Crossword: How to read the Bible?
Puzzle 1: Based on material in chapters 1-2, Discovering the Bible by Alex
Varughese
Challenge: Can you solve the puzzle even if you do not have the book by
Varughese?
ACROSS
- 2 God's self-disclosure to humanity through His words and actions
- 5 The study of how to read and interpret the Bible
- 6 The study of a
biblical text in its historical and/or literary contexts
- 7 Fifteen books from the
Old Testament period which gained canonical status in Roman Catholicism although those
writings are not in the Hebrew Bible (what Protestants call the Old Testament)
- 9 God taking the flesh-and-blood form of a human being in the person of Jesus of
Nazareth
- 10 Where the Dead Sea Scrolls were found
DOWN
- 1 The Hebrew name for the first five books of the Jewish scriptures (the Old
Testament)
- 3 The active role God played in writing the books of the Bible
- 4
The study of and reflection upon God and His attributes
- 8 A collection of
writings accepted by a religious body as authoritative and normative for faith and
practice
-- Howard Culbertson,
This crossword puzzle was created for use in the course Introduction to Biblical Literature.
The words and clues come from the textbook Discovering the Bible: Story and Faith of the
Biblical Communities edited by Alex Varughese and published by what is now called The
Foundry.
"I am not a huge crossword puzzle person, but figured I would give it a whirl. It was
actually fun!" -- Jesse S., student
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9 | Chapter 10 |
Chapter 11 | Chapter
12 | Chapter 13 |
Chapter 15 | Chapter
16 | Chapter 17 |
Chapter 18 | Chapter
19 | Chapter 20 |
Chapter 21 | Chapter
22 | Chapter 23 |
Chapters 24-25 | Chapters
26 | Chapters 27 |
Chapter 28 | Chapters
29-30 | Chapter 31 |
Chapter 32 | Supplementary
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