Answers.
According to the textbook, the two most common excuses for not studying the Bible are that
people don't see the value of Bible study and that people don't know how to study the Bible.
correct answers True
According to the textbook, the Bible is very similar to other religious texts, like the Quran of
Islam. correct answers False
According to the textbook, the two types of divine revelation are: correct answers General and
special
According to the textbook, archaeology can prove everything about the Bible. correct answers
False
In 2 Timothy 3:16, Paul describes all the Scripture as: correct answers God-breathed
What is the theory of inspiration advocated in the textbook and most evangelical Christians?
correct answers Verbal Plenary Theory
According to the textbook, what is the most important witness to the authority of Scripture?
correct answers Scripture itself
When theologians ascribe "inspiration" to the Bible, they mean that... correct answers The Bible
was written by men through the influence of the Holy Spirit.
According to the textbook, the Scriptures are an example of God's general revelation. correct
answers False
, According to the textbook, hundreds of occurrences of expressions like "thus says the Lord" and
"the word of the Lord came to" may be found in the Old Testament prophetic literature. correct
answers True
The subsections of the Old Testament in the Hebrew Bible and the English Protestant Bible are
different. correct answers True
These factors led Old Testament authors to pen their documents in the first place. correct answers
A desire to preserve a written record of God's actions for future generations; Yahweh's (The
LORD's) explicit instruction to write; A concern to teach and encourage ancient Israelites.
What purposes did New Testament authors pen their documents in the first place? correct
answers A desire to preserve the teachings and works of Jesus
The discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls demonstrated that the Old Testament text had been
faithfully preserved from the second century BC to the tenth century AD. correct answers True
The first known translation of the Hebrew Bible into another language is: correct answers The
LXX
What is not a criteria most likely used for the canonization of a New Testament book? correct
answers A book's authorship needed to have a clear connection to an authoritative figure in Israel
The Muratorian Fragment indicates that no list of authoritative books existed in early
Christianity. correct answers False
What is the New Testament manuscript that contains the earliest complete collection of NT
books? correct answers Codex Sinaiticus
The only OT book not represented in the Dead Sea Scrolls is Ruth. correct answers False