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1
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what is most of the old testament written in?

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hebrew

2
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how many books are in the OT

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46

3
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what is the old testament

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inspired record of salvation history (stories) prior to the coming of jesus christ

4
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what makes up the old testament

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pentateuch or torah (5 books), the historical (2), wisdom (3), prophetic book (4)

5
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what are the first five books of the old testament called

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pentateuch or torah

6
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what does torah mean

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law

7
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what does Nebiim mean

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prophets

8
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what does ketubim mean

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writings

9
Q

what is the entire old testament called?

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TaNaK

10
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what were the periods of oral tradition like

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told stories, songs, experiences, celebrations of sacred events

11
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what are scribes

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modern day lawyers

12
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when did written stories occur

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950 bc, during Solomon’s reign&raquo_space; last of the OT books

13
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what are compilations

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work of several writers and editors

14
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how long did it take to form the old testament

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900 years

15
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where does the word canon come from

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hebrew word kaneh which means standard

16
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what is canon

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list of books recognized as the genuine and inspire Holy Scripture (Really Inspired)

17
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how many books are accepted by the protestants?

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39 books (king james)

18
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how many books do the catholics accept?

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46 books

19
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why were there discrepancies in the number of books accepted?

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results from which ancient versions of the hebrew scriptures are used to form the canons
2 references

20
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what happened between the north and south?

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babylonian invasion and deportation of the women and children to babylon then greece conquered babylon and told them they could go home, they dispersed to rome, athens, and corinth

21
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what is the septuagint

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greek translation of the OT in egypt (3rd century bc) &laquo_space;becomes catholic bible

22
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jamnia, northern palestine

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jewish scholars met to consolidate their sacred books (90 ad) dropped 7 books)

23
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what were the 7 books that were dropped

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1 and 2 macabees, judith, tobit, baruch, sirach, and wisdom

24
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deuteroconomical

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“second canon” - book in the OT not found in the hebrew scriptures; also called apocryphal books (hidden)

25
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apocryphal

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protestant term, king james bible

26
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what are the five books of the pentateuch

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Genesis, exodus< (most important to jews), leviticus, numbers, deuteronomy

27
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genisis

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beginning; cahpeters 1-11 (creation, sin of Adam and eve, flood) ; last chapters ( story of patriarch- abraham , issac, esau, jacob) < jewish fathers