How the Bible Came to be
The number of volumes in the Christian Bible
What is two ("Old" and "New" Testaments)?
The meaning of Messiah in Hebrew
What is "Annointed One"?
The theory that posits that the Pentateuch was composed by four different redactors
What is Documentary Hypothesis?
Initiation ordinance (sacrament) in the Christian tradition
What is Baptism?
Issued by Catholic monarchs in 1492 to expel Jews from the Iberian Peninsula
What is the Alhambra decree?
TaNaK is and stands for
What is the contents of the Hebrew Bible - Torah, Nevi'im, Ketuvim?
The biblical narrative where the Passover is instituted
What is the Exodus?
The biggest difference between the Protestant and Catholic Bibles
What is the Aprocrypha?
The Greek translation of Jewish Scriptures used by Christians in 1st century Rome
What is the Septuagint (LXX)?
19th century American novel that gestures toward the biblical debate over slavery
What is Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe?
The two cases of martyrdom we studied in class from 2 Maccabees
What is Eleazar the Scribe and The Mother and her Seven Sons?
The Hebrew word Bereshit means
What is "In the Beginning" - the Hebrew Title for the book of Genesis?
A wildly imaginative approach to smoothing out the textual discrepancies in the biblical narrative
What is Rabbinic Midrash (Jewish), later appropriated by Christians?
The monotheistic proclamation Jews recite daily in their prayers
What is the Shema - Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. (Deut 6:4, NRSV)?
The ecclesial event where Pope John XXIII declared it was time to "open the windows and let in the fresh air."
What is Vatican II (1962-1965)? (One of the catalyzing factors for the foundation of Liberation Theology)
The Jews who standardized the pronunciation and divisions of the Hebrew biblical text
Who are the Masoretes?
The first witnesses to the resurrection in all four canonical Gospels
Who are the women who followed Jesus?
Seeks to account for the variations among Matthew, Mark, and Luke
What is the Synoptic Problem?
The term used to describe how the blood/sacrifice of the innocent can be used to redeem the many who have sinned.
What is "Vicarious Atonement"?
The early 20th century nationalist movement founded by Theodr Herzl
What is Zionism?
The span of time it took for the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament) to develop
What is more than 1200 years?
The creation account that numbers the days of creation
What is the first creation account (believed to be written by the P source)?
The Greek term meaning "to lead out"
What is exegesis?
The tradition whose calendar is lunisolar
Stated: "To discard a portion of scripture is not necessarily to reject the truth, but may be the highest evidence that one can give of his love of truth."
Who is William Lloyd Garrison? (On the authority of the Bible while representing the abolitionist cause in the Civil War)