THEO 210- Biblical Theology Midterm
UPDATED Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
Primeval History - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔the history of the first age of humanity, and
the term typically specifies Genesis books 1 through 11.
It tells how God creates the world and all its beings: adam and eve, cain & abel noah through
abraham
testamentum - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔"last will"
"to make a will"
Canon - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔a set of texts which a particular religious community
regards as authoritative scripture
Tanakh - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔The Hebrew Bible, which is also called the Mikra, is the
canonical collection of Hebrew scriptures
The first of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures comprising the first five books
(Christian Old Testament) of the Hebrew Bible
Torah - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔The law of God, which was given to Moses
Recorded through the first 5 books of the bible
Also known as the Pentateuch
Pentateuch - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Another name for the first 5 books of the Bible
Called the Torah
Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deutoronomy
Nevi'im - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔The Hebrew Prophetical Books, subdivided into
"former" prophets (4 books) and "latter" prophets (14 books) (18 Nevi'im books total)
,Together, these books trace Jewish History from the time of Moses' death until the destruction
of the First Temple and the subsequent Exile of the Southern Kingdom to Babylonia.
Former: Joshua, Judges, Samual, and Kings
Latter: Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekial (Major Prophets) and The Twelve (Minor Prophets)
Ketuvim - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔A.k.a Hagiographa, the third of the three Jewish
divisions of the Old Testament, variously arranged, but usually comprising the Psalms,
Proverbs, Job, Song of Solomon, Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, Esther, Daniel, Ezra,
Nehemiah, and Chronicles.
Deutorocanonical - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Book of Deuteronomy is the fifth book of the
Jewish Torah
Literally means "second law" from the Greek "duet eros" and "nomos"
Chapters 1-30 of the book consist of three sermons or speeches delivered to the Israelites by
Moses on the plains of Moab, shortly before they enter the Promised Land.
Textual Criticism - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔the process of attempting to ascertain the
original wording of a text.
Matters because it is the means by which we can establish and defend the integrity of the
New Testament in light of the thousands of variants which exist among manuscripts
Codex Sinaiticus - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔The earliest known manuscript of the Bible,
compiled in 4th century BCE
One of the four great uncial codices, ancient, handwritten copies of a Bible written in Greek
Vulgate - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔First translation of the Bible into Latin from Greek
In 4th century by St Jerome
Became the Catholic Church's official Latin text. Still used in Latin church today
Septuagint - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔is the earliest extant Koine Greek translation of
books from the Hebrew Bible
the Torah was translated in the mid-3rd century BCE
, According to legend, 72 Jewish scholars were asked by Ptolemy II Philadelphus, the Greek
King of Egypt, to translate the Torah from Biblical Hebrew to Greek for inclusion in the
Library of Alexandria
Henothesim - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Devoted to one God but recognize the presence of
others
Somewhat of a mix between Monotheism and Polytheism, but more complicated
Formal Correspondence and Dynamic Equivalence - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔the two
theories of biblical translation, ranging from more literal to paraphrases
DE = "Thought for thought" (not literal; similar expressions)
FC` = Literal translation
Deutoronomic History - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔The English title of the book,
Deuteronomy, comes from the word deuteronomion used as the title of the book in the
Septuagint, the second-century BC translation of the Hebrew Scriptures into Greek. This title
means "second law"
The book is a retelling of the covenant between God and his people Israel, presented in three
addresses or sermons by Moses.
Image of God - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Genesis 1:27 "So God created man in his own
image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them."
Man was created in the image of God, after His likeness
He allowed them to have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens
and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps the
earth
YHWH - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔A name for God that God himself revealed to Moses
and the Chosen People on Mount Sinai.
The word means "I Am Who Am" and led to Israel's understanding that God is the one,
living, and true God.
Priestly Tradition - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔All priests came from the Levite Tribe--
descendants of Levi, son of Jacob
Traditions are found in the book Leviticus
