BIBLE BASICS

The word Bible comes from the Greek phrase 'ta biblia' which means _.

• the books

• the bible

The Catholic Bible is comprised of _____ books.

• 71

• 72

• 73

The Old Testament has 46 books while the New Testament contains ____ books.

Most of the Old Testament was written in Hebrew, and few bits in Aramaic. The New Testament was written in __________, the commonly-spoken language of the time.

By counting the number of words in Hebrew or Greek, the longest book in the Bible is ___________ and the shortest is 3 John.

• Jeremiah

• Ezekiel

• Daniel

The oldest book in the Bible is ________ which was written in the year 1500 BC approximately.

• Genesis

• Book of Job

• Isaiah

Apocalypse is another name for which book in the Bible?

• Revelation

• Gospels

• Genesis

CHECK ALL CORRECT ANSWERS: The Bible was originally written in three languages namely _, _, and _.

• Greek

• Latin

• Aramaic

• Hebrew

Which term is used to refer to the first five books of the Old Testament?

• Pentateuch

• Pentagon

• Pentatonix

Give another term/name used to refer to the Bible.