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Test Bank for A Brief Introduction to the Old Testament 4th Edition by

Michael Coogan, Cynthia Chapman A+

Chapter 1: What Is the Bible?

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Type: essay/short answer question Title: Chapter 01 Question 01

1. In Jewish tradition, what are the three major divisions of the Hebrew Bible? What are the

characteristics of the books found in each of these divisions? Describe the processes that led to

the canonization of each of these components.



Type: essay/short answer question Title: Chapter 01 Question 02

2. Compare the Jewish and Christian canons of the Old Testament. How do they differ?

What are the reasons for the differences in the order and content of these collections?



Type: essay/short answer question Title: Chapter 01 Question 03

3. What is involved in the process of textual criticism and what is the goal of the textual

critic? What role has it played in scholars’ efforts to translate the Bible?



Type: essay/short answer question Title: Chapter 01 Question 04

4. To what does the term “the Bible” refer? What problems arise in trying to define “the

Bible”?




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Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 01 Question 01

1. All the books in the Hebrew Bible were accepted as canonical at the same time.

a) True

*b) False



Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 01 Question 02

2. The Hebrew Bible includes all of the writings that the Israelites produced.

a) True

*b) False



Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 01 Question 03

3. Genesis, the first book of the Bible, was also the first book of the Bible to be written.

a) True

*b) False



Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 01 Question 04

4. The Septuagint is a Greek translation of the Bible produced by an unknown individual.

*a) True

b) False


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Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 01 Question 05

5. The Latter Prophets are the books named after individual prophets.

*a) True

b) False



Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 01 Question 06

6. Both the Jewish and Christian canons put the books of the Hebrew Bible in the same

order.

a) True

*b) False



Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 01 Question 07

7. The books of the Apocrypha are not included as a part of the Jewish canon because they

were hidden from early Jewish communities.

*a) True

b) False



Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 01 Question 08


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8. The books of the Hebrew Bible were separated into chapters and verses in ancient times.

a) True

*b) False



Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 01 Question 09

9. The Torah was probably the first division of the Bible to gain canonical status.

*a) True

b) False



Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 01 Question 10

10. The Dead Sea Scrolls provide evidence for a fixed canon already in the first century CE.

*a) True

b) False



Type: multiple choice question Title: Chapter 01 Question 01

1. In Jewish tradition, all are parts of the Bible except:

a. Torah

*b. Apocrypha

c. Writings

d. Prophets




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