What part of the Bible is referred to as the Christian Scripture?

15. Who did the Latin translation of the Bible?

16. What term refers to the special impulse and guidance of the Holy Spirit through which the books of the Bible were written?

17. What is the most widely used English translation of the Bible?

18. What term refers to the Scriptures as an inspired book which presents the truths of salvation without error?

19. How many books does a Catholic Bible have?

20. What is the name of the Bible translation done both by American Protestants and Catholics with the Catholic Church completing the translation of the Apocrypha?

21. What is the oldest Protestant translation of the Bible which dates back its first publication in 1611?

22. What is the name of the private English translation of the Catholic Bible done by the Jesuit Fathers?

23. What Catholic Bible translation was produced by the Dominican scholars at the renowned Ecole Biblique de Jerusalem?

24. This terms simply refers to the first list of thirty-nine books of the Old Testament.

25. Which part of the New Testament writing we can find this passage: “All Scriptures is inspired by God and is useful for refutation, for correction, and for training in righteousness, so that one who belonged to God maybe competent, equipped for every good work.”




Part II - Identify the books of the Bible.



A. Write the complete names of the following books.
1.    Hg
6. Nm
11. Jgs
16. 2 Pt
2.    Hb
7. Jer
12. Dt
17. Rom
3.    2 Chr
8. Sg
13. Phlm
18. Jas
4.    Ez
9. Jl
14. Ti
19. Jdt
5.    Tb
10.Mi
15. Mk
20. Col


B. Give the abbreviation of the following books.
1.    Zephaniah
6. Esther
11. Second Timothy
16. Hebrews
2.    Jonah
7. Joshua
12. Second Maccabees
17. First Corinthians
3.    Psalms
8.Jude
13.Ecclesiastes
18. Philippians
4.    Proverbs
9. Leviticus
14. Second John
19. Matthew
5.    Nehemiah
10. Ephesians
15. James
20. Baruch


Part III - Classify the books of the Bible.


A. Classify the following books as Old Testament or New Testament.
1.    Hb
6.Rev
11. Mt
16. Hos
2.    Zec
7. Na
12. 1 Sam
17. Gal
3.    Hg
8.Mal
13.Sir
18. Ob
4.    Ti
9. Acts
14. 2 Tim
19.3 Jn
5.    Gen
10. Dn
15. Heb
20. Lam


B. Classify the following books as Pentateuch, Historical, Poetical, prophetic, Gospel, Pauline Letter or Catholic Letter.
1.    1 Kgs
6. Lk
11. 2 Jn
16. Bar
2.    2 Pt
7. Mi
12. Prv
17. Rom
3.    Dt
8. 1 Tim
13. Jn
18. Mk
4.    1 Thes
9. Jos
14. 1 Chr
19.Am
5.    Est
10. Eph
15. Lev
20.Jb





































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