Question 1

What group pioneered the use of the "codex," i.e.a "book" of page-sized manuscript sheets bound together at a hinge?

Accepted Answer

A) Greeks 
B) Gnostics 
C) Christians 
D) Romans 
A) Greeks 
B) Gnostics 
C) Christians 
D) Romans

Question 2

The Roman Catholic Church sent for William Tyndale with the request of working on translating the Latin Vulgate into modern languages.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Scribes commonly modified the wording of one Gospel to make it conform to that of another.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

What is the only canonical work to survive?

Accepted Answer

A) Acts 
B) Matthew 
C) Revelation 
D) There are none. 
A) Acts 
B) Matthew 
C) Revelation 
D) There are none.

Question 5

Who were not eyewitnesses of Jesus' ministry?

Accepted Answer

A) Mary and Simon 
B) Thomas and Matthew 
C) John and Peter 
D) Mark and Luke 
A) Mary and Simon 
B) Thomas and Matthew 
C) John and Peter 
D) Mark and Luke

Question 6

Who translated both the Old and the New Testament into Latin?

Accepted Answer

A) Jerome 
B) Marcion 
C) Martin Luther 
D) Bishop Berkley 
A) Jerome 
B) Marcion 
C) Martin Luther 
D) Bishop Berkley

Question 7

As a result of the Protestant Reformation,the readership of Scripture grew quickly.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

What is the oldest surviving manuscript fragment of a New Testament book?

Accepted Answer

A) the Epistle of Barnabas 
B) four chapters of Hebrews 
C) four verses from John 18 
D) the last ten verses of Revelation 
A) the Epistle of Barnabas 
B) four chapters of Hebrews 
C) four verses from John 18 
D) the last ten verses of Revelation

Question 9

"Harmonization" refers to what practice?

Accepted Answer

A) the practice of signing hymns in unison 
B) the practice,commonly of scribes,whereby the wording of one Gospel was modified to conform to that of another 
C) the practice of knocking down all the social and political barriers between people 
D) the practice of fitting all scripture into the same genre 
A) the practice of signing hymns in unison 
B) the practice,commonly of scribes,whereby the wording of one Gospel was modified to conform to that of another 
C) the practice of knocking down all the social and political barriers between people 
D) the practice of fitting all scripture into the same genre

Question 10

The official inventory of books considered to be authoritative sources of doctrinal and ethical beliefs by a religious community is called

Accepted Answer

A) apocrypha. 
B) scripture. 
C) gospel. 
D) canon. 
A) apocrypha. 
B) scripture. 
C) gospel. 
D) canon.

Question 11

The Codex Sinaiticus was discovered in the mid-1800s in a monastery at the foot of Mt.Sinai.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Whose Bible translation was the first in a modern language (German)not based on the Latin Vulgate,but rather on the original Hebrew and Greek?

Accepted Answer

A) Athanasius 
B) Johannes Gutenberg 
C) William Tyndale 
D) Martin Luther 
A) Athanasius 
B) Johannes Gutenberg 
C) William Tyndale 
D) Martin Luther

Question 13

Martin Luther vigorously protested corruption and abuses in the Roman Catholic Church.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

What group pioneered the use of the "codex," i.e.a "book" of page-sized manuscript sheets bound together at a hinge?

The Roman Catholic Church sent for William Tyndale with the request of working on translating the Latin Vulgate into modern languages.

Scribes commonly modified the wording of one Gospel to make it conform to that of another.

What is the only canonical work to survive?

Who were not eyewitnesses of Jesus' ministry?

Who translated both the Old and the New Testament into Latin?

As a result of the Protestant Reformation,the readership of Scripture grew quickly.

What is the oldest surviving manuscript fragment of a New Testament book?

"Harmonization" refers to what practice?

The official inventory of books considered to be authoritative sources of doctrinal and ethical beliefs by a religious community is called

The Codex Sinaiticus was discovered in the mid-1800s in a monastery at the foot of Mt.Sinai.

Whose Bible translation was the first in a modern language (German)not based on the Latin Vulgate,but rather on the original Hebrew and Greek?

Martin Luther vigorously protested corruption and abuses in the Roman Catholic Church.

An Overview of the New Testament

The Diverse World of First-Century Judaism

The World of Greek Thought and Culture

The World of Roman Political Power

The Gospels

Marks Portrait of Jesus

Matthews Portrait of Jesus

Lukes Portrait of Jesus

Johns Reinterpretation of Jesus

The Continuing Quest for the Historical Jesus

Lukes Account of the Early Church: the Book of Acts

Paul

Unity,freedom,and Christs Return

Freedom From Law and Justification by Faith

Letters From Prison

Continuing the Pauline Tradition

General Letters on Faith and Behavior

Continuing the Apocalyptic Hope

Outside the Canon: Other Early Christian Literature

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Exam 2: How the New Testament Was Formed and Handed Down to Us

What group pioneered the use of the "codex," i.e.a "book" of page-sized manuscript sheets bound together at a hinge?

The Roman Catholic Church sent for William Tyndale with the request of working on translating the Latin Vulgate into modern languages.

Scribes commonly modified the wording of one Gospel to make it conform to that of another.

What is the only canonical work to survive?

Who were not eyewitnesses of Jesus' ministry?

Who translated both the Old and the New Testament into Latin?

As a result of the Protestant Reformation,the readership of Scripture grew quickly.

What is the oldest surviving manuscript fragment of a New Testament book?

"Harmonization" refers to what practice?

The official inventory of books considered to be authoritative sources of doctrinal and ethical beliefs by a religious community is called

The Codex Sinaiticus was discovered in the mid-1800s in a monastery at the foot of Mt.Sinai.

Whose Bible translation was the first in a modern language (German)not based on the Latin Vulgate,but rather on the original Hebrew and Greek?

Martin Luther vigorously protested corruption and abuses in the Roman Catholic Church.

An Overview of the New Testament

The Diverse World of First-Century Judaism

The World of Greek Thought and Culture

The World of Roman Political Power

The Gospels

Marks Portrait of Jesus

Matthews Portrait of Jesus

Lukes Portrait of Jesus

Johns Reinterpretation of Jesus

The Continuing Quest for the Historical Jesus

Lukes Account of the Early Church: the Book of Acts

Paul

Unity,freedom,and Christs Return

Freedom From Law and Justification by Faith

Letters From Prison

Continuing the Pauline Tradition

General Letters on Faith and Behavior

Continuing the Apocalyptic Hope

Outside the Canon: Other Early Christian Literature

Filters