That argument only occurs when the question is "what was his name". Christ wasn't Jesus's surname, but it clearly doesn't refer to anyone else, and the question isn't about what the Saviour's name is, but which people ascended to heaven.
Mahatma is a title. His name was Mohandas Gandhi. Jesus's name was Jesus of Nazareth. Christ means anointed one. He was known as Jesus the Anointed One or Jesus the Messiah. So just like Mahatma, it was a title given to him.
Again, if the question was "what was Gandhi's first name", the correct answer is Mohandas. But if the question is "Who was the spiritual leader of independence movement in India", there would be a big fuss if "Mahatma Gandhi" wasn't one of the accepted answers. In the context of the questions asked here, Christ can stand in for Jesus.
Jesus is a transliteration of ישוע just like Joshua, only a less good one. Like Samuel and Shmuel, Solomon and Shlomo or Jehova and Yahweh, I think. Since there are no explicit vowels in written Hebrew afaik, it is probably all up to some interpretation.
Brandybuck. It is probable that the Tacitus reference is a fake - ie: a 15th century addition. No other writers refer to it until after the 15th century.
Arabic, like Hebrew, was derived from Aramaic... but by most definitions it did not exist as a language at the time any of the books of the Bible were written.
Arabic and Hebrew were not derived from Aramaic any more than Swedish and English were derived from, let us say, Dutch. They just happen to be related, being fellow descendants of the hypothetical proto-Semitic language, just like Swedish, English and Dutch descended from the hypothetical proto-Germanic.
Nice point, Tinu. Thank you for correcting what would have gone down as an incorrect statement. I wish certain folks would stop acting like experts in areas where their knowledge is lacking.
^ seriously? I could have just deleted the comment but I don't mind acknowledging when I am wrong or don't know something. If you see something that I say that is wrong feel free to point it out. I'm always happy to encourage people to look things up on their own, that's part of why I post. But don't just imply that I don't know what I'm talking about if you don't have any more information about the subject than I do.
Anyway the rest of what I said was true. Modern Arabic was not a language when the books of the Bible were written. Knowing this doesn't make me an expert on the subject, but I don't think you have to be credentialed to leave a comment here.
Wow, got all but too, but that's only good for 78th percentile? I'm impressed, Bible scholars, as there were a few tricky ones here in order to get 100%.
4:29 left, great quiz, I was a little surprised that I knew them all almost instantly. And there weren't any 100% answers? You'd think at least the gospels would have been higher. Huh.
Accept Incense or something like that instead of the Frankincense, please? (I can't for the life of me even figure where the cs and ss go in that, so..)
Were you thinking about "Jesus Is a Soul Man" which was popular in the 1970s? "...Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, the king said 'Into the fire you must go.' He found out that the fire wouldn't burn 'em. They were saved by the soul man."
Raphael is mentioned in the deuterocanonical book of Tobit, and so is recognized by the Catholic and Orthodox churches, but not by Protestants who consider Tobit part of the Apocrypha rather than canon in Protestant bibles. Since there was no distinction made as to which bible, I'd say Raphael should be here, but then one gets into the question of whether or not Uriel should also be here.
Raphael is an archangel. Also, you should consider adding some more (larger) groups for more time i.e. The Plagues, Joseph's brothers, Sons of Isaac, etc.
Great quiz. Could you accept Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego's Jewish names Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah as well as the Babylonian ones given to them in exile?
requiring the "h" at the end of myrrh doesn't seem consistent with the website's policy on the letter "h." It's not required when you type in Gomorra, for example.
It ought be pointed out that the second king of Israel was not David but Ishbosheth (II Samuel 2:8-10). David was ruled only over Judah and didn't rule over all of Israel until after Rechab and Baanah killed Ishbosheth seven and a half years later (II Samuel 4). Perhaps the question should be changed to First three kings over all of Israel. (Or you could change the answer.)
In the "Jews Saved from the Furnace" category, I think that Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah should be acceptable.
Those were the names given to them at birth- See Daniel 1:6. Afterall, does anyone know who Belteshazzar is? (It's Daniel, the name he was given at the same time his friends were given the new names of Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-nego). Just because an evil king renames you to try to get you to worship gods you don't believe in, and that you stand against, why should those names be what everyone calls you for all of history? For reference, here are their given names and what they were renamed, with the meanings of each:
Daniel/Belteshazzar-"God is my judge"/"The favorite of Bel [an idol god]"
Hananiah/Shadrach- "Favored of Jah [Jehovah]"/"enlightened by the sun god"
Mishael/Meshach-"Who is what God is?"/"Who can be like the goddess Shach?"
Azariah/Abed-nego-"Jah has helped"/"the faithful servant of the fire god Nego"
Regarding the Trinity being something biblical, the Encyclopædia Britannica states:
“Neither the word Trinity nor the explicit doctrine appears in the New Testament . . . The doctrine developed gradually over several centuries and through many controversies.”
Absolutely! - I always wondered, if there was a trinity of three co-equal beings, who Jesus was praying to in the garden just before his capture by the Roman soldiers.
That's a perfectly reasonable position. The Catholic Church and their Roman patrons rejected it in the Council of Nicea and declared it a heresy. Most protestants adhere to the Nicene Creed, but that doesn't mean it's right.
You are echoing the Arian (nothing to do with Nazis, but with a guy named Arias) doctrine of Christology, which, as one of its first official acts, the Church declared a heresy.
But the new testament does in fact refer to all three members of the Trinity in verses such as Matthew 28:19 - "Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the FATHER, and the SON, and the HOLY SPIRIT"
Bearshit? In the beginning there was bearshit. Now that is funny haha, I'm sure some people are gonna throw a fit now, but they just don't have a sense of humour, nothing to do with religion or blasphemy or shaming people etc. Just a fun play on words.
Maybe you could add in the description that this is the protestant bible you're talking about. That makes a difference, because for example the catholic and orthodox bible contains three books named after women (including the Book of Judith) whereas the protestant bible leaves that one out.
Good quiz! Would be nice to add a couple more spellings of meshach. I tried every combination I could think of except the right one. Knew it, but couldn't spell it.
You need to specify "Protestant Bible only". In the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Bible, the book of Judith is named after a woman, and the book of Tobit mentions the archangel Raphael.
Technically there are four "Jewish patriarchs," due to the fact that Jews trace their lineage from Jacob's son Judah. "Israelite Patriarchs" would be more appropriate.
"We're just three M.C.'s and we're on the go; Shadrach, Meshach, Abednego." I haven't heard this song for ages but couldn't help singing it in my head once I got to the furnace question.
"So Moses the servant of the Lord died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the Lord. And He buried him in the valley in the land of Moab, opposite Beth-peor; but no man knows his burial place to this day." ~ Deuteronomy 34:5-6.
Best guess is that you're thinking of the transfiguration, where Moses and Elijah were with Jesus shortly before he ascended into Heaven. A dead person returning to Heaven doesn't count.
Can you accept Hananiah for Shadrach, Mishael for Meshach, and Azariah for Abednego? Those were their names before the Babylonian exile. The names they are most commonly known by were given when they arrived in Babylon.
Anyway the rest of what I said was true. Modern Arabic was not a language when the books of the Bible were written. Knowing this doesn't make me an expert on the subject, but I don't think you have to be credentialed to leave a comment here.
John 3:13 says: "no man has ascended into heaven but the one who descended from heaven, the Son of man."
Could it be that Elijah and Enoch went somewhere else?
Those were the names given to them at birth- See Daniel 1:6. Afterall, does anyone know who Belteshazzar is? (It's Daniel, the name he was given at the same time his friends were given the new names of Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-nego). Just because an evil king renames you to try to get you to worship gods you don't believe in, and that you stand against, why should those names be what everyone calls you for all of history? For reference, here are their given names and what they were renamed, with the meanings of each:
Daniel/Belteshazzar-"God is my judge"/"The favorite of Bel [an idol god]"
Hananiah/Shadrach- "Favored of Jah [Jehovah]"/"enlightened by the sun god"
Mishael/Meshach-"Who is what God is?"/"Who can be like the goddess Shach?"
Azariah/Abed-nego-"Jah has helped"/"the faithful servant of the fire god Nego"
“Neither the word Trinity nor the explicit doctrine appears in the New Testament . . . The doctrine developed gradually over several centuries and through many controversies.”
You are echoing the Arian (nothing to do with Nazis, but with a guy named Arias) doctrine of Christology, which, as one of its first official acts, the Church declared a heresy.
Joseph).
They come from the first word of each of the books in Hebrew, although substitute an e for each schwa:
Bəreshit (בְּרֵאשִׁית, literally "In the beginning")—Genesis, from Γένεσις (Génesis, "Creation")
Shəmot (שְׁמוֹת, literally "Names")—Exodus, from Ἔξοδος (Éxodos, "Exit")
Vayikra (וַיִּקְרָא, literally "And He called")—Leviticus, from Λευιτικόν (Leutikón, "Relating to the Levites")
Bəmidbar (בְּמִדְבַּר, literally "In the desert [of]")—Numbers, from Ἀριθμοί (Arithmoí, "Numbers")
Dəvarim
"So Moses the servant of the Lord died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the Lord. And He buried him in the valley in the land of Moab, opposite Beth-peor; but no man knows his burial place to this day." ~ Deuteronomy 34:5-6.
Best guess is that you're thinking of the transfiguration, where Moses and Elijah were with Jesus shortly before he ascended into Heaven. A dead person returning to Heaven doesn't count.
Great quiz!