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BIBL 104 Liberty Study Notes and Guides Basic Info: This exam is worth 4 credits. If you don’t pass, you have to take the course, so make 100% sure you are ready to test before you sign up. You have about 30 days after registering to take the exam. I would (peyton here) recommend studying before signing up to take it. That way you aren’t stressed. When you sign up to take it, you have to sign a waiver type document saying that you won’t cheat. THIS IS NOT OPEN BOOK!!! You have to know everything! NO notes or anything. But, the nice thing is there is no proctoring. You sign up to take it and then you take it when you are ready. I found it a very nice way of testing (I already took THEO 104.). For this exam, here are links to study information. I can’t personally vouch for everything, but it’s always nice to have too many resources than too few.

Here is what Liberty says: Taken from https://www.liberty.edu/onlineacademy/index.cfm?PID=37838

Taking a Liberty University Institutional Challenge Exam (ICE) To apply for credit by examination, students must register for an ICE exam by completing the ICE Request Form.

ICE has been created specifically for Liberty University students, other Institutions are not obligated

to recognize or transfer the credit. 

Fees: Exam only - $130 Exam and Study Materials - $175 **Exam fees are non-refundable. 

Rules for the ICE: 1.

The use of notes, books, websites, and other materials is prohibited while taking the exam.

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The minimum passing score for the undergraduate level courses is 70% for Undergraduate and 80% for Graduate exams.

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Each exam has 100 questions.

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A maximum of 30 hours of ICE credits will be accepted toward an undergraduate degree; the number of credits that may be applied toward each major may vary.

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A maximum of 12-15 hours of ICE credits (depending on the degree program transfer requirements) will be accepted toward a graduate degree. 

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Students may not take the ICE if the course is currently being taken.

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Each exam will be available for 30 days after registering for it. After the deadline, it cannot be accessed.

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Two attempts are permitted per ICE. Re-registration is permitted after 2 months between attempts.

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Credits for an ICE are not applicable for residency hours.

Here are some LIberty links about ICE exams that can be helpful! https://www.liberty.edu/online/institutional-challenge-exam/ https://www.liberty.edu/academics/casas/academicsuccess/index.cfm?PID=13124 https://www.liberty.edu/online/index.cfm?PID=35433#BIBL104 What to study from Liberty:

● Bible figures, events, and theology set within a chronological/historical framework and canonical arrangement. Basic familiarity with issues in Old and New Testament scholarship will also aid in test performance. Topics Covered, including but not limited to: ● The Old Testament covenant content and function ● Critical dates and events within Old and New Testament history ● Key themes, genre, and content relating to all 66 books of the Bible ● The thread of redemption that runs through the canon of Scripture. 

Here are links to study notes: Quizlet: https://quizlet.com/subject/bibl-104/ Course hero: https://www.coursehero.com/sitemap/schools/68147-Liberty-University-Duplicate/courses/16847 05-BIBL104/ Official Liberty Resources for Exam: iTunes free lectures: https://itunes.apple.com/us/course/survey-of-biblical-literature/id778800748 Official Liberty PDF: https://www.liberty.edu/media/9933/BIBL104_Syllabus.pdf Book for studying: https://www.amazon.com/Illustrated-Bible-Survey-Introduction-Hindson/dp/1433682214/ref=sr_1 _1?ie=UTF8&qid=1506473953&sr=8-1&keywords=illustrated%20bible%20survey https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/illustrated-bible-survey-an-introduction/9388851/#isbn=14336511 22 Lumerit Study information: Forum links: https://forums.lumerit.com/t/survey-of-old-and-new-testament-bibl-104-ice/485/6 https://forums.lumerit.com/t/what-you-wish-you-had-known-about-ice-exams/882/4 If you don’t have the forums, here is what they say: “Definitely check out the Quizlet sets made by people who took the real class! (e.g. if you are taking BIBL 104, search Quizlet for that class name.) Some of them will have errors, but if you go through enough of them, you can figure out which are wrong. Read through the books and take notes. If you look at the Course Guides4 for the class, they have a list of the books that are typically used in the class and that will match the material. If it was an e-Textbook, I typically did not use it unless it was reasonably priced (which most aren't) or the only book listed. I typically used about 1-2 books per exam. Also, there are plenty of T/F questions compared to multiple choice like in CLEPs. It does take some adjustment coming off of multiple choice, so make sure you know the material.

Finally, review this  information6 from Liberty based on each exam. While it doesn't seem like much, it is accurate to the exam and at least can give a little guidance. Plus, it gives passing percentages and all. Normally after taking an ICE exam, I've always felt like I've over-studied. But, to me, a few extra days of study is a lot better than failing it and having to take a class.”  “I have only taken one ICE exam, but I would say that the study information listed by other students is very helpful! Here are some links to great info for the ICE exams. Here 1 are some tips in general about ICE exams. 1 about the exams! Also read up what Liberty has to say  This1 is some more info from Liberty about them. If you have any questions you can always email Liberty about them at [email protected]. They are very helpful with getting you signed up and answering your questions! For studying: here  are some tips from students on the forums for the Intro to Theology Survey. Do keep in mind that as of the 2017-2018 academic school year, they have changed the titles of these exams. Still the same material covered, but new name! Here are the study tips for the Old and New Testament Survey found on the forums. There are several more ICE exams, but these are the two required ones for students going to Liberty. It is also helpful to look at the class syllabus for each exam. These exams are based off classes that they offer at Liberty, so looking at the syllabus can be helpful, especially if you want a study plan. Here is the syllabus for THEO 104 and here1 is the one for BIBL 104. Check out your degree manager for some more tips and the topics covered on each exam. That is always helpful! One more thing is that you HAVE to be in a Liberty class to register for an ICE. You can’t enroll in Liberty and take the exam without enrolling in a class. So, just a tip for ya! Anyway, I hope that this gives a good overview for other students who are planning on taking these exams! Happy studies and God bless your efforts!”  “I just finished taking the ICE today! My score: 79 out of 100. Yeah, I was a little disappointed with that score. The test was definitely not what I was expecting, but at least I passed. Next time I take an ICE exam, I’m going to get ahold of the books, because they would probably come more in handy than I had thought. So…tips for what to know: ● It is a very broad test, obviously. You’ll need to have familiarity with the key persons and events of both Old and New Testament: the covenant with Abraham, the key victories and defeats of Joshua, the early kings of Israel and Judah and why the nation split. Who were the really good kings and the really bad ones and why. Who conquered Israel and Judah, and when? You will probably want to know a timeline of the New Testament: when did key events happen? ● You will need to know about the canon of the Bible: who wrote what books and why did they write them? Which books almost didn’t make it into the canon and why? When was the canon decided on? ● You should know names of hermeneutical principles. I definitely didn’t study those very well, and the ones that I did study a bit, didn’t even show up on the test. Some terms I came across and didn’t know what they were are “toledot,” (ok, that one wasn’t

hermeneutical-related), “apodictic laws,” “The Forms of Prophetic Utterances,” “the issue of Historical Distance,” and “casuistic laws.” It will probably come in handy to know what those ●

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questions are even talking about. (Hopefully it’s ok to mention these on here…) You should have a basic familiarity with the prophets. I had, in preparation for the test, memorized all the kings of Israel and Judah and all the prophets (major and minor) and familiarized myself to know who did what…but that honestly didn’t play into many of the questions. As far as prophets go, you could probably safely just study Isaiah and Jeremiah. The list of kings did help me a bit, knowing which kings were good and which ones were bad, though. As far as questions about interpreting Scripture, I am thinking that they are pretty basic. If you study the books, you’ll probably definitely know the answers, I’m guessing. They were kind of simple questions, for the most part, like “Is it important to know the historical context of a book of the Bible?” (Not an exact question). Most of the questions are True/False questions. Definitely not what I’ve been used to, with all of these CLEP tests. But I guess it does increase your chances of getting a question right. Although, I ended up tallying 24 questions that I was not 100% sure about, and based off of my score, I’m guessing I got most of those wrong. 100 questions in 60 minutes can seem a bit overwhelming. But I finished the test in only 17 1/2 minutes, and then I reviewed all of my answers twice, and then submitted the test, with 18 minutes still left on the timer.”

 “I just took it and passed as well. I would agree and suggest everything Alisa said above. Know a general timeline, doesn't have to be a specific, but a broad overview of both OT and NT. Know bad and good kings. There are a number of things that the test will cover that I never saw in the suggested reading material. My guess is that material is covered in the actual course with a professor, as opposed to just the textbooks. True/false questions aren't something I was used to, so that made it a bit harder so be prepared for that. There are also spelling mistakes and very weirdly worded questions that were annoying. For the books recommended for the course. You don't need Courageous Faith, it's just bible stories for adults. Totally unnecessary. For Journey into God's word, I used this a little bit for the hermeneutics. Definitely get the Illustrated Bible survey. This will give you the theme of each book which you definitely need to know. Don't worry about the outline of each book of the bible, just know the overall theme, author, general date or what was happening around that time, and why the author wrote the book. This test is obviously really broad, but you also need to know random little specifics. Such as various kings and battles in the OT. I would suggest finding some Bible flashcards online. I used some on Quizlet, for this course that were really really helpful.”  “Alright, so I just finished this exam ( seriously about 120 seconds ago) and I wanted to add to this thread. I am not sure if the exam has changed since others have taken it, but I had a fair number of dates that I didn't expect at all. I had pretty much skimmed over all the dates and just focused on the general timeline. I had 5-8 actual dates, and I think most of them were after the OT.. I would also echo some of the sentiments such as reviewing Isaiah and Jeremiah and reviewing the canon. Kings were not near as focused on as I thought they would be, but they were definitely present. I had 19

multiple choice out of the 100, so that surprised me a bit. The tricky part about the T/F is that it can be hard to identify the emphasis. Is it asking (totally fictional but as an example) whether Paul wrote this book at the time it mentions? Or the place that it mentions? Overall a lot of it was just making judgement calls. Before I submitted it I counted the answers I wasn't sure about and there were 33. I figured that T/F gives me 50% on each so I was good. I got an 80% but part of that was that I missed other questions elsewhere. My study resources were the Illustrated Bible Survey (a must, I wouldn't even recommend taking the test without reading through this and then reviewing key parts at least once, unless you went to seminary) and the Liberty Online videos for this class. You can find the videos on iTunes by searching "Liberty University" and then finding the course. The videos require a separate iTunes app (iTunes U) but are all free. There were multiple questions I would've had no clue on if I had not listened to them. Oh, and I will add "toledot" to the list of random terms.. I see now that that was mentioned by Alisa, but I didn't think to go and look it up.”  “ATTENTION LIBERTY STUDENTS: If you are going to test out of Biblical Literature by taking the ICE exam BIBL 104, I have a few study tips for you. 1) The kings of Israel and Judah 2) Important dates (I was ok with just the major ones) 3) What happens on Paul's missionary journeys 4) What Paul focuses on in each of his letters 5) When OT and NT were written, put together, accepted Take the time to read / study the book Illustrated Bible Survey, and there is a helpful Quizlet quiz6. The test did not really have any Greek or Hebrew words, so you don't have to worry about that.”  “I took this ICE a few weeks ago. To be honest, my score was better than I expected while I was taking it, but I would have liked it to have been higher. I only studied for this exam about 3 good days, so I’m sure with better study time, I could have gotten a higher score. You definitely will want to study through the Illustrated Bible Survey. Pay attention to important and general things highlighted in the book, and especially its analyses, explanations, what happened around certain times etc. Journey Into God’s Word was good for the hermeneutical principles, but I probably could have done fine without it. It has a TON of true/false. Probably less than 20% multiple choice at the maximum. It’s a bit difficult to do those over the multiple choice like CLEPs, but as long as you know the material, it should be fine. It focused more on the NT than the OT which I was not expecting. I was thinking more half/half, but it ended up being more like 70/30. There aren’t many dates, but you’ll need to know some main ones that are important in biblical history. Quizlet has some very helpful classes from the actual class at Liberty. One that I used was this one: https://quizlet.com/class/2938881/10 The BIBL 104- Week/Quiz __ Study Guide are combinations of all the rest in that week. Those are the only ones in that class you'd need to use. Some of them had errors, but by having 4-5 sets of the same shows which are right/wrong.”  “I just took the BIBL 104 ICE. I did not have the books that Liberty University recommended, and I was very concerned about taking this test because of other students’ reviews of this exam. But, praise the Lord, I passed with a 91/100!

My thoughts about this test: I used Quizlet a lot. Here are the flashcards I put together from other students’ sets: https://quizlet.com/class/2757140/10. This definitely helped me because some of the test questions are taken word-for-word from these Quizlet flashcards (the terms that Alisa mentioned in her post are all mentioned in the flashcards, too). Because I was raised in a Christian family and have been taught about the Bible since before I can remember, I did not have any trouble with answering the questions about Biblical history (about the patriarchs, Old Testament history, etc.). If you don’t have this kind of background, you might have to search for more Quizlet flashcards that covers this. I had memorized a lot of dates for THEO 104 that did not come up in the test. For this test, I did not waste time memorizing many dates.  I had memorized a lot of “sets” for THEO 104 that did not come up in the test (the 11 proofs of Christ’s resurrection, the 13 arguments against adding the Apocrypha to the cannon, etc.). For this test, I simply reviewed the “set”-answers from Quizlet so that I would be able to recognize them if they came up in the test (instead of memorizing them all). And I have attached a word document that I made as I went through the flashcards (it is a "study draft" ). BIBL 104 notes.docx6 (499.1 KB) I hope you find this helpful! If you have any questions, I will be glad to help as much as I can. Shalom!”  Hope that this can help those who don’t have forum access!  Other study information:  Can’t vouch for these, but they looked pretty good.  https://www.studyblue.com/notes/liberty-university/c/bible-104/229541/0  https://www.koofers.com/liberty-university/bibl/104-survey-of-biblical-literature/  https://www.studyblue.com/notes/note/n/bible-104-study-guide-2012-13-mitchell/deck/9717214            

Some study Notes:  Ok! So I (Peyton) was studying some and here are some notes that might be helpful:  Summary of notes above: Key persons and events in the OT and NT. Covenant with Abraham: Mentioned below in Genesis study notes Early Kings of I and J (I= Israel….J=Judah) Why Israel split Good kings vs. bad kings (why were they good or bad) Link 2 See below as well. For the c  hildlike people:) :) . When was I and J each conquered? Who conquered them? I=In 722 BC, the A  ssyrians conquered Israel. J= Babylon conquered Jerusalem in 586. NT timeline of key events Cannon Who wrote what books and why Which books almost didn’t make it and why When was cannon decided on Hermeneutical Principles Apodictic laws - A  podictic law refers to timeless divine commands and not to "law applied."

Thus it is "necessarily or demonstrably true; incontrovertible; clearly established or beyond dispute" since it is divinely revealed). This is so because it is not directly related to any necessary historical situation (Thou shalt, Thou shalt not; i.e., the Ten Commandments). The forms of prophetic Utterances Historical Distance Casuistic laws - W  hen the law of God is applied in different cases, we refer to it as casuistic

law (If a man does such and such, then this is what the penalty will be). Casuistic law in Israel is often the development of laws for particular personal and societal needs in light of God's holy and eternal apodictic law Prophets Isaiah Jeremiah Books of the Bible Overall theme Author General Date/ What was happening in history at that time Why author wrote book Paul Paul’s missionary journeys Paul’s letters How We got the Bible etc…. Cannon-reed/measuring stick = Standard by which a written work was measured for inclusion in a certain body of literature.

Divine Authority- reason books were included in cannon Hebrew cannon set and completed in 300 BC Dead Sea Scrolls- super important to cannon Masoretes- played a role in keeping the cannon pure Textual criticism- science that enables scholars to determine and establish wording of original text Marcioin- guy who hated the OT and NT and took books out of the cannon Test for cannon- apostolicity, rule of faith, consensus Apostolicity- written by apostle or one connected with an apostle Rule of faith- conformity between book and orthodoxy (right doctrine) Consensus- widespread acceptance How to read the Bible Interpret the Bible in light of historical background In light of the author’s purpose and plan In light of the context Meaning of words Grammatical Principles Genre of passage Pentateuch Torah-Law First 5 books of...