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How many books are in the Old Testament?
39
books
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How many books are in the New Testament?
27
books
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What is the middle book of the Old Testament?
Proverbs
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What is the middle book of the New Testament?
2
Thessalonians
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What is the shortest verse in the Old Testament?
1 Chronicles
1:25
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What is the shortest verse in the New Testament?
John
11:35
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How many chapters are in the Old Testament?
929
chapters
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How many chapters are in the New Testament?
260
chapters
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What is the longest word in the Bible?
Maher-shalal-hash-baz
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What is the longest book in the Bible?
Jeremiah
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What is the main sacred text of the Jews?
Hebrew Bible
(
Tanakh
)
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How many books are in the Tanakh?
24
books
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What are the three parts of the Tanakh?
Torah
,
Nevi'im
, Ketuvim
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What does "Torah" refer to?
The
law
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What does "Nevi'im" refer to?
The
prophets
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What does "Ketuvim" refer to?
The
writings
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What is the Talmud?
A collection of numerous
treaties
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What does the Talmud primarily focus on?
Legends of the Jews
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What are the two main components of the Oral Torah?
Mishna
and
Gemara
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What is the Hebrew term for Oral Torah?
Torah she-ba'al peh
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What does Halakhah refer to?
Rules
to go by
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What is Haggadah?
A
Jewish
text recited at
Seder
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What does the term "Haggadah" derive from?
The
Hebrew
word "
higgid
" (to tell)
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What is recounted in the Haggadah during Passover?
Narrative of the
Exodus
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What is the Septuagint?
The Greek version of the
Hebrew
Bible
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What does the Septuagint include?
The
Apocrypha
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What are the Apocrypha?
14
books of
unknown
authorship
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What is the significance of the post-biblical period?
Extension
of
the
Biblical
period
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What are the key components of the Talmud?
Collection of treaties
Oral Torah codification
(
Mishna
)
Commentary on Mishna
(
Gemara
)
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What are the differences between the Tanakh and the Talmud?
Tanakh: Sacred text with
24 books
Talmud: Collection of treaties and commentaries
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What are the differences between Halakhah and Haggadah?
Halakhah: Rules to follow
Haggadah: Narrative recited at
Seder
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What is the Latin term for the Bible?
biblia
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What is the Greek term for the Bible?
biblos
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What are other names for the Christian Bible?
Holy Scriptures
,
Holy Writ
, Scriptures
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How many books are in the Christian Bible?
66
books
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How many books are in the Catholic Bible?
72
books
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Over what period were the books of the Bible written?
Approximately
1,500
years
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How many authors contributed to the Bible?
More than
40
authors
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What are the main sections of the Christian Bible?
Old Testament
, New Testament,
Apocrypha
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What is the Old Testament primarily composed of?
Ancient writings, teachings,
psalms
, and hymns
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