Question

__________, a Jewish historian who lived during the first century AD, provides valuable information about the period during which Jesus lived.

James
Jerome
John
Josephus



The Latin translation of the Bible is the __________.

Apocrypha
Pseudepigrapha
Torah
Vulgate




Careful reading of a biblical passage leading to an interpretation of its message is called __________.

apologetics
exegesis
eisegesis
homiletics





Biblical interpretation is an art and a science.

True
False




Where did church leaders apply the literal method of interpretation to the Bible?

Alexandria
Antioch
Athens




The art and science of biblical interpretation is __________.

apologetics
hermeneutics
homiletics
physics





An introductory study of a book of the Bible is __________.

apologetics
exegesis
hermeneutics
isagogics





The second division of the Hebrew Scriptures is called the __________.

Kethubhim
Megilloth
Nabhim
Torah



Revelation through human conscience, or intuition, is a form of __________.

natural revelation
specific revelation





Eusebius classified the various documents used in congregations in each of the following categories EXCEPT

Antilegoumena
Apocrypha
Homologoumena
Kethubhim
Pseudepigrapha



The study of the Bible itself is __________

Bibliology
Christology
soteriology
theology






The word theopneustos means __________.

apologetic
God-breathed
illumination
revelation




Canonicity included immediate recognition and subsequent __________.

confirmation
illumination
inspiration
revelation





The church fathers used the gospels and the writings of Paul and the other apostles as Scripture.

True
False





God’s act of making himself known to humans is __________.

acclamation
illumination
inspiration
revelation



A formal defense of Christianity is a(n) __________.

apologetic
hermeneutic
homiletic





An Old Testament appearance of Jesus is a theophany or Christophany.

True
False





Israel’s written constitution was the Torah.

True
False







If listing the documents contained in the New Testament in chronological order (oldest first), which document would be first in the list?

Acts
James
Matthew
Romans





Documents the church recognized as God’s revelation, that is, as God’s Word, are canonical.

True
False





The Council of Hippo recognized __________ as canonical.

Acts
Hebrews
Philemon
Revelation




Some editions of the Septuagint included the __________.

Apocrypha
Pseudepigrapha
Talmud




Each of the following is a division in the New Testament EXCEPT

General Epistles
Gospels
Prophecy
Poetic Literature





Clement of Rome is one of several church fathers who quoted from the apostles’ letters.

True
False




The Pseudepigrapha is a collection of documents considered __________.

authoritative
inerrant
spurious




Which division of the Old Testament is synonymous with the Torah?

Gospels
Pentateuch
Prophets
Wisdom Literature

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Answer 1

Answer: Josephus

Step-by-step explanation:

The extant manuscripts of the book Antiquities of the Jews, written by the first-century Jewish historian Flavius Josephus around 93–94 AD, contain two references to Jesus of Nazareth and one reference to John the Baptist.