2015 JUPEB CRS – Multiple Choice Questions

Standing in the place of the ancient Israelites’ belief system today are three major religions

How did historians succeed in scrutinizing the Old Testament to discover its nature and origins?

What was salvaged at the destruction of the first Temple by King Nebuchadnezzar in 605- 562 BCE?

The Pentateuch is actually a patchwork of what was once a different text known as __________

The New Testament writers used the Greek version of the Bible called __________

The following criteria were observed by the early Church in the formation of the canon except:

The New Testament Canon evolved over the course of the period of Christian history between __________

The first Christian text that was not canonized but respected as authentic is the __________

Toward the close of the 18th Century, freed slaves of West African ancestry began to arrive and settle in a town called __________

The trade in slaves from Africa to the Americas began around the __________

During the slave trade, Africans were transported across the Atlantic were estimated to be __________

The first freed slaves to be shipped to Sierra Leone from London in 1787 were:

“Hear this word, you cows of Bashan, who oppress the poor, who crush the needy…” (Amos 4:1). Cows of Bashan in here refers to the __________

God promised the Israelites that if they repented of their sins and returned to Him, He would __________

God decided not to punish the people of Israel during the reign of Josiah for the sins they committed because __________

Amos declared that the Jews who built houses of hewn stone would not dwell in them because they

What acts of righteousness did Isaiah admonish his people to demonstrate?

“Father Abraham, have mercy upon me, and send Lazarus…” (Luke 16: 24). Abraham could not grant the rich man’s request because __________

The Jewish religious leaders arrested and imprisoned the Apostles the second time because

In the Transfiguration episode, Moses and Elijah represented the __________

“But he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep” (John 10:2). The door in this statement refers to __________

Jesus did not go immediately to attend to Lazarus who was reported sick because He __________

The following are Israel’s patriarchs except __________

The first three books of the New Testament are called the ______________

One of these is not a cause of proliferation of Churches in Nigeria.

A family system where the males have more power and authority than the females and where right and inheritance pass from fathers to sons is __________

The supplementary hypothesis is a combination of __________

By the priority of Mark, we mean ____________

In which of these Churches do women play prominent role?

Moses asked Pharaoh to allow the Hebrews depart from Egypt in order to __________

The term “Quelle” means ______________

The term ‘Aladura’ is also used of the __________

The Old Testament Scripture contains in it three (3) kinds of records __________

Legends are stories that are based on __________

Through the conquest of Alexander the Great of the then world, the Greeks produced __________

“Roman Peace” is also known as __________

In the Roman Empire, which of these administrative systems was developed?

Jesus Christ was born during the reign of __________

The outcome of the Jewish response to Hellenism was the creation of the __________

__________ sect withdrew from the society and formed a small community of sharing and caring.

The Aramaeans were among the people who were mainly ————

The peoples of Ur and Haran worshipped the same god known as __________

Religiosity can be measured in the following ways with the exception of:

The major cause of corruption in Nigeria involves all of the following except …

The word “Pharisee” means the ____________

The party that believed most strongly in the Jewish Law is the ___

One of cardinal beliefs of the Pentecostal Churches is NOT

The Rev S. B. J. Oshoffa was born in 1909 in __________

Who was the first indigenous Church founder in Nigeria?

Who declared religion as the “opium” of the people?