Understanding the Bible

What is the Bible?

• A small library of books that emerged from the history of the people of ancient Israel

• A scientific textbook

• A modern novel

• A collection of ancient myths

What does the T stand for in TaNaK?

• Temple

• Truth

• Torah

• Testament

What does the N stand for in TaNaK?

• Narrative

• New

• Nevi'im

• Noble

What does the K stand for in TaNaK?

• Kingdom

• Knowledge

• Ketuvim

• Kindness

What did the apostles write about the story of Jesus?

• Historical fiction

• Good news or the Gospel

• Romance novels

• Science fiction

What did the Catholic Church call some of the books from the Second Temple literature?

• Pseudepigraphal books

• Apocryphal books

• Deuterocanonical books

• Canonical books

What did Protestant Christians accept during the Reformation?

• Both the Old and New Testaments

• Only the New Testament

• Only the Old Testament

• All Second Temple literature

What did the apostles believe about the texts they wrote?

• They were just fictional stories

• They were the fulfillment of the epic story found in the TaNaK

• They were irrelevant to the biblical tradition

• They were not part of the Scripture

What did the Jewish people believe about the literary works in the Ketuvim?

• They were just poetry

• They were irrelevant to their faith

• They were part of the Scripture

• They were not important

What did the apostles compose about the spread of the Jesus movement outside of Israel?

• Acts

• Romans

• Galatians

• Corinthians