Hebrew Bible
These first five books of the Bible are known as the Torah or Pentateuch.
What are Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy?
These are the titles of the four Gospel accounts of the life of Jesus.
What are Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John?
This patriarch wrestled with the Angel of the Lord, resulting in a limp.
Who was Jacob (Israel)?
This is the number of days it takes God to create the world in Genesis 1-2 before God rests, creating the Sabbath.
What is six (6)?
This is how to pronounce "Madhavi Nevader" correctly.
What is "MAW-daw-vee Nuh-VAY-dur"?
The first half of the Ten Commandments deals with these kinds of laws.
What is Israel's obligation to YHWH?
Rembrandt created a now-famous painting of this parable from Luke 15 about a father and his two wayward sons.
What is the Parable of the Prodigal Son?
She was a Moabite widow who was an ancestor of King David.
Who was Ruth?
The number of generations from Abraham to David, and from David to the deportation to Babylon, and from the deportation to Babylon to the Messiah, as listed in Matthew 1:17.
What is fourteen (14)?
The Hebrew Bible term "Tanakh" comes from the titles of the scriptures' three major sections, known as this.
What are the Torah (Law), Neviim (Prophets), and Ketuvim (Writings)?
This was the name of the mountain where Noah's ark came to rest after the flood waters subsided.
What is Mount Ararat?
In first section of the book of Revelation, John of Patmos writes letters to this number of churches in Asia Minor.
What is seven (7)?
This judge killed a foreign king by stabbing him in his fat stomach.
Who is Ehud?
This is how many books are in the New Testament/Christian Bible.
What is 27?
The first translation of the Hebrew Bible into Greek, abbreviated as LXX, is called this.
What is the Septuagint?
In the book of Esther, this queen stood up to Xerxes, prompting the king to banish her.
Who was Queen Vashti?
These are the names of 6 the 12 apostles, the disciples of Jesus, as listed in Mark 3. (List any 6 correctly)
Who were Simon Peter, James and John (sons of Zebedee), Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, Simon the Cananaean, and Judas Iscariot?
This Hebrew prophet during the exilic period had a bizarre vision of four living creatures.
Who was Ezekiel?
These are the traditional dates of the exiles of the kingdoms of Israel and Judah, in chronological order.
What is 721 and 586 BCE?
This is the date when the "canon" of the Bible was set or finalized by Athanasius, Bishop of Alexandria.
What is 367 CE?
These are the titles of the Book of the 12, also known as the Minor Prophets. (You have to list them all, though not necessarily in order.)
What are Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi?
These are three of the Beatitudes Jesus said in the Sermon on the Mount in Matthew 5. (Say any three in full, both blessing and result)
Blessed are the poor in spirit,
for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Blessed are those who mourn,
for they will be comforted.
Blessed are the meek,
for they will inherit the earth.
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness,
for they will be filled.
Blessed are the merciful,
for they will be shown mercy.
Blessed are the pure in heart,
for they will see God.
Blessed are the peacemakers,
for they will be called children of God.
Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness,
for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me.
This king found a book of the Law in the Temple, prompting him to reform the kingdom of Israel.
Who was Josiah?
This is the precise number of faithful "redeemed" people (virgin men) who remain loyal to the Lamb in Revelation 14, a number divisible by 12.
What is 144,000?
These are the award-winning Belgian filmmakers Joel is researching for his PhD thesis.
Who are Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne (the Dardenne brothers)?