Stan Campbell - Bibleology: The Little Book of Bible Trivia

Copyright 2007 by Stan Campbell All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without permission in writing from the publisher, except by a reviewer who may quote brief passages in a review. Unless otherwise indicated, Scripture quotations are from the HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION. Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan Publishing House. All rights reserved.

Quotations noted KJV are from the King James Version of the Bible. Faith Words Hachette Book Group 237 Park Avenue New York, NY 10017 Visit our website at www.HachetteBookGroup.com www.twitter.com/faithwords First eBook Edition: January 2010 ISBN: 978-0-446-57203-3

T his is not a book for Bible scholars. If you have a wall I covered with theology/divinity degrees or have devoted a long lifetime to the examination of every detail tucked among the thousands of lines of Scripture, thanks for your interest, but you can put this book back on the shelf. Rather, this book is for people who may actually know very little about the contents of the Bible. Those who will get the most out of it are people who want to learn morewho are willing to ponder what they already know and look up new bits of information they discover. This book was written with the hope that the user will have a pleasant experience reviewing his or her knowledge of Bible trivia (an unfortunate word, because I would not suggest that any portion of the Bible is by any means trivial).

In fact, I havent done my job if you dont stop periodically and think, I didnt know that was in the Bible! So dont approach this book of Bible trivia with the expectation of regurgitating facts you already know. Instead, may you enjoy a voyage of discovery to see what else is in the Bible to add to your existing knowledge. You are likely to find that many trivial portions of the Bible still contain significant life lessons for those of us trying to navigate our lives in the twenty-first century. A short book like this cant cover everything in Scripture, but great effort has been made to include many of the usually overlooked portions in addition to most of the favorite sections. And the content is presented in a number of different formats (multiple choice, matching, true/false, etc.) to provide a variety of learning methods as you go through. It is hoped that you will occasionally chuckle at what you find in addition to having a number of aha moments throughout this book.

In fact, if you dont find yourself having fun as you go through this little book, youd better double-check you might be a Bible scholar.

T he Bible is the source of many of our everyday quotes I and references. For example, when you hear people speak of the writing on the wall or a doubting Thomas, they are using biblical references (whether they know it or not). Below are a number of familiar sayings. See if you can identify which ones come from the Bible and which have other sources. (1) I am escaped with the skin of my teeth. (2) The quality of mercy is not strained, it droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven upon the place beneath: it is twice blessed; it blesseth him that gives and him that takes. (3) Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? (4) Lord, what fools these mortals be! (5) To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven. (6) God helps them that help themselves. (7) To err is human, to forgive divine. (8) It is more blessed to give than to receive. (9) Whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them. (10) For fools rush in where angels fear to tread. (11) Pride goeth before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall. (12) Hope springs eternal in the human breast. (13) The love of money is the root of all evil. (14) Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it. (15) Spare the rod, and spoil the child. W hen you think of miracles in the Bible, its natural to think of Jesus right away. W hen you think of miracles in the Bible, its natural to think of Jesus right away.

Yet a number of other people either initiated a miracle or participated in one. Some were instruments of God who brought about the miracle; others merely benefited from it. Try to match the following miracles with the people associated with them (listed at the end of the chapter). Miraculous Event (1) Interpreted another persons dream without even being told what the dream was (2) Sat on a hillside during a battle; as long as his hands were uplifted, the Israelites would win, but when he lowered his hands, they would lose (He also parted the Red Sea, struck a rock and had water gush out, and did a lot of other miraculous stuff) (3) Was bitten by a deadly viper; when he didnt die, the people thought he must be a god (4) Thrown into a fiery furnace so hot it killed those tossing them in, yet he and his two friends came to no harm (5) Called down fire from heaven that consumed a drenched sacrifice, the altar, and even the stones and the soil (6) Exhausted after killing one thousand Philistines with the jawbone of a donkey, he prayed and God created a spring of water right where he was (7) Used only 300 soldiers to defeat an enormous enemy army (8) Summoned thunder and rain during the dry season as a sign for the Israelites (9) Stood before Pharaoh as he (not Moses) changed his staff into a snake, turned the waters of the Nile River to blood, summoned frogs to cover the land, and initiated a plague of gnats (10) An angel escorted him out of a maximum security prison without anyone noticing until long after he was outside (11) As a sign that God had answered someones prayer, this prophet prayed that the shadow of the sun would reverse itself on ten steps of a stairwayand it did! (12) Because his victorious army was about to see the enemy escape into darkness at the end of day, he commanded the sun to stand still; as a result, the sun delayed going down about a full day (13) Performed many miracles during his life (making an iron axhead float, curing leprosy, bringing a young man back from the dead, etc.); but even after death, when a fresh corpse happened to come into contact with his bones, the dead man came back to life (14) He and Peter were approached by a beggar who had been crippled from birth; instead of giving him money, they healed him. Peformed the Miracle (A) Aaron (B) Daniel (C) Elijah (D) Elisha (E) Gideon (F) Isaiah (G) John (the apostle) (H) Joshua (I) Meshach (J) Moses (K) Paul (L) Peter (M) Samson (N) Samuel

T he story of the life of Moses fills four books of the Bible: Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy. Below are twenty questions covering just a few of the events of Moses life.