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These questions were not designed just to prove you know facts. More than that, each question represents certain portion of knowledge reflecting the uniqueness of the Bible and thus adding evidence of its reliability. For example, just knowing how many manuscripts of the New Testament are there or the percentage of accuracy of those manuscripts could be seen only as cold number, however, that number encloses a unique characteristic that no other book than the Bible possess. So, here you are face to face again to the same test, hoping you do much better this time and fulfilling the purpose of this website. Remember that at the end you will be automatically redirected to another page for your results, a process that could take a couple of minutes, so be patient. To return to this page, just click the link that will appear on top of the page.
The following is true about the Bible...
Written in a period of 1600 years, 3 languages, 3 continents and 40 different authors Written in a period of 2000 years, 2 languages, 3 continents and 50 different authors Written in a period of 3000 years, 3 languages, 2 continents and 30 different authors Written in a period of 500 years, 3 languages, 2 continents and 20 different authors Still thinking that Papa Johns is the best pizza... specially the one with pepperoni!!!
The Bible is the most...
Translated, coherent in its content, well preserved and oldest book ever Translated, persecuted, coherent in its content and well preserved book ever Coherent in its content, persecuted, translated and oldest book ever Persecuted, coherent in its content, well preserved and oldest book ever All are correct
People that played a relevant role in bringing and reproducing the Bible...
The Greek church The Ammonites The Jewish The Jackson's Five The Chaldeans
Estimate of existing manuscripts of the New Testament...
13,000-24,000 130,000-240,000 13-24 130-240 1,300-2,400
How was the Bible put together?
The Sanhedrin and the Fathers of the Church decided for the Old and New Testament respectively God threw the scrolls from heaven and Moses picked them up at Sinai The Council of Nicaea decided which books had to be included The Church decided what should be included in the Bible There wasn't any particular event. It was a progressive confirmation process
Literary work with a greater number of manuscripts...
The 4 Gospels Herodotus works The Quran New Testament Homer works (Iliad, Odyssey)
One reason why it was necessary to determine the canonicity of the New Testament
Marcion was developing his own list of inspired books Many eastern churches were using spurious books The Fathers of the Church received this mission from the apostles A and B are correct A, B and C are correct
Percentage of accuracy of the New Testament manuscripts...
No one knows 98.33% 85.6% 75% 100%
Some of the Masoretes' duties included...
To count how many times each letter appeared in every book of the Hebrew Bible To find what was the letter placed in the middle of the Pentateuch and in the middle of the whole Hebrew Bible To detect which verses had all the letters of the alphabet A and B are correct All are correct
They helped in reproducing reliable copies of the Bible and adding vowels to the Hebrew text...
The Masoretes The Ammonites The Talmudists The Vietnamites The Pharisees
The number of existent manuscripts of the Bible tells us that...
The Bible has enough bibliographical support The Bible is the truth without a doubt The Bible has no need to be amended by subjective opinions A and C are correct All are correct
Regarding the New Testament, the time between the original text was written and the most early copy made was about...
50-75 years 100-150 years 250-300 years 500-600 years 700-800 years
Number of reading differences in the New Testament manuscripts...
150,000 15,000 1,500 150 15
In the Scriptorium, when a mistake was found in a copy of the Bible...
It was burned It was immediately corrected It was immediately corrected and thoroughly revised to see further errors It was thrown away The copyist was thrown away
The word canon in the Bible means?
Cane, Rule List, selection Inspired, breathed Truth Printers
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