Bible Timeline
Canon & Copies
Scribes & Scrolls
Genres & Literature
Truth & Trustworthiness
100

The Bible was written across approx. this many years/

What is 1200?

100

The Septuagint is a ______ translation of the Old Testament.

What is Greek?

100
The Hebrew word "sopher" means this.

What is counter?  (Also scribe)

100

Literature is written works with lasting artistic ____.

What is merit?

100

The scholarly discipline that compares manuscripts to establish the Bible's wording is called:

What is Textual Criticism?

200

Who first translated the Bible into English from Latin?

Who is John Wycliffe?

200

This council in AD 90 confirmed the books of the Old Testament.

What is the Council of Jamnia?

200

Scribes had to memorize this many rules before copying scripture?

What is 4,000?

200

Narrative literature tells a _____/

What is story?

200

Inerrancy means scripture does not affirm anything ____.

What is false?

300

This Latin Bible translation was completed around AD 405?

What is Latin Vulgate?

300

In AD 367, this church leader listed the 27 books of the New Testament.

Who is Athanasius?

300

If a manuscript had more than this number of mistakes, it was destroyed.

What is three?

300

Parables are stories with a larger _____.

What is meaning?

300

Infallibility refers to the Bible's...

What is incapacity to be wrong in what it teaches?

400

This invention in 1450 made the Bible widely available?

What is the Gutenberg printing press?

400
Who translated the New Testament from Greek to English?

Who is William Tyndale?

400

These scrolls, found in 1947, confirmed the accuracy of the Old Testament.

What are the Dead Sea Scrolls?

400

This genre includes visions, dreams, and symbols.

What is apocalyptic?

400

Despite a large timeframe, geographic footprint, and amount of authors, the Bible tells this unified story.

What is God's plan for redemption through Jesus?

500

This English translation was completed in 1611.

What is the King James Version?

500

We have over this many Greek New Testament Manuscripts.

What is 5300?

500

Before writing God's name, a scribe performed this ritual. (2 parts)

What is ceremonial washing and using a separate quill?

500

This genre includes wise says (not necessarily promises).

What are proverbs?

500

The Dead Sea Scrolls included every OT book except.

What is Esther?