Formation of the Old Testaments

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1. When do _liberal_ scholars believe that the Pentateuch (the first five books of the Bible) was edited into its final form? In the time of Moses In the time of David In the time of Joshua During the Babylonian Exile

2. The Septuagint, or the Greek translation of the Hebrew Scriptures, was compiled beginning in the 3rd century BC. At first, it only contained the Pentateuch, but later came to include other books. True False

3. These were in the Septuagint but are not included in the Old Testament of Catholics. 3 Ezra The Prayer of Manasseh 1 Esdras All of these

4. In addition to the books found in the Septuagint, the Ethiopian Old Testament also includes what additional book(s)? Both 1 Enoch and the Gospel of Thomas No extra books beyond the Septuagint 1 Enoch The Gospel of Thomas

5. I and II Maccabees, which tell the story that forms the basis for the Hanukah holiday, is found in which scriptural canon(s)? The Jewish Bible only The Jewish Bible and the Catholic Old Testament The Protestant Old Testament only The Catholic Old Testament only

6. There are seven books in the Catholic Old Testament that are not in the Protestant Old Testament. Most Protestants call these books apocryphal. What do Catholics call them? deuterocanonical non-canonical apocryphal pseudepigraphal

7. The rabbis who met in Jamnia officially listed the books of the Hebrew Scriptural Canon. When did this happen? 1st century BC 2nd century BC 2nd century AD 1st century AD

8. Who coined the term Apocrypha to refer to the books that were included in the Septuagint but not in the Hebrew Scriptural canon? Martin Luther Augustine John Calvin Jerome

9. Which of the following books encountered the most opposition when the Hebrew scriptural canon was formed? Leviticus Ezekiel Job Song of Solomon

10. The Dead Sea Scrolls, which were discovered in 1947, gave us the oldest surviving Old Testament manuscripts. From when do these scrolls date? 1 AD - 4 AD 500 BC - 300 BC 800 BC - 600 BC 200 BC - 1 AD