选修课圣经文学期末试题

1.

The

Holy

Bible

consists

mainly

of

two

large

segments:

the

Old

Testament and _

_A

__.

A.

the

New

Testament

B.

Judges

C.

Pentateuch

D. Biblical Narratives

2.

Altogether

there

are

___

C

__

books

in

the

Protestant

Bible,

which

includes ____ books in the Old Testament and ______ in the New.

A.

99…56…43

B.

89…54…35

C.

66…39…27

D.

100…50…50

3.

The

language

that

the

Bible

was

written

in

was

__

B

_____

(the

Old

Testament) and ______ and _______ for the New Testament.

A.

L

atin…Greek…English

B.

Hebrew…Greek…Aramaic

C.

Latin…Sanskrit…German

D. Hebrew…Greek…French

4.

There

are

many

names

of

God

used

in

the

Bible.

Which

of

the

following

represents

the

correct

name- meaning

relation

of

His

name?

__

B

__

A. Elohim

—“The Lord of Hosts”

B. YHWH(Yahweh)

—

Jehovah, the LORD, I AM THAT I AM

C. Jehovah Rohi

—“The Lord is Peace”

D. Jehovah Shalom

—“The Lord My Shepard”

5.

Which of the following genealogical line is correct?

___

C

___

A.

A braham

—

Jacob

—

Joseph

—

Isau

B.

J acob

—

Abraham

—

Issiah

—

David

C.

Abraham

—

Issac

—

Jacob

—

Joseph

D.

Noah

—

Abraham

—

Isau

—

Jacob

II. Fill-in the Blanks (30%, 2 points each)

Directions: Complete the sentences by putting the appropriate WORD in

the blanks blow.

1.

____ Genesis ____ is the first book of the Bible as well as an account

of the early history of mankind starting from Adam and Eve.

2.

The first man and the first woman were driven out of the Garden of

___Eden___ because they ate from the tree of__ Knowledge_____ after

the Lord told them not to.

3.

The

writing

of

the

Bible

follows

a

fundamental

guideline,

which

praises ___ virtue ___ and shuns ____ vice ____.

4.

A _ repetition _ is a recurrent image, scene, or symbol that

unifies

the plot and enriches its meaning.

5.

The six main phases of tragedy are: the hero’s __

dilemma__, moral

___choice__,

__Catastrophe

__,

the

tragic

hero’s

__

suffering__,

____Perception___ near the end of the action, and finally, death of the

hero.

6.

The

Gospel

mainly

refers

to

four

books

in

the

New

Testament:

_

Matthew _, __ Mark __, Luke __, and _ John _.

III. Essay questions (60%)

Directions:

answer

the

following

questions

by

using

the

information

covered in ‘Bible as Literature’.

1.

What

does

Bible

as

literature

mean?

How

is

the

Jewish

Canon

different from the Protestant Canon? (5 points)

⑴

①

The Bible can be read as theology, history, but also, as literature.

②

It can be seen as artistic reproduction of human experience.

③

The Bible can also be likened to an Anthology for the various literary

genres it includes.

(2)The Jewish Canon includes:

Pentateuch:

Genesis,

Exodus,

Leviticus,

Numbers,

Deuteronomy,

Prophets

Major: Joshua, Judges, I&II Samuel, I&II Kings, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel.

Minor

Prophets:

Hosea,

Joel,

Amos,

Obadiah,

Jonah,

Micah,

Nahum,

Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi

The Protestant Canon includes :

Psalms,

Proverbs,

Job,

Song

of

Songs, Ruth,

Lamentations,

Ecclesiastes,

Esther, Daniel, Ezra& Nehemiah, I&II Chronicles.

The prophets are different:

In the Protestant Canon, prophets such as

Joshua, Judges, I&II Samuel, I&II Kings are not included;

But

in

the

Jewish

Canon,

prophets

Lamentations

of

Jeremiah,

Daniel

are

not

included.

2.

What

is

the

“oral

tradition”?

Use

an

example

from

Genesis

to

illustrate

the

effect

that

oral

tradition

has

on

the

Biblical

writings.

(5

points)

An oral tradition is the manner in which information is passed from one

generation to the next in the absence of writing or a recording medium.

In the days before near-universal literacy, bards would sing or chant their

people's

stories.

For

example,

in

Genesis

1,

it

adopts

a

spiral

narrative

mode, and the narrator tells the story from the third person front of view

and in a poetic rhythm. It mainly narrates how the universe was created,

from climate to human. By using oral tradition, we would be personally

on the scene where the Lord is creating everything at that present as the

narrator tells us in a passionate voice.

It could be more vivid and more

picturesque.

3.

What

are

some

frequently

used

motifs

(at

least

two)

in

the

Old

Testament narratives? Explain by using examples. (10 points)

Motifs:

1. God is consistently depicted as the one who created or put

into order the world and guides its history.

2. The Old Testament stresses the special relationship between God and

his chosen people, Israel, but includes instructions for proselytes as well.

This relationship is expressed in the biblical covenant between the two,

received by Moses. The law codes in books such as Exodus and especially

Deuteronomy are the terms of the contract: Israel swears faithfulness to

Yahweh, and God swears to be Israel's special protector and supporter.