Bible Quiz Questions

What was the name for the mountain of God? Answer: Horeb (Exodus 3:1)

What is God’s memorial name? Answer: God of Abraham, God of Isaac, and God of Jacob. (Exodus 3:16)

How many plagues did it take to free the Hebrews from Pharaoh and the Egyptains? Answer: 10 (Exodus chapters 7-11)

In Exodus 10:19 use’s the term Red Sea; what is the correct name for that sea? Answer: Sea of Reeds

In what chapter did the Passover take place? Answer: Exodus 12

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Why capitalize Bible?

I am trying to figure out why I have a visceral response to bible lower case instead of the proper Bible. We capitalize the word God because it is a proper noun. I thought it was capitalized because it was a reference to the deity.  If that reasoning would have proven true then Bible and Scripture would be capitalized by virtue of their function as an extension of God. Instead it seems that one could argue that Bible, Scripture receive capitalization because they too are proper nouns. The SBL Handbook of Style makes the point that “the name of a genre in not capitalized.” (4.4.5 p.19) So I would argue for the capitalization of the word Bible for three reasons, first it is an extension to the Godhead. Yes that is a confessional reason, but I like it nonetheless. Second it is a proper noun. Third in most cases it is not used generically in seminary writings such as term papers and the like.  So this is why I wince when students write bible when they should write Bible.

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