Question 1

What is the definition of the following term:
-Torah:

Accepted Answer

The holy scriptures of Judaism attributed to Moses, collected as the first five books of the Bible.

Question 2

Matching: The letter of the correct definition is given in the space provided.
-Orthopraxis

Accepted Answer

A)   A "letter," especially one written by a Christian leader and included in the New Testament.
B)   A limited and defined group of officially collected writings.
C)   Sermons, usually of the Buddha, collected as Buddhist scripture.
D)   "Straight practice," the official rituals and moral practices of a religion.
E)   "Straight teaching," the official beliefs of a religion. D

Question 3

Christians say that the Apostle Paul

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A)   is an incarnation of God.
B)   incorporated his own personal thoughts and reflections in his letters, including his responses from letters he received from others.
C)   recited the unmediated divine revelation, that is, reciting only the words God gave him to recite.
D)   was writing only his own ideas that have no real religious authority. B

Question 4

According to the author, because Laozi was not a prophet, we should not think of his writings (i.e., Daodejing) as Daoist scripture.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Matching: The letter of the correct definition is given in the space provided.
-Orthodoxy

Accepted Answer

A)   A "letter," especially one written by a Christian leader and included in the New Testament.
B)   A limited and defined group of officially collected writings.
C)   Sermons, usually of the Buddha, collected as Buddhist scripture.
D)   "Straight practice," the official rituals and moral practices of a religion.
E)   "Straight teaching," the official beliefs of a religion.

Question 6

What is the definition of the following term:
-Daodejing:

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Question 7

According to our text, when religious followers quote scripture to make a doctrinal point

Accepted Answer

A)   they are merely being closed minded.
B)   they are appealing to religious authority the way many of us appeal to authority for information we do not have on our own.
C)   they are incapable of thinking for themselves.
D)   they can now be confident that they cannot be mistaken.

Question 8

Explain the concept of orthodoxy and discuss how appeals to scripture help to establish orthodox teaching. Use an example from the text.

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Question 9

"Secondary scriptures" appear in some religions, including Islam and Judaism, because

Accepted Answer

A)   the primary scriptures are found to be faulty and in need of correction.
B)   the primary scriptures may not be clear in their meaning and require an authoritative source to aid interpretation.
C)   new prophets come along that add new words directly from God.
D)   followers get tired of the old rules and want some new teaching.

Question 10

In our reading and in class, it was suggested that scripture often provides a kind of link between a religion's founder and the idea of doctrinal authority. Use an example you know or from the reading and explain both of these terms and how scripture provides the link between them.

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Question 11

The general concept of scriptural authority means

Accepted Answer

A)   all religious texts are attempts to tell us absolute truths that cannot be questioned.
B)   scriptural texts are really just human attempts to "put a face on God."
C)   scriptural texts claim some kind of relation to higher knowledge of Ultimate Being and therefore rightly direct their followers.
D)   scriptural texts can mean anything we want them to mean.

Question 12

All religions use scripture as the final, best authority for settling religious questions.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Name three secondary religious scriptures and the religions in which they are used.
a. The text is ___________________, used in the religion of ___________________.
b. The text is ___________________, used in the religion of ___________________.
c. The text is ___________________, used in the religion of ___________________.

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Question 14

These founders' words can be trusted as holy scripture because

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A)   the Quran was written down by Muhammad himself.
B)   the New Testament was written down by Jesus himself.
C)   the sermons of the Buddha were written down by the Buddha himself.
D)   none of the above

Question 15

Matching: The letter of the correct definition is given in the space provided.
-Sutra

Accepted Answer

A)   A "letter," especially one written by a Christian leader and included in the New Testament.
B)   A limited and defined group of officially collected writings.
C)   Sermons, usually of the Buddha, collected as Buddhist scripture.
D)   "Straight practice," the official rituals and moral practices of a religion.
E)   "Straight teaching," the official beliefs of a religion.

Question 16

Matching: The letter of the correct definition is given in the space provided.
-Epistle

Accepted Answer

A)   A "letter," especially one written by a Christian leader and included in the New Testament.
B)   A limited and defined group of officially collected writings.
C)   Sermons, usually of the Buddha, collected as Buddhist scripture.
D)   "Straight practice," the official rituals and moral practices of a religion.
E)   "Straight teaching," the official beliefs of a religion.

Question 17

What is the definition of the following term:
-sutra:

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Question 18

What is the definition of the following term:
-epistle:

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Question 19

What is the definition of the following term:
-Talmud:

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Question 20

Muslims say that the Prophet Muhammad

Accepted Answer

A)   is an incarnation of God.
B)   incorporated his own personal thoughts and reflections in his letters, including his responses from letters he received from others.
C)   recited the unmediated divine revelation, that is, reciting only the words God gave him to recite.
D)   was writing only his own ideas that have no real religious authority.

Exam 4: Scripture As Source and Authority

What is the definition of the following term: -Torah:

Matching: The letter of the correct definition is given in the space provided. -Orthopraxis

Christians say that the Apostle Paul

According to the author, because Laozi was not a prophet, we should not think of his writings (i.e., Daodejing) as Daoist scripture.

Matching: The letter of the correct definition is given in the space provided. -Orthodoxy

What is the definition of the following term: -Daodejing:

According to our text, when religious followers quote scripture to make a doctrinal point

Explain the concept of orthodoxy and discuss how appeals to scripture help to establish orthodox teaching. Use an example from the text.

"Secondary scriptures" appear in some religions, including Islam and Judaism, because

In our reading and in class, it was suggested that scripture often provides a kind of link between a religion's founder and the idea of doctrinal authority. Use an example you know or from the reading and explain both of these terms and how scripture provides the link between them.

The general concept of scriptural authority means

All religions use scripture as the final, best authority for settling religious questions.

Name three secondary religious scriptures and the religions in which they are used. a. The text is _________, used in the religion of _. b. The text is _, used in the religion of _. c. The text is _, used in the religion of _________.

These founders' words can be trusted as holy scripture because

Matching: The letter of the correct definition is given in the space provided. -Sutra

Matching: The letter of the correct definition is given in the space provided. -Epistle

What is the definition of the following term: -sutra:

What is the definition of the following term: -epistle:

What is the definition of the following term: -Talmud:

Muslims say that the Prophet Muhammad