The Articles of Faith Part 59

LECTURE XIII, ARTICLE 8.

The Bible.

=1.= What position does the Bible occupy among the standard works of the Church?

=2.= What reservation does the Church make in accepting the modern versions of the Bible as the unchanged word of G.o.d?

=3.= Define "Bible." (1, Give the derivation of the word; and, 2, its modern usage.)

=4.= Show that the division into Old and New Testaments is natural and self-suggestive.

=5.= Explain the term "canon of scripture" as applied to the Bible.

=6.= Explain, with scriptural references, the growth of the Old Testament from the time of Moses to that of Malachi.

=7.= State what you know of the language in which the books of the Old Testament were originally written.

=8.= What is the Septuagint? (1, Give the meaning of the term; 2, describe the origin of the book.)

=9.= Cla.s.sify the books of the Old Testament as at present compiled.

=10.= What cla.s.sification of Old Testament writings was recognized in the days of the Savior's ministry?

=11.= What is the Pentateuch? (1, Define the term; 2, enumerate the books comprised; 3, state what you know of their authors.h.i.+p; 4, give an account of the copies or versions possessed by the Jews and the Samaritans anciently.)

=12.= Name the Historical books in order.

=13.= Name the Poetical books. (In this connection, define the term "Hagiographa.")

=14.= Name the Prophetical books. (1, In their order as at present compiled; 2, in the probable order of their production.)

=15.= What is meant by the Apocrypha?

=16.= What is the New Testament?

=17.= Give the princ.i.p.al historical evidence of investigation regarding the authenticity of the New Testament books.

=18.= Name and cla.s.sify the books of the New Testament.

=19.= What is the Vulgate?

=20.= Specify the princ.i.p.al modern versions of the Bible.

=21.= Give evidence supporting belief in the genuineness and authenticity of the Bible.

=22.= State the princ.i.p.al items of evidence from the book of Mormon, corroborating the authenticity of the Bible.

=23.= Give the important conclusions of biblical scholars regarding the genuineness of the New Testament or of parts thereof.

=24.= Give the princ.i.p.al biblical references to scriptures not contained in the Bible.

LECTURE XIV, ARTICLE 8.

The Book of Mormon.

=1.= What is the Book of Mormon?

=2.= How was the ancient record brought to modern notice?

=3.= What do we learn from the t.i.tle-page of the Book of Mormon as to the nations or peoples whose history is dealt with in the volume?

=4.= Which was the earliest of the nations, mentioned in the Book of Mormon, which established itself on the American continent?

=5.= Give an account of the journey of Lehi and his colony from Jerusalem to America. (State: 1, the Divine instructions directing Lehi to leave; 2, time of this occurrence; 3, the course of their overland journey; 4, journey across the ocean; 5, place of landing in America.)

=6.= Describe the origin of Nephites and Lamanites respectively.

=7.= Who were the Jaredites? (1, Why so named; 2, time and manner of their migration to this continent; 3, brief statement of their history.)

=8.= How came the record of the Jaredites to be incorporated with the Nephite writings?

=9.= What is known of Mulek and his people?

=10.= Name the cla.s.ses of plates referred to in the Book of Mormon (1, on the t.i.tle page; 2, elsewhere in the volume).

=11.= State what is known of the plates of Nephi (1, their origin; 2, the "larger" as distinguished from the "smaller" plates; 3, method by which the record grew).

=12.= What is Mormon's abridgment of the plates of Nephi?

=13.= Which of the plates of Nephi did Mormon include with his own abridgment?

=14.= What great purpose of the Lord was subserved by this duplication of part of the ancient record?

=15.= Describe the circ.u.mstances resulting in the plates coming into the custody of Joseph Smith (1, his first information regarding their existence; 2, his first view of the plates; 3, his four years of probation; 4, his possession of the plates).

=16.= What other sacred articles were buried with the plates?

=17.= What is meant by the Urim and Thummim?

=18.= What purpose did these instruments serve in the work translation?

=19.= Give an outline of the circ.u.mstances attending the translation and publication of the Book of Mormon (1, difficulties attending the work; 2, date of first publication).

=20.= What is the testimony of the learned regarding the characters of parts of the original record?

=21.= Summarize the evidence of the genuineness of the Book of Mormon.

(Show the distinction between genuineness and authenticity.)