Jesus said he did not come to abolish the Old Testament, but to do this.
What is "fulfill?"
100
How God reveals himself through the created world.
What is natural revelation?
100
This "sense" of Scripture refers to what the human author/editor originally meant to say.
What is the literal sense?
100
This word means "seventy," and refers to seventy Greek scholars who allegedly translated the Hebrew Scriptures in seventy days
What is Septuagint?
200
The total number of books in the Catholic Old Testament.
What is 46?
200
He said, "The New is in the Old concealed; the Old is in the New revealed."
Who is St. Augustine?
200
How God reveals himself through Sacred Scripture and Sacred Tradition
What is divine revelation?
200
This "sense" of Scripture refers to what God is saying through the Holy Spirit in a particular passage.
What is the spiritual sense?
200
This word means "second canon" and refers to the 7 books in the Catholic Old Testament that are rejected by most Protestants.
What are the deuterocanonicals?
300
This word means "reed" or "measuring stick" and refers to the official collection of books.
What is "canon?"
300
This event greatly improved the relationship between Catholics and Jews.
What is Vatican II?
300
The process by which God breathed the Scripture through the writing of human authors.
What is (biblical) inspiration?
300
The Bible is fully human and fully divine, just like this person.
Who is Jesus?
300
An eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Holy Temple (the Second Temple) in Jerusalem at the time of the Maccabean Revolt of the 2nd century BC.
What is Chanukah?
400
This book serves as the prayer book for the Hebrews.
What are the Psalms?
400
He wanted to ditch the Old Testament, believing it was about an inferior god.
Who is Marcion?
400
The original languages of the Old Testament.
What is Hebrew and Aramaic?
400
According to the Catholic Church, this is who has the final word on all matters of biblical interpretion.
What is the living, teaching office of the Catholic Church?
400
A Vatican II document that addresses the issue of divine revelation?
What is Dei Verbum?
500
This word means "five scrolls" and refers to the first primary section of the Old Testament.
What is the Pentateuch?
500
He placed a prayer in the Western Wall and reaffirmed the reality that the Jews as a whole were not to blame for the crucifixion of Jesus.
Who is John Paul II?
500
Term that means "the critical interpretation of a biblical passage"
What is "biblical exegesis?"
500
This day serves as the Hebrew Sabbath
What is Saturday?
500
This is a term for an attitude of skepticism one might bring to the biblical interpretation?