Part 1
What was the term Bible originally used to describe?
outer part of a papyrus reed
What are the three names discussed in class that all refer to the first five books of the Bible?
Pentatuch, torah, law of moses
What did God create on the seventh day of creation?
Nothing, He rested
How did God mark the covenant that He made with Noah
With a rainbow
Who are the three Patriarchs that were essential in the foundation of the nation of Israel?
Abraham, Isaac and Jacob
What is one scripture that shows the Bible’s claim to divine inspiration?
2 Timothy 3:16-17
What are the five books that make up the Pentateuch?
Genesis, exodus, leviticus, numbers, and deuteronomy
What are the two ways that God responds to sin?
With Judgement and Grace
How many pairs of each animal approved for eating and sacrifice entered the ark?
7
What were the two covenant signs that came with the Abrahamic Covenant?
Circumcision and a name change
Who is the ultimate author of the Bible?
The Holy Spirit
What are the five theories of creation that we discussed in class?
Theistic evolution, evolution, young earth, old earth, and gap theory
What are the three “points” of the Abrahamic Covenant summarized?
Make Abraham into a great nation, Bless abraham and the earth through him, Make his name great
What was the name of Abram’s father?
Terah
What was ultimately the sin of the people who built the Tower of Babel? And how did God destroy their plans?
Pride, by confusing their language
Define the doctrine of the Trinity
God is three distinct persons, yet one God
What did God create on the first day of creation?
Light
What region of the world was the Garden of Eden located in?
The Middle East
Simply put, what is a covenant? What is an example of a covenant in the Bible, and an example in everyday life?
An agreement. Abrahamic covenant (Bible) Marriage (everyday life)
What mountain did the Ark come to rest on after the flood waters went down?
Mt. Ararat
What is the collection of books called that are present in the Catholic Bible but not in the protestant (our) Bible? What is one reason why they are not included?
Apocrypha; it contains many errors
What did God create on the sixth day of creation?
People and the rest of the animals
What or who is the Bible talking about when it says that the “seed of the woman would crush the serpent’s head” after Adam and Eve sinned?
Why did God accept Abel’s offering but did not accept Cain’s?
Abel gave from the heart and gave his best, Cain just brought some of what he had leftover
What were the three “points” of the covenant God made with Noah?
He will never flood the earth again, God reaffirms the creation mandate, and He instructs the principle of life for life