OT History
The land that Joseph came into at the end of Genesis and would go onto be the site of the Hebrews' first great captivity
What is Egypt?
This is the number of books in the Old Testament
What is 46?
Means to read out of; interpretation done with an earnest heart and desire to know more about who God is
What is exegesis?
The divinely inspired written Word of God that makes up the Old and New Testaments
What is Scripture?
A category or type of literature (or of art, music, etc.) characterized by a particular form, style, or content
What is Genre?
This is the three step process in which the Hebrew Scriptures were created
What is Life --> Oral Tradition --> Written Tradition?
The Catholic name for the Torah, or the first five books of the Bible
What is the Pentateuch?
The sense of Scripture that deals with the meaning of the words themselves
What is the Literal sense?
The belief that all of the religious truths in scripture are from God, dependable, and without error
What is inerrancy?
Means to read into; using the Bible to serve one’s own ends; usually done by “cherry picking” Scripture passages and not addressing context unless it fits the narrative of the person
What is eisegesis?
One of the Patriarchs in Hebrew Scripture (more than one right answer)
Who is Abraham/Isaac/Jacob?
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What is "totally not fair" according to the other teams?
The sense of Scriptural interpretation that deals with how to act
What is the moral sense?
The authoritative teaching body of the Church made up of the pope and bishops
What is the Magisterium?
The etymological origin of the word "Text"
What is "to weave"?
The two Kingdoms that the Jewish people were split into
What is Judah and Israel?
The list of books present in the Catholic OT, but missing from most Protestant and Jewish versions; these include Tobit, Judith, and Baruch, to name a few
What are the deuterocanonical books/Apocrypha?
The method that searches for symbolic and religious truths beyond the words themselves; often used to explain difficult and contradictory passages
What is the Allegorical sense?
The belief that God inspired the Scriptures’ authors but worked through their own skills and knowledge
What is Divine Inspiration?
One pitfall of the Historical-Critical Method when taken too far (more than one right answer)
Can deny the reality of a living Scripture
Can presume merely human origin
Can undercut the whole point of Scripture; namely, a real relationship with God
This event took place from 586-538 BCE
What is the Babylonian Exile?
The Hebrew word meaning "writings" and the third section of the Hebrew Scriptures
What is Ktuvim?
This sense deals with the relation of earthly mentions to Heavenly promises
What is the Anagogical sense?
The handing on of the preaching and authority of the Apostles to their successors, the bishops, through the laying on of hands, as a permanent office of the Church
What is Apostolic Succession?
Name one of the 4 steps of the Historical-Critical Method
Close reading of the text
Knowledge of the text’s genre
Awareness of a writing’s historical context
Attention to the canonical context of the text