OLD TESTAMENT
how is Christ present in the OT?
Christ is prefigured, types, and foreshadowed in the OT
when were the NT books written?
c.40-100 AD
which one of the evangelist was a fisherman and what was he like to Jesus?
John and he was like a little brother to Jesus (part of the inner circle)
what genre do judges, 1 chronicles, and 1 Samuel go under?
history
what is a third century BC Greek translation of the
OT made by seventy Jewish scholars?
Septuagint
how many books are in the OT?
46
what were The Epistles about in the NT?
they were letters written by the apostles and they tell how to live a good christian life.
what was Matthews other name and what was he doing when he was martyred?
Levi and he was saying mass.
which is the greatest book of religious poetry and what genre does it go under?
psalms and wisdom
what is one of the hypothetical original sources of the Pentateuch, reflecting the perspective of the Jews in Judah around the ninth or tenth century?
what is one of the hypothetical original sources of the Pentateuch, reflecting the perspective of the Jews in Judah around the ninth or tenth century? Jehovist
over what period of time were the books of the OT written?
1500 years
what were the 3 original languages of the NT?
Aramaic, Greek, koine
which evangelist was born in Antioch and wrote to the gentiles Christians?
luke
which genre is exodus, genesis, and Deuteronomy in?
law
what are those books of the bible included in the Jewish canon of scripture?
protocanonical
what are 3 different names for the OT?
Torah, books of the law, Pentateuch, five books of Moses
what is the main part of the NT? what are they about?
the gospels and they are about God giving the new law, and the story of the founding of the church.
which one of the evangelist was a martyred by the pagans?
Mark
what are some points that the history books teach?
cover long periods of time and tell story of one person that lived a holy life
from the Latin word for common, the name of st Jerome translation of the bible from the original languages into Latin is...
Vulgate
what is the OT about?
the journey toward salvation and the law of the prophets
what is the essential content of the NT?
story of the life and teachings of Jesus Christ and the early years of the church
what were the symbols of each evangelist?
Luke= winged ox
Matthew= winged man (angel)
Mark= winged lion
John= eagle
what are the 3 main jobs of the prophets?
1. warn of disasters
2. predict the Messiah
3. bring comfort with the message
those parts of the old testament removed from the Jewish canon of scripture but in the Septuagint used by early Christians is...
deuterocanonical