Dr. Shirley's Web Courses

REL 103 - New Testament Survey

Report 1

Please write your answers to the questions as a .txt text file (using NotePad), or in an MS Word document ( .doc file), SAVE THEM TO A DISKETTE OR MEMORY STICK, and email them as an attachment to rel103@yahoo.com, rel103@hellokitty.com, rel103@mail2world.com

Remember to include your name and email address in the message itself, and at the head of any Word document or text file that you send.
Please use all three addresses (in case any of the sites are having problems).
Please do not send essays or reports as Word Perfect Files or any type of file other than MSWord or text files.

NOTE : It is a good idea to prepare an answer page with a word processor and save it to a diskette in the A drive before sending your report - if the computer gives trouble you will still have the answers to send again.

Your Name & Email Address ?

A :

There is no assigned portion of the New Testament to read this week, so for your 6 Key Verses, write out 6 of your favorite verses from the New Testament : Give chapter and verse, and write out the complete verse.

B :

  1. List the Books of the New Testament in order
  2. In which language was the New Testament written
  3. Describe some resources for Bible Study (Web Page)
  4. Write a brief paragraph about Alexander the Great
  5. What happened to Palestine and Jerusalem in 333 BC
  6. Using the textbook or any other sources (remember to cite your sources), describe the Temple in Jerusalem (Herod's Temple) at the time of Jesus. When was this Temple destroyed, and by whom?
  7. Using the textbook or any other sources (remember to cite your sources), describe a typical Jewish synagogue at the time of Jesus
  8. Using the textbook or any other sources (remember to cite your sources), write a paragraph about the Pharisees
  9. Using the textbook or any other sources (remember to cite your sources), write a paragraph about the Sadducees
  10. Using the textbook or any other sources (remember to cite your sources), write a paragraph about the Samaritans
  11. When did Herod the Great start to rebuild the Temple in Jerusalem
  12. Who was the Roman Emperor at the time of the birth of Jesus Christ
  13. Write a brief paragraph on the History of the Bible. There is additional information on the History Web Pages
  14. Roughly when was the Hebrew Old Testament translated into Greek, and what is the name of this translation
  15. When (between which dates) were the books of the Apocrypha written (the Deuterocanonical Books)
  16. Who first translated the Bible into Latin, when, and what is the name for this translation
  17. Name two people who lived before AD 1000 and who are known to have translated parts of the Bible into English (or Anglo-Saxon)
  18. Who published the first printed Bible, and in what language was it
  19. Who was the editor of the first printed version of the Greek text of the New Testament, and when was it published
  20. Which king of England (and Scotland) arranged for a translation of the Bible into English, which was "authorized to be used in churches", and when was it published

Copyright © 1999 Shirley J. Rollinson, all Rights Reserved

Dr. Rollinson

Department of Religion
Station 19, ENMU
Portales, NM 88130

Last Updated: January 29, 2008

Valid XHTML 1.0 Transitional   Valid CSS!