NSCI 110 - Week 7 Authority of Scripture Quiz
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Week 7 Authority of Scripture Quiz
Question 1
10 / 10 pts
Sometimes we all need some help understanding what the Bible says.
Correct!
True
False
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Question 2
10 / 10 pts
For Calvin, including too many specific details in the Genesis account would have only complicated matters and detracted from the central theme, that…?
Yahweh was just another one of the gods
It is a waste of time for us to study science
Modern science can be found if we squint at the text
We are not important in God’s creation
Correct!
God is Lord over all
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Question 3
10 / 10 pts
What event is the ultimate act of God coming to us in a way that we would understand, accommodating to our understanding as human beings?
The creation account
The exodus
Joshua’s conquests
The Babylonian Exile
Correct!
The incarnation
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Question 4
10 / 10 pts
Which of the following historical scholars of Christianity affirmed the notion of divine accommodation?
Basil of Caesarea
John Chrysostom
Thomas Aquinas
John Calvin
Correct!
All of the above
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Question 5
10 / 10 pts
What Scripture was Thomas Aquinas convinced that the plain sense reading of Scripture was not
the intended sense which was part of his study on divine accommodation?
Correct!
Genesis 1:6, the firmament
Genesis 1:14, the lights in the expanse
Genesis 1:27, the Image of God
Genesis 2:10, the four rivers
Genesis 2:22, the rib surgery
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Question 6
10 / 10 pts
Historically speaking, Christian interpreters of Scripture have also noted that God condescends his language to the language of humanity.
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True
False
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Question 7
10 / 10 pts
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What significance did the Dead Sea Scrolls have upon our reading of the New Testament?
None, it is a waste of time to read about such things
Correct!
A much clearer picture of the messianic expectations of the Israelites and of the eccentric behavior of John the Baptist to name two
Helping us understand that they didn’t really believe the mustard seed was the smallest of all seeds
Helping to solve the so-called Synoptic Gospel problem
A more accurate description of how they made gluten free wheat
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Question 8
10 / 10 pts
The ultimate purpose of Scripture is...
To be used as a guide to judge scientific measurements
To be used as a guide to interpret archaeological findings
To be used as a rule book to send people to hell
Correct!
To help people find Jesus
To be held over the heads of struggling Christians who doubt or have questions
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Question 9
10 / 10 pts
Which of the following are responsible for our ability to read and understand the Hebrew Bible?
Diligent men and women who have devoted their professional lives to the study of Semitic language like Hebrew, Aramaic, Moabite, Phoenician, Ugaritic and Arabic
Historians who piece together the information gleaned from archaeologists
Archaeologists who unearth artifacts and texts
Epigraphers and Linguists who can date and translate texts
Correct!
All of the above
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Question 10
10 / 10 pts
When Paul was speaking at the Areopagus in Athens, he didn’t feel the need to speak in a manner appropriate to his hearers.
True
Correct!
False
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