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Pentateuch Questions and Answers:
What
is the Pentateuch?
The Pentateuch is the first five Books of the Old Testament Bible
The Pentateuch is the first five Books of the Old Testament Bible
What
are the names of the first five Books of the Bible called the ‘Pentateuch’?
Genesis
Exodus
Leviticus
Numbers
Deuteronomy
Who
is the Author of the Pentateuch?
The answer is Moses
The answer is Moses
Where
does the term Pentateuch comes from?
It comes from two Greek words:
It comes from two Greek words:
The Greek word ‘pente’ meaning ‘five’
(5) and
The Greek word ‘teuchos’ meaning
‘volume’ or ‘scroll.’
How
does the Jewish religion refer to the Pentateuch or the first five Books of the
Bible?
They refer to it as the Torah
They refer to it as the Torah
What
is another name for Torah?
Law
Law
Is
the word Torah in the Bible?
No. however, the Scriptures refer to ‘the book of the law of Moses.’
No. however, the Scriptures refer to ‘the book of the law of Moses.’
Genesis
is referred to as?
A Book of Beginnings
A Book of Beginnings
What
does Genesis deals with?
It deals with:
It deals with:
The world as the habitation of humanity, the origin
of the human family, marriage and home life, and civilization (Gen. 1, 2, 4 ).
The ‘fall’ or human sin (Gen. 3)
The promises of redemption (Gen. 3)
Diverse human languages
God’s ‘call’ of Abraham from Haran to the land of
Canaan.
The beginning of the twelve tribes of Jacob, or the
house of Jacob, or the children of Jacob
What
is another name for the twelve tribes of Jacob?
The children of Israel
The children of Israel
Why
was the twelve tribes of Jacob called the children of Israel?
It was because God changed Jacob’s name from ‘Jacob’ to ‘Israel.’ Thus Jacob and his twelve sons and their children were called ‘the children of Israel.’
It was because God changed Jacob’s name from ‘Jacob’ to ‘Israel.’ Thus Jacob and his twelve sons and their children were called ‘the children of Israel.’
Are
Jacob’s children of the Jewish Religion?
No. The Jewish Religion had not yet started.
No. The Jewish Religion had not yet started.
Did Jacob and his twelve tribes read the Torah?
No. They are the Torah. They are the Pentateuch. They are the history of the Pentateuch - the Torah.
No. They are the Torah. They are the Pentateuch. They are the history of the Pentateuch - the Torah.
Who
is the father of Jacob?
Isaac
Isaac
Who
is the father of Isaac?
Abraham
Abraham
What
were the names of Jacob twelve (12) sons which made up the twelve tribes or the
children of Israel?
Reuben
Simeon
Levi
Judah
Zebulun
Issachar
Dan
Gad
Asher
Naphtali
Joseph
Benjamin
Are
any of the twelve tribes of Israel alive today? No. The Bible has no record of any of the
twelve tribes of Israel who are alive today, and the descendants of the twelve
tribes of Jacob seems to be untraceable to the modern worlds.
Does
the Bible refer to any relatives of the twelve tribes of Jacob?
Yes. The Bible refers to Paul the Apostle as being a descendant of the tribe of
Benjamin. Paul was a First Century follower of Christ. (Philippians 3, and Romans 11). Mordecai the adopted father of Hadassah or queen Esther was from the tribe of Benjamin.
The Bible also refers to Joseph and
Mary as being from the descendants of David, who is a descendant of the Tribe
of Judah. (Luke 2:4). So, we could trace some Bible characters from the
descendant of David, such as Solomon, David's son, who is from the tribe of Judah. Jesus, John the Baptist
and his family are from the tribe of Judah.
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