1 Midterm

Question 1

3 philosophies the devil uses

Answer 1

Higher criticism, spiritualism, and theosophy

Question 2

Which philosophy tried to dissect, conjecture, and reconstruct the Scriptures and thus destroys faith in the Bible as divine revelation?

Answer 2

Higher Criticism

Question 3

Which philosophy teaches that desire is the highest law is liberty and that man is accountable only to himself

Answer 3

Spiritualism

Question 4

6 evidences of the Bible?

Answer 4

Consistency of the message of the Bible
Archaeology
The Canon
Prophecies fulfilled
The willingness of the apostles to die for what they believed
Personal testimony of a persons life transformed by reading the Bible

Question 5

Over how many years were the individual books of the Bible written?

Answer 5

1500

Question 6

By about how many different authors

Answer 6

Over 40

Question 7

What can we say about the books of the Bible being consistent?

Answer 7

The still all go together and show that the Bible was divinely inspired by God

Question 8

What does the word canon mean?

Answer 8

Measuring stick

Question 9

3 criteria to determine the NT books?

Answer 9

1- they were all written in the 1st century AD
2- they were all authentic books written by apostles of someone closely associated with them or eyewitnesses
3- were those that were already being used in public worship among Christians and considered authoritative

Question 10

Who would die for something they knew to be a lie?

Answer 10

No one

Question 11

How many new copies of the Bible are printed each year?

Answer 11

100 million

Question 12

What are the first 5 books of the Bible called?

Answer 12

The Pentateuch

Question 13

What is the difference between papyrus, parchment, the scroll, and the codex

Answer 13

TBD

Question 14

What three languages was the Bible originally written in?

Answer 14

Hebrew, Greek, and Aramaic

Question 15

What are the 4 sections of the Bible?

Answer 15

The Pentateuch (first 5), History(12 books Joshua - Esther), Poetry and Wisdom (5 books Job - Song of Solomon), and the Prophets (17books Isaiah - Malachi)

Question 16

Between what years were the Apocrypha writings written?

Answer 16

300 and 30 BC

Question 17

What language was the Old Testament written in?

Answer 17

Hebrew

Question 18

What is the Septuagint?

Answer 18

The oldest translation of the Bible.

Question 19

What language is the Septuagint written in and why?

Answer 19

In Greek, because the knowledge of Hebrew had become less so most Scriptures were translated in aAramaic or Greek

Question 20

With whom did John Mark write his gospel and where?

Answer 20

With Peter in Rome.

Question 21

To whom did Matthew write his gospel?

Answer 21

To the Jews.

Question 22

What did John emphasize in his gospel?

Answer 22

The deity of Christ

Question 23

In Luke 1:1-4, according to verse 2, where did Luke get his information from?

Answer 23

Eyewitness reports from early disciples.

Question 24

What does the Latin word for pen mean?

Answer 24

Penna- means a feather

Question 25

What bird was preferred for the making of quill pens?

Answer 25

Goose

Question 26

What invention revolutionized the spreading of info and dramatically sped up the production of books? When was it invented In Europe? What was the first book produced?

Answer 26

The Printing Press, in 1439. 5e Gutenberg Bible.

Question 27

On average how many pages a day could someone write/ copy with a quill pen? How many pages an hour with this new invention?

Answer 27

TBD

Question 28

What are the differences between general and special revelation?

Answer 28

TBD

Question 29

Which is vertical and which is horizontal, between revelation and inspiration.

Answer 29

Revelation is vertical and inspiration is horizontal.

Question 30

How does illumination complete the process of God’s communication?

Answer 30

By enabling any person in a relationship with God to come to a correct understanding of what has been revealed.

Question 31

What text in Exodus did we discuss in class that reveals the first time God commanded so,some to write something down?

Answer 31

Exodus 17:14

Question 32

What process do SDA’s believe divine inspiration is?

Answer 32

We believe that they more of the process of a God breathing thoughts into the prophets’ minds and hearts and that they wrote as they were inspired by the Holy Spirit.

Question 33

What is the role of the Holy Spirit in relation to the Bible when we choose to read it.

Answer 33

The Holy Spirit opens our minds to God’s Word and all that He is telling us through His Word.

Question 34

Ellen White states that “our Savior promised to give the Spirit”

Answer 34

to open the Word to His servants to illuminate, and apply its teachings.

Question 35

Ellen White also states “in the light of God’s a Word and with the illumination of his spirit we may see ________ revealed and the ______ we must shun.”

Answer 35

Satan’s deceptions and the dangers

Question 36

True or False? The Guinness world records admits that the Bible is the only book that outsells it every year?

Answer 36

True

Question 37

The Bible has been a bestseller since what year?

Answer 37

1456

Question 38

How many books in the OT?

Answer 38

39

Question 39

How many books in NT?

Answer 39

27

Question 40

3 things we should remember when we consider how to read the Bible?

Answer 40

1. Ask God to help you understand what you read. 2. Look for advice about how to love your life right now and how to grow in your personal relationship with God. 3. Ask God, “What are You trying to tell me through this passage?”

Question 41

According to Psalm 19:10 and Psalm 119:103.. more desired? Sweeter than? The Psalmist attitude and personal experience with the Bible?

Answer 41

To be desired more than gold, and sweeter than honey. Because we should considered the Words of God a privilege and a desire for us to have because that follows with a close relationship with God. It shows that the Psalmist loves to read the Words of God and has personally been touched by them.

Question 42

What does biblias mean?

Answer 42

The book