Biblical Apologetics Quiz

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Quiz for Creation Apologetics Course by Mr. Chris Ashcraft

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1. How much older were the Dead Sea Scrolls than our oldest known Biblical manuscripts? *

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a. 100 years

b. 1000 years

c. 2000 years

d. 5000 years

2. What was significant about the discovery of the Silver Amulet Scrolls found at Ketef Hinnom?

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a. They contained the complete book of Isaiah, which was missing from the Dead Sea Scrolls.

b. The text included the oldest known example of the name Yeshua (Jesus) outside of the Bible

c. They were dated to the 7th century BC, showing that the Bible was not written after the Babylonian exile as some had claimed.

d. Silver was not valued during the Old Testament period proving that the scrolls were likely fakes.

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3. A Stela fragment that was discovered at Tel Dan contained what Biblical reference? *

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a. The Creation account found in Genesis

b. The House of David

c. The names of Noah and his 3 sons are mentioned in connection with building an ark, but not the flood itself.

d. The apostasy of the tribe of Dan falling into Idol worship.

4. The authenticity of the New Testament text is supported by which of the following? *

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a. The time gap between the original and oldest existing manuscripts, as compared to other writings from the ancient world.

b. The number of existing ancient manuscripts of the NT as compared to other writings from the ancient world.

c. Quotes from early Christian writings that make it nearly possible to put together the entire New Testament just from these.

d. All the above

e. A & C Only

5. What is an Ossuary? *

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a. A war-machine discovered near Jerusalem that was used by the Romans to breach wall of fortified cities.

b. The containers used to store the manna during the Exodus.

c. A box that was used to entomb bones in Israel during the 1st century BC/AD.

d. A collection of prayer psalms – discovered on Silver Amulet Scrolls at Ketef Hinnom

6. What important discovery was made at Caesarea related to the events in the New Testament? *

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a. A commemoration stela with an inscription that refers to Pontias Pilate.

b. A piece of a cross was discovered with a carving that reads – “King of the Jews”

c. The home of the Roman centurion Cornelius.

d. The prison where Paul was kept before appearing to the governors Felix and Festus, as well as King Agrippa.

7. According to a poll of 1000 twenty year olds who have left the Church, what part of the Bible made most question its reliability? *

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a. The miracles of Jesus’

b. The creation account

c. The young Biblical age of the Earth

d. Too many rules

8. The dates of Biblical events are calculated from what information? *

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a. Radiometric dating

b. Synchronizing ancient Egyptian and Biblical dates

c. The ages given in the genealogical records of patriarchs in the Bible

d. Carbon-14 dating

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9. The debate over the age of the Earth (young vs. old) is really a debate over the interpretation of what body of evidence? *

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a. Human remains and artifacts from the Paleolithic era.

b. Distant starlight and the speed of light

c. The fossil record

d. Carbon-14 and other radiometric dating techniques

10. Old Earth creationist views include which of the following? *

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a. Day-age / Progressive creationism

b. Gap theory

c. Theistic evolution

d. Framework hypothesis

e. All of the above

11. ALL theistic evolutionists (old Earth creationists) believe the following? *

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a. The flood was either a local event or a non-event

b. Adam was created from an ape-like hominid

c. Each day of the creation in Genesis 1 was a broad span of time

d. God created the laws of physics and let natural processes do the rest.

12. The moral decline in the U.S. is most likely due to which cause? *

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a. Social tension that has increased due to manipulations of the news media by leftist political interest groups.

b. The teaching of natural science, which claims God does not exist and we are just another animal.

c. Archaeological evidence that has proven that certain historical events and people in the Bible are not true.

d. We are sinful by nature and without God's presence and moral guidance in our lives, people decide for themselves what is right or wrong.

e. Both B & D

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