Bible Quiz

The Hebrew Bible is hardly bound by its covers; it has inspired significant commentary and criticism. How much do you know about the contents of the Bible, and about biblical scholarship?

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Question 1. What are the names of the three major prophets whose extensive writings are the longest in Nevi’im Aharonim?
 Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Ezekiel
 Joshua, Samuel, and David
 Solomon, David, and Saul
 Elijah, Elisha, and Nathan

 

Question 2. The Books of Ezra and Nehemiah describe what event in Jewish history?
 The return to Zion around 538 B.C.E
 The destruction of the Second Temple
 King David’s affair with Bathsheba
 When King Nebuchadnezzar ordered Arioch to kill all the wise men of Babylon

 

Question 3. On what holiday is Ecclesiastes read?
 Rosh Hashanah
 Sukkot
 Shavuot
 Passover

 

Question 4. How many books are in the Hebrew Bible?
 13
 613
 32
 24

 

Question 5. What is the Masoretic Text?
 The traditionally correct text of the Hebrew Bible, established by a group of scholars between the sixth and tenth centuries
 The oldest extant text of the Book of Genesis
 An ancient Jewish text that didn't make it into the biblical canon
 Another name for pseudepigrapha

 

Question 6. Every day in the Temple in Jerusalem the Levites sang:
 The story of creation
 The Song of Songs
 A Psalm for the day of the week
 Hannah's prayer

 

Question 7. True or False: Tamar was impregnated by her father-in-law.
 True
 False

 

Question 8. Zipporah was the wife of which biblical man?
 Aaron
 Isaac
 Benjamin
 Moses
 Joshua

 

Question 9. When do scholars think the text of the Book of Esther was written?
 By an eyewitness to the events
 During the First Temple period
 During the Second Temple period
 In the second century CE

 

Question 10. How many parshiyot (portions) are there in the Torah?
 36
 51
 54
 72

 

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