Bible translations into Spanish

Bible translations into Spanish - Quiz

1. When was the first Spanish translation of the Bible made?

A) ca. 1280
B) 1430
C) 1569
D) 1553

2. What term is used in Spanish scientific literature for medieval Bible translations?

A) Biblia del Oso
B) biblias romanceadas
C) Ladino texts
D) Reina-Valera

3. Which manuscript translation was created in 1430?

A) Textus Receptus
B) Ferrara Bible
C) Alba Bible
D) Vetus Latina

4. What was the Ferrara Bible (1553) printed in?

A) Syriac script
B) Hebrew characters
C) Judaeo-Greek script
D) Latin characters

5. Who was the Ferrara Bible dedicated to?

A) Casiodoro de Reina
B) Francisco de Enzinas
C) Cipriano de Valera
D) Duke Ercole II d'Este

6. Why were restrictions placed on private ownership of Spanish Bibles?

A) Because they contained errors
B) Because they were too expensive
C) As a measure against Protestantism
D) To promote Latin usage

7. What is the classic Spanish translation of the Bible?

A) Enzinas Bible
B) Reina-Valera
C) Ferrara Bible
D) Alba Bible

8. Who authored the first whole Bible in Spanish printed in 1569?

A) Juan Pérez de Pineda
B) Cipriano de Valera
C) Casiodoro de Reina
D) Francisco de Enzinas

9. What nickname is given to the 1569 Spanish Bible?

A) Biblia del Oso
B) Biblia del Rey
C) Biblia del León
D) Biblia del Papa

10. Where was the first whole Bible in Spanish printed?

A) London
B) Amsterdam
C) Geneva
D) Basel

11. Which Greek text was the New Testament of the 1569 Bible likely derived from?

A) Syriac manuscripts
B) Vetus Latina
C) Ferrara Bible
D) Textus Receptus

12. Who published New Testament portions in Geneva in 1556?

A) Francisco de Enzinas
B) Cipriano de Valera
C) Juan Pérez de Pineda
D) Casiodoro de Reina

13. When was the first Reina-Valera print published?

A) 1603
B) 1569
C) 1596
D) 1602

14. What is the Reina-Valera Bible widely regarded as the Spanish equivalent of?

A) Septuagint
B) King James Version
C) Geneva Bible
D) Vulgate

15. What divine name is used in most Reina-Valera revisions in the Old Testament?

A) Adonai
B) El Eterno
C) El Señor
D) Jehová

16. Which revision of the Reina-Valera uses 'El Eterno'?

A) 2011
B) 1960
C) 1990
D) 1602

17. Which organization authorizes the use of the Reina-Valera in its Spanish services?

A) Lutheran Church
B) Episcopal Church
C) Catholic Church
D) Orthodox Church

18. What was the purpose of the 'Monterrey Revision Project'?

A) To remove the Apocrypha
B) To replace Jehovah with Yahweh
C) To modernize Spanish spelling
D) Revision according to the Textus Receptus

19. Where were Bibles printed for Sephardi Jews using Ladino and Judaeo-Greek?

A) London and Amsterdam
B) Madrid and Toledo
C) Rome and Florence
D) Constantinople and Salonica

20. Who revised the Bible translation of Casiodoro de Reina?

A) Duke Ercole II
B) Francisco de Enzinas
C) Cipriano de Valera
D) Juan Pérez de Pineda

21. Which ecclesiastical council decreed the Catholic canonical text infallibly in 1570?

A) Council of Carthage
B) Council of Hippo
C) Synod of Rome
D) Council of Trent

22. Which Spanish Bible translation is considered by traditionalist Catholics to be the best?

A) Biblia Latinoamericana
B) Jerusalem Bible
C) Torres Amat
D) Nácar-Colunga

23. How does the Jerusalem Bible render the divine name in the Old Testament?

A) Dios
B) El Señor
C) Yahvé
D) Adonai

24. In what year was the first complete Catholic Bible printed in Spanish?

A) 1785
B) 1944
C) 1823
D) 1280

25. Which organization approved the ecumenical version 'Dios Habla Hoy' for study purposes?

A) The Holy See
B) Spanish Episcopal Conference
C) CELAM
D) United Bible Societies

26. What is the primary reason for avoiding the use of 'Dios Habla Hoy' in liturgy?

A) It is not approved by the Pope
B) Claims of inaccurate translations in key passages
C) It lacks the Deuterocanonical books
D) It uses archaic Spanish

27. What was the first version of the Bible translated into Castilian Spanish?

A) Torres Amat
B) Alfonsine
C) Nácar-Colunga
D) Pre-Alfonsine

28. Which king commissioned the Alfonsine version of the Bible?

A) Alfonso X
B) Alfonso VI
C) Alfonso XI
D) Alfonso XII

29. Who identified the canonical text confirmed by the Synod of Rome in 382?

A) Saint Jerome
B) Alfonso X
C) Pope Francis
D) Pope Damasus I

30. The Nácar-Colunga translation was first published in which year?

A) 1972
B) 1947
C) 1951
D) 1944

31. What distinguishes the Catholic Bibles regarding the source text?

A) They are only translated from modern Spanish
B) They are exclusively translated from Greek
C) Contain the entire canonical text identified by early councils
D) They exclude the Deuterocanonical books

32. In what year was 'Las Sagradas Escrituras, Versión Israelita Nazarena' published?

A) 2010
B) 2011
C) 2013
D) 2012

33. How is the Messiah's name rendered in the Versión Israelita Nazarena?

A) Yahweh
B) Yeshua
C) Jesus
D) Yahoshua

34. What is the Hebrew word 'mal’ākhīm' translated as in the Versión Israelita Nazarena?

A) mensajero
B) profeta
C) ángel
D) espíritu

35. Who authored the 1989 English translation that became the 'Nuevo Testamento Judío' published in 2011?

A) J.A. Alvarez
B) Cipriano de Valera
C) Casiodoro de Reina
D) Dr. David H. Stern

36. Which organization published 'La Biblia de las Américas'?

A) Tyndale Español
B) Thomas Nelson
C) The Lockman Foundation
D) United Bible Societies

37. From which language was the 1966 'Biblia de Jerusalén' translated?

A) French
B) Latin
C) English
D) Hebrew

38. In what year was the 'Nueva Versión Internacional' (NVI) published?

A) 2003
B) 1999
C) 1989
D) 1992

39. Who published the 'Nueva Traducción Viviente' (NTV) in 2010?

A) Editorial Mundo Hispano
B) Thomas Nelson
C) Tyndale Español
D) Sociedad Bíblica Emanuel

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