Bible Background
Who were the people who decided what books would be included in the Bible and what books would not?
Canonizers
Who do scholars say wrote the Pentateuch?
J, E, P, D
Genesis 2
What do we call the mother of a faith and of a family?
matriarch
Whose name means "drawn out of the water"?
Moses
What word means "covenant" or "promise"?
testament
Which source/writer calls the divine "YHWH"?
J
What do we call the ability to choose between different actions and outcomes?
Free Will
Whose name means "laughter"?
Isaac
What is the last of the Plagues of Egypt?
the death of the first born
What is the Greek word for "5 scrolls"?
Pentateuch
Which book name refers to a census, or a counting of the people?
Numbers
Death
His name changed to Israel and he is the father of 12 sons and 1 daughter.
Jacob
What is the name for God given at the Burning Bush?
I AM that I AM
What is the Hebrew word for "law"?
Torah
What book name means "second law"?
Deuteronomy
In the story of Cain and Abel, which son was the one who killed his brother?
Cain
What are the three parts of the Abrahamic Covenant? (the three things that YHWH promised to Abraham)?
Descendants, a name, a land
What is Pharaoh's decree in the beginning of Exodus?
That all Hebrew baby boys be killed
What are the four genres found in the Old Testament?
Law, History, Prophecy, Poetry
Which book name refers to priestly laws?
Leviticus
Which story explains why people speak different languages?
Tower of Babel
How does Joseph end up being second in command in Egypt?
interpreting dreams
What do we call a story of someone's encounter with God, in which God commissions them to do something on God's behalf?
Call Narrative