This literary genre consists of prayers, songs, and poems detailing the experiences of God's people.
What is poetry?
100
1 Samuel tells the story of the last judge of Israel and his dealings with God and the Israelites.
1 Samuel fits into this literary genre.
What is history?
100
How many books are in the New Testament?
What is 27?
100
This is the number of books in a Catholic version of the Old Testament.
What is 46?
100
This book of the Bible is a collection of song/poem prayers written by King David.
What is Psalms?
200
This literary genre foreshadows future events whose meaning is unknown to us.
What is apocalyptic?
200
In the book of James, the Apostle James writes a letter addressing all new Christians in Israel. James fits into this literary genre.
What is epistle?
200
This is the name for the first translation of the whole Bible into English.
What is Douay-Rheims?
200
This is the number of deutero-canonical books.
What is 7?
200
Name the two prayers from our prezi commonly used by Catholics that come to us from Scripture.
What are the Our Father and Hail Mary?
300
This literary genre consists of letters written from Apostles to developing church communities and new church leaders.
What is epistle?
300
In Exodus, we read the 10 commandments as well as other guidelines that God has given the Israelites for right behavior. Exodus fits into this Biblical literary genre.
What is law?
300
This is the name for the first full translation of the Bible, written in Latin by Saint Jerome.
What is the Vulgate?
300
This is the Catholic expression referring to those writings included in the Septuagint not found in... the Hebrew Bible.
What are the deutero-canonical books?
300
This is a meditative, prayerful reading of passages from the Bible. The phrase literally means "sacred reading."
What is lectio divina?
400
This Biblical literary genre records God's messages of repentance given to individuals, who in turn share that message with God's people.
What is prophecy?
400
In John, the Apostle John uses deeply theological language to recount stories about Jesus. John fits into this literary genre.
What is Gospel?
400
This is the list of writings officially recognized and accepted by the Catholic Church as inspired books of Sacred Scripture.
What is the canon of Scripture?
400
This is the Greek translation of the Hebrew Scriptures... eventually accepted by the Catholic Church as our version of the New Testament.
What is the Septuagint?
400
What is the Word of God proclaimed as part of each sacramental ritual that helps us to have the proper dispositions for each of the Sacraments.
What is the Liturgy of the Word?
500
This Biblical literary genre addresses life's big questions and teaches us lessons.
What is wisdom?
500
In the book of Jeremiah, Jeremiah records messages God has asked him to share with the Israelites as God's mouthpiece. Jeremiah fits this Biblical literary genre.
What is prophecy?
500
Adding together the books of the New Testament and the books from the Catholic version of the Old Testament, how many Bible books are there all together?
What is 73?
500
This is the books of Hebrew Scripture... declared the official Jewish Scriptures by rabbis around 100 A.D.
What is the Palestinian Canon?
500
This is the daily public prayer of the Church- divided up into segments- that celebrates the mystery of Christ, which permeates and transfigures the time of each day.