Deck 1: Scripture Among the Worlds Religions

Question 1

In the Western "religions of the book," scriptures regulate much of life.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Scriptures can be used doctrinally.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

The Talmud is the Hebrew Bible.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

How many times has Ballou's book been revised?

A) Never
B) Once
C) Three Times
D) Six Times

Question 5

One mark of scriptures' holiness is their use in ritual.

Question 6

For moderns,the written word predominates.

Question 7

The first anthology of world scriptures for popular use was edited by

A) Ballou
B) Conway
C) Van der Leeuw
D) Vogt

Question 8

Whose book was first published under the title From Primitives to Zen?

A) Van der Leeuw's
B) Vogt's
C) Lessa's
D) Eliade's

Question 9

The newest type of cognitive use of scripture is in interfaith dialogue.

Question 10

Scriptures,by definition,are especially sacred.

Question 11

Scripture can only be used cognitively.

Question 12

How many chapters in Religion in Essence and Manifestation deal with scripture?

A) One
B) Two
C) Four
D) Six

Question 13

How many stages has the study of scripture passed through in the last 150 years?

A) Two
B) Three
C) Four
D) Six

Question 14

Most scriptures originated in oral tradition.

Question 15

Scriptures all have the same function.

Question 16

Scripture is barred from public worship.

Question 17

World religions typically venerate their scriptures.

Question 18

The Musgrave Ritual is a scriptural rite.

Question 19

Scriptures lack the authority of some other religious writings.

Question 20

Informative uses of scripture impart knowledge to believers.

Question 21

______ has 1,200 sacred texts.

Question 22

Dao means ______.

Question 23

What term do Coburn and Folkert reject?

A) Canon
B) Gospel
C) Word
D) Scripture

Question 24

The present work (Anthology of World Scriptures)is representative of which stage of scripture study?

A) First
B) Third
C) Fifth
D) Sixth

Question 25

Which book has remained in print continually since 1939?

A) The Bible of the World
B) A World Religions Bible
C) Religions in Essence and Manifestation
D) Reader in Comparative Religions

Question 26

The _______ is wrapped in silk.

Question 27

Genres are also known as

A) Devotionals
B) Literary Forms
C) Scriptures
D) Djinns

Question 28

_______ in Judaism and Christianity means "The Book."

Question 29

For whom does the written word predominate over the oral word?

A) Moderns
B) Ancients
C) Medievals
D) Aboriginals

Question 30

There are three Abrahamic ______.

Question 31

Scripture is held to be able to keep away ______.

Question 32

The canon is ________ in the three Abrahamic monotheisms.

Question 33

An ______ is a holy picture.

Question 34

The passing down of material by word of mouth only is known as

A) Scriptural tradition
B) Oral tradition
C) Judaic tradition
D) Mythic tradition

Question 35

When was the last addition to the Latter-day Saint Church's canon?

A) The 1800s
B) The 2000s
C) The 1900s
D) In 2015

Question 36

The use of holy books to foresee the future is known as ______.

Question 37

Rudolf ______ wrote the classic study of religion,The Idea of the Holy.

Question 38

The Christian Bible is often still bound in ______.

Question 39

The Upanishads include philosophy about

A) The nature of reality
B) The nature of plants
C) the reality of nature
D) God's foreknowledge

Question 40

Who argued that Israelite scripture originated as a support for an educational program?

A) Carr
B) Folkert
C) Coburn
D) Vogt

Question 41

Scriptures typically reflect only the patriarchal and ______ perspectives of their traditions.

Question 42

Which cognitive use of scripture do you believe to be the most important,and why?

Question 43

The effort to collect,edit,and publish the literature of world religions is an academic enterprise from the _________ part of the world.

Question 44

Are there any special problems with reading scriptures in translation? If so,what are they? Explain your answer.

Question 45

The authority of scripture is often established and maintained by a special class of scholars who are the guardians of scripture and recognized experts in its _____________.

Question 46

In what ways can scriptures be used noncognitively?

Question 47

______ use of scripture means doing something with it.

Question 48

What does the practice of bibliomancy tell us about the importance of scriptures for believers? Do all religions have this practice? If not,why do you think that they lack it?

Question 49

How does the use of scripture in new religions differ from its use in older religions?

Question 50

What advantages are there in studying religions through their scriptures? Could there be any disadvantages to this approach to studying religions? If so,what are they?