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Bible: The New Testament
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Unlike the Old Testament, the New Testament covers a historical period of ___.
A few years
Several decades
Hundreds of years
Thousands of years
2
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It is generally accepted that the New Testament was originally written in what scholarly language of the time?
Latin
Italian
English
Greek
3
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When did Christians begin to use the words "New Testament" to refer to their collection of scriptures?
First century BC
65-110 AD
Second century AD
Thirteenth century AD
4
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The Gospels were most likely written between which two years?
1000 and 900 BC
325 and 300 BC
65 and 110 AD
920 and 990 AD
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What dialect, which Jesus most likely spoke, was popular among Palestinian Jews?
Latin
Italian
Aramaic
Czech
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