Review Activities
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Number 1. A collection of sacred texts that a religious community has established as its authoritative guide
Correct Answer: Canon
Number 2. The scriptures of Islam
Correct Answer: Qur'an
Number 3. The Hebrew Bible
Correct Answer: Tanakh
Number 4. The scripture of Hinduism
Correct Answer: Vedas
Number 5. A collection of the deeds and sayings of the prophet Muhammad
Correct Answer: Hadith
Number 6. The collection of the oral Torah that explains and comments on the written Torah
Correct Answer: Mishnah
Number 7. A vast collection of commentary, stories, and learning that serves to supplement and illustrate the Torah.
Correct Answer: Talmud
Number 8. "That which is remembered;" referring to the sacred texts of Hinduism
Correct Answer: Smirti
Number 9. "That which was heard;" referring to the scriptures of Hinduism
Correct Answer: Sruti
Number 10. A part of one of the great epics of Hinduism
Correct Answer: Bhagavad-Gita
Number 11. One of the great epics of Hinduism
Correct Answer: Ramayana
Number 12. The period in Israel's history when its leaders and many citizens were forcibly relocated to Babylon
Correct Answer: The Exile
Number 13. Early Christian groups who believed that the key to salvation lay in secret teachings
Correct Answer: Gnostics
Number 14. Buddhist guide to interpreting scriptures
Correct Answer: Sutra on the Four Reliances
Number 15. In Buddhism, the teachings of the Buddha
Correct Answer: Dharma
Number 16. A discourse or instruction of the Buddha
Correct Answer: Sutra
Number 17. Way of interpreting scriptures that was widely accepted in the Middle Ages
Correct Answer: Fourfold Method of Biblical Interpretation
Number 18. Level of meaning in scriptures that was believed to disclose the future.
Correct Answer: Anagogical
Number 19. Refers to the the hidden, symbolic meaning of scripture
Correct Answer: Allegory
Number 20. The belief of he reformers that scripture alone was sufficient for salvation; it focuses on the literal meaning of the scripture and relied upon the true meaning to be revealed by God's spirit.
Correct Answer: Sola scriptura
Number 21. The effort to recover the meaning of Biblical texts by thorough analysis
Correct Answer: Biblical Criticism
Number 22. The analysis of how social and cultural setting affects the interpretation of scripture
Correct Answer: Reader response criticism
Number 23. The scriptures and spiritual leader of Sikhism.
Correct Answer: Guru Granth Sahib