The Bible's Purpose and Significance Quiz

The Bible's Purpose and Genres

• The Bible's main purpose is to express God's sovereign will and to guide humanity towards a relationship with Him.

Genre: Law

• Law genre primarily expresses God's sovereign will concerning government, priestly duties, and social responsibilities.

Historical Books

• The books of Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, 1 Samuel, 2 Samuel, 1 Kings, 2 Kings, 1 Chronicles, 2 Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, and Esther are predominantly categorized as history in the Bible.

Inspiration of the Bible

• The term 'God-breathed' implies that the Bible is inspired by God and carries His authority.

Genre: Wisdom Literature

• Wisdom literature includes books of rhythmic prose, parallelism, and metaphor, such as Song of Solomon, Lamentations, and Psalms.
• This genre includes books of Proverbs, Job, and Ecclesiastes.

Genre: Narrative

• Narrative genre includes the Gospels, biographical narratives about Jesus, and the books of Ruth, Esther, and Jonah.

Genre: Epistle

• Epistle genre includes letters, usually in a formal style, involving clarification of prior teaching, rebuke, and explanation, correction of false teaching.

Genre: Prophecy

• Prophecy genre includes the Old Testament books of Isaiah through Malachi, and the New Testament book of Revelation.
• This genre involves predictions of future events, warnings of coming judgment, and an overview of God's plan for Israel.

Genre: Wisdom

• Wisdom genre involves aphorisms that teach the meaning of life and how to live, with language that is metaphorical and poetic.

Senses of Scripture

• The literal sense of Scripture involves understanding the text's straightforward meaning.
• The allegorical sense of Scripture explores the text's spiritual and eternal significance.
• The moral sense of Scripture involves applying the text's teachings to our own lives.
• The anagogical sense of Scripture involves exploring the text's spiritual and eternal significance and applying its teachings to our own lives.
• The tropological sense of Scripture involves finding symbolic or metaphorical meanings in the text and applying its teachings to our own lives.