Bible Content Exam 11
All biblical quotations have been taken from the NRSV.
1. The Ten Commandments are recorded in which two books?
2. Melchizedek is first mentioned in connection with whom?
3. What was found in Benjamin's sack of grain?
4. What happened to Miriam after she and Aaron spoke against Moses?
5. Abraham was called by God to go out of what place?
6. Which of the following statements is not a part of the conversation between God and Moses at the burning bush?
7. Whose story involves the following: the city of Nahor, a water jar, and Isaac?
8. Israelite law demanded scrupulous care in the treatment of the blood of slain animals. What reason for this is given in Leviticus?
9. "I will sing to the Lord, for he has triumphed gloriously; horse and rider he has thrown into the sea" is found in which book?
10. What did Caleb do?
11. Who asked her husband to take a concubine, and later demanded that he cast the concubine out?
12. Which book contains Moses' final speeches to Israel?
13. When God told Abraham to sacrifice Isaac, what did Abraham do?
14. Who was the diviner hired by the king of Moab to curse Israel?
15. According to Deuteronomy, what will be the result of God's blessings toward Israel?
16. According to Leviticus, which of the following is not true about the "sin offering"?
17. Which two sons of Aaron were consumed by fire from God because of their priestly disobedience?
18. Which of the following was a judge?
19. Who said to Nathan the prophet, "See now, I am living in a house of cedar, but the ark of God stays in a tent"?
20. The boy Samuel served God under which of the following leaders?
21. Who said, "sun, stand still at Gibeon"?
22. What was Nehemiah's role in Susa?
23. Narratives about Rahab the harlot are found in which book?
24. Who brought down the house in Gaza?
25. "Do not press me to leave you or to turn back from following you! Where you go, I will go; Where you lodge, I will lodge; your people shall be my people and your God my God." Who said this, and to whom?
26. Who said: "Would I had died instead of you, O Absalom, my son, my son"?
27. Who said: "I will give you the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite"?
28. Which heir to the throne of David was supported by Nathan and Zadok?
29. Hezekiah was most closely associated with which country?
30. Who said: "If I have won your favor, O King, and if it pleases the king, let my life be given me--that is my petition--and the lives of my people--that is my request."
31. Collection of speeches against foreign nations are the most typically found in what part of scripture?
32. Which two prophets proclaimed that in the future "... the mountain of the Lord's house shall be established as the highest of the mountains... [and] peoples shall stream to it?"
33. When some of the people exiled to Babylon returned to Jerusalem during the Persian period, who urged them to rebuild the temple?
34. Which prophet was thrown overboard by shipmates in order to calm a stormy sea?
35. Which prophet was in prison during the Babylonian siege of Jerusalem?
36. "... Yet he bore the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors" is a quotation from which book?
37. Who said: "As I was among the exiles by the river Chebar, the heavens were opened and I saw visions of God."
38. According to Isaiah, what event ends the Babylonian exile?
39. "If our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the furnace of blazing fire and out of your hand, O king, let him deliver us" is found in what book?
40. To whom did God say: "Do not say, 'I am only a boy' ... you shall speak whatever I command you"?
41. The "Immanuel" sign is discussed by which of the following?
42. What interpretation is given to Ezekiel's vision of the valley filled with dry bones?
43. In which book do these lines appear: "Does the clay say to the one who fashions it, 'What are you making'"; "... you that have no money, come, buy and eat"; "Arise, shine; for your light has come"?
44. The following autobiographical information concerns which prophet: "I am no prophet, nor a prophet's son; but I am a herdsman, and a dresser of sycamore trees... and the Lord... said to me, 'Go, prophesy to my people Israel'"?
45. According to Luke, Jesus began his ministry in Nazareth by turning to the prophetic passage: "The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me; he has sent me to bring good news to the oppressed, to bind up the brokenhearted..." Which prophet was he quoting?
46. Who prophesied to Judah after the return from the Babylonian exile?
47. To whom did God say: "Name her Lo-ruhamah, for I will no longer have pity on the house of Israel or forgive them"?
48. "God is our refuge and strength" is followed in the biblical text by what line?
49. Which of the following completes the quotation from Proverbs: "A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word..."?
50. In which book does the following quotation appear: "Shall a faultfinder contend with the Almighty? Anyone who argues with God must respond"?
51. According to Lamentations, what does Zion have no longer?
52. "One day the heavenly beings came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan also came among them." In which book are these words written?
53. "What shall I return to the Lord for all his bounty to me? I will lift up the cup of salvation and call on the name of the Lord" is found in which book?
54. Which saying does not appear in the book of Ecclesiastes?
55. In which book does the following appear: "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is insight?"
56. "... The silver cord is snapped, and the golden bowl is broken, and the pitcher is broken at the foundation and the wheel is broken at the cistern, and the dust returns to the earth as it was." To what does this description refer?
57. Which subject is not discussed in the book of Proverbs?
58. Who was the woman at Jacob's well, from whom Jesus asked a drink?
59. According to the Gospel of Luke, who was the mother of John the Baptist?
60. What episode does the following conclude: "When they had sung the hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives"?
61. Which of the following phrases continues the story beginning with the words: "And a woman in the city, who was a sinner..." (Luke 7:38)?
a. "began to bathe his feet with her tears."
b. "begged him to cast the demon out of her daughter."
c. "came up behind him and touched the fringe of his cloak."
d. "put in two small copper coins."
62. Which of these figures in not an element in Jesus' parables of the kingdom?
63. Who was a "leader of the Jews" who asked Jesus, "How can anyone be born after having grown old?"
64. Who was the passerby forced to carry Jesus' cross?
65. Who said: "I have not come to bring peace, but a sword"?
66. "Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have come to believe" was said by Jesus to whom?
67. Which Gospel contains the parable of the Good Samaritan?
68. Which of the following best describes Theophilus?
69. In which Gospel does a young man leave his linen cloth behind and run off naked at the time of Jesus' arrest?
70. Which of the following describes Zacchaeus?
71. Who, upon dying, was carried away by the angels to be with Abraham?
72. In the Gospel of John, who is associated with Joseph of Arimathea in the burial of Jesus?
73. In which Gospel is the infant Jesus circumcised and presented in the temple?
74. Where do the following occur: "salt of the earth"; "light of the world"; and "lilies of the field"?
75. When Pilate said, "What I have written I have written," to what was he referring?
76. Which of the following sayings is from Paul's letter to the Romans?
77. Which of the following is a key question posed to Paul which he seeks to answer in 1 Thessalonians?
78. Who was struck dead after trying to deceive Peter by hiding some of the money from the sale of a piece of property?
79. When Paul responds to the problem created by some Christians who ate meat that had been offered to idols, offending the consciences of others, what does he advise?
80. Who was on his way to Damascus when he heard a voice that said, "Why do you persecute me?"
81. On what does Paul base his order to the church of the Thessalonians: "Anyone unwilling to work should not eat"?
82. Peter's visit to Cornelius in Caesarea concerned which of the following?
83. Paul gives the words of institution for the Lord's Supper in which of the following books?
84. Paul's argument in Romans regarding the advantage of Jews over Gentiles emphasizes which of the following?
85. The letters of John contain all except which of the following?
86. Which book contains Paul's famous sermon in front of the Areopagus in Athens?
87. In which book does Paul say time and again: "Rejoice"?
88. In which letter does Paul maintain that believers are "the aroma of Christ to God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing; to the one a fragrance from death to death, to the other a fragrance from life to life"?
89. In which letter does Paul maintain that "all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God"?
90. In which letter does Paul express the following concern: "I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting the one who called you in the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel ..."?
91. Which of the following does not appear in the Book of Revelation?
92. Which book contains the following quotation: "You do well if you really fulfill the royal law according to the scripture, 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself' ... whoever keeps the whole law but fails in one point has become accountable for all of it"?
93. In what way does the Letter to the Hebrews describe faith?
94. The Book of Revelation describes visions granted to the seer when he was doing what?
95. The example of Melchizedek is used by the author of Hebrews in discussing what?
96. Which of the following books addresses the rich in condemnatory language?
97. Which of the following words complete this statement about Christ in the book of Hebrews: "Because he himself was tested by what he suffered..."
98. The letter to the Hebrews contains which of the following?
99. What does James say stains the whole body and is set on fire by hell?
100. Which of the following New Testament books begins with these words: "We declare to you what was from the beginning, what we have heard, what we have seen with our eyes, what we have looked at and touched with our hands, concerning the word of life..."?
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Bible Exam 11
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THE PENTATEUCH
HISTORICAL BOOKS
PROPHETS
PSALMS AND WISDOM LITERATURE
GOSPELS
ACTS AND PAULINE WRITINGS
REST OF NEW TESTAMENT
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