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What is the abbreviation for the ook of 1 Maccabees?
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1 Macc.
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What is the abbreviation for the Dead Sea Scrolls?
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DSS
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What is the abbreviation for the Septuagint?
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Gk.
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What is the abbreviation for the Septuagint?
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LXX
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What is the abbreviation for the Masoretic Text of the OT?
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MT
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What is the abbreviation for the Nestle-Aland Greek NT?
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NA
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What is the abbreviation for the Samaritan Pentateuch?
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SP
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What is the abbreviation for Manuscript(s)?
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MS(S)
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What is the bridge between a thought in God's mind and a thought in the mind of the human author?
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Revelation
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What pertains to the written original manuscripts of the human auhors?
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Inspiration
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What pertains to the collection of 66 Books of the Protestant Bible?
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Canonicity
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In what way do we arrive at a single modern Greek and Hebrew (and Aramaic) Text?
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Textual Criticism or "lower criticism"
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What is the art and science that produces a Modern English Version?
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Translation
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What two things are the combined work of the Spirit and person leading to understanding in a modern reader's mind?
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Interpretation and Illumination
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What produces change in the life of the reader?
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Application
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What leads to understanding in the life of others?
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Communication
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What does the author of the textbook think the purpose of the Bible is?
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God wanted to reveal himself
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Which theory of truth does the instructor subscribe to?
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Corresondance theory of truth
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What is the insturctor's theory of knowledge?
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Justified true belief
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The following questions are true or false.
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Because the bible is the product of human being, it of neccessity contains a few errors
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false
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inerrancy does not mean uniformity in all dtails
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true
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inerracny excludes the use of phenomenological language
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false
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inerrancy only applies to those parts of the bible dealing with faith and practice
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false
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inerrancy neccessitates belief that the bible always uses exact techinal terms
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false
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Inspiration applies only to the original manuscripts
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true
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inspiration involved the active participation of human authors
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true
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What word is used to describe inspiration that specifies that All scripture is inspired
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plenary
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What would Neo-orthodox writers such as Karl Barth say?
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inspiraion is found in the individual's experience of the text
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writers such as Erickson and Hodge would hold to which view?
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inspiration pertains to the original authors
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writers such as Warfield and Grudem would hold to which view?
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inspiration pertains to the product, the text
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what is the instructor's view of inspiration?
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inspiratiion is a quality resident within the text of the autograph
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Give 2 primary scripture verses which speak to the issue of inspiration
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2 Peter 1
2 Timothy 3
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what term is used to refer to an original written document which is now considered scripture, but which we no longer possess
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autograph
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which view suggests that revelation occurs when a reader encounters God in the reading of scripture?
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neo-orthodoxy
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how might you demonstrate, using scripture, that Jesus trusted the historical accuracy of the scrptures?
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Matthew 5: "In the beginning..."
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What are the six key elements of inspiration?
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Inspiration...
1. is the superintending work of God the Holy Spirit
2. invoves the active participation of human writers
3. applies to the original manuscripts
4. extends to all Scripture whithout restriction
5. extends to the individual words of Scripture
6. secures as errorless a recording of the exact message God desired to give
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Origen, Basil and Jerome thought that the OT and NT were written by...
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The holy spirit
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Theodore believed that the Spirit influenced the writers of
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both testaments
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Philo thought inspiration meant...
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possession
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what historical set/cult followed Philo's ideas?
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montanism
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jerome thought that inspiration did not WHAT the authors personality?
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eclipse
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william of ockham thought that authority rested in the...
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scriptures
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luther viewed the bible as the WHAT book?
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the holy spirit book
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sola scriptura
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scripture alone
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sola gratia
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grace alone
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sola fide
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faith alone
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what was the view of scripture in the tridentine profession of faith
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both scripture and tradition were crucial
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discuss the limitations of proving inspiration
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statements about autographs; the character of God' the faithfulness of the bible's self-statements; apparent circularity (what the Bible says about scripture)
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There is good evidence that none of the apocryphal or pseudepigraphal works were included in the OT Hebrew canon used by Jews and early Christians
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true
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according to the text, all of the apocryphal books have some type of inaccuracies in them
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false
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not one of the copies of pseudepigraphal writings were uncovered in the caves of qumran
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false
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the issue of nt canonicity is much more difficult to determine than ot canonicity
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true
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according to the text, many of the nt books were probablycollected into some form of canon before the mid-second century
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true
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according to the text, uncertainty regarding mainly the general epistles remained well into the fourth centuryl...
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true
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what was NOT presented as an argument commonly advanced for accepting the apocrypha?
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the council of constantinople in 397ad, whil not granting full canonicity, proclaimed the apocryphal books as valuable for reading with the church
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how did our protestant ot canon come to include 39 books while the Hebrew OT canon only included 24?
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the protestants chose to divide the books differently after the reformation
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NT canon recognized
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4th century AD
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RK Harrison suggests that the OT canon was probably completed when?
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400-300 bc
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apocrypha formally canonized
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16th century AD
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printing press
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15th century AD
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jamina
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90 AD
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earliest NT MSS
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ca. 125 AD
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in your english bible, how many books are there int he prophets
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17
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name these prophetic books from your english bible
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isaiah, jeremiah, lamentations, ezekiel, daniel, hosea, joel amos, obadiah, jonah, micah, nahum, habakkuk, zephaniah, haggai, zechariah, malachi
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what does the word testament mean
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covenant, agreement pact, agreed upon by two or more parties, like a will
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what soes acronym TANAK man
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torah/law
Nevi'im/Prophets and Ketuvim/(Holy) Writings, Hagiagrapha
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what is the septuagint
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greek translation from the hebrew of the old testament
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for the first thirty years, the text says, the events and teachings of christ would have been transmitted...
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orally
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who was the first person to use the term apocryphal for the books now commonly so labeled
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Jerome
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according to the text, all of the NT was written by
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100 AD
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the earliest discussion on canon outside the OT itself was written by whom?
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Jesus ben Sirach or Sira
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when was malachi written
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430 BC
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when was the wisdom of ben sirach written
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180 BC
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when was the prologue to ben Sirach written
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130 BC
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is the issue of nt canon more or less difficut to determine than that of the ot canon
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more difficult
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why is it more difficult to determine nt canon?
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the evidence is less difinitive
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five principles for determining canonicity
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authoritative, prophetic, authentic, dynamic, received
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five pieces of evidence for hebrew ot
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ben sirach, luke 24:44, talmud/tosephta, jesus' statements of history, philo's statements
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name two books from the apocrypha
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judith, tobith
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name two books from the pseudepigrapha (longer list)
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gnostic gospels and apocalypses
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in your english bible, ruth is between
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judges and 1 Samuel
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in the hebrew bible, ruth is after
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proberbs or song of solomon
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list three of the several reasons given in your readings as to why the roman catholic church considers the wider alexandrian list of books to be canonical
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nt makes alusions to some; nt quotes LXX whic contained the larger list
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list four of the ten arguments set forth int he list in the readings for the rejection of the canonicity of the apocrypha
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nt never cites them as inspired; none of the apocryphal books claim to be the word of the Lord; the ot canon is confirmed by many sources:39 books; significan historical inaccuracies in the apocrypha
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give one of the reasons given in the text as to why we should study the pseudepigrapha
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tey show how important the ot was
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tive two of the reasons given in the text why the oral occounts of the events of christ's life could be trusted
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the narratives and discourses adopted fixed forms- this would transmit earlier; extrabiblical records support scriptural accounts of jesus' life and teaching
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What is the significance of them?
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IDK;you may feel the guilt of all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of zechariah, the son berechiah
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what was the significance of ben sirach and the prologue to it for canonical studies
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a beginning to cononical studies formt he second century bc gives us the jeewish canonical shape and many of the names of the books
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what were two of the eitht reason that the insturctor gave as to why this might me so?
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there was/is a lot mor nt material available to evaluate; the process of copying, collecting and collating the books was longer (geography, regional acceptance of som books, etc.)
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muratorian fragment
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ca. 180-200 NT only
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Eusebius Chruch History VI.25
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Origen ca. 230-250 OT and NT
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Ecclesiastical History III.25
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eusebius ca. 325 NT only
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Festal Letter
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Athanasius ca. 367 OT and NT
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Epistle 53. 8-9
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Jerome ca. 394,391 OT and NT
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Why is the book of ruth where it is in the english bible and why was the book placed where it is in the jewish holy writings?
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in english bible- it fits chronologically with judges and transitions well into 1 same
jewish holy writings- foreigner and the rabbi's did not like it
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define higher criticism
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deals with issues relating to source, date, authorship, culture, literary style
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define lower criticism
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synonymous with textual criticism...recovering the original text
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define extant
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existing today
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define manuscript
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a hand written copy of the bible written before the invention of the printing press
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define masoretic text
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pointed text of the masorete scribes dating about 10th century AD
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define uncial
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greek NT manuscript in all upper case script, earlier dating
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define MSS
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abbreviation for manuscripts
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define variant
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a reading of a particular text which differs from the reading of the same passage in a different manuscript
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define text type
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a family of manuscripts which share similar characteristics, ostensibly "geographical" in orgin: Alexandrian, Western, Caesarean and Byzantine
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define septuagint
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greek translation of the OT includes the Apocrypha
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define minuscule
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greek nt manuscript in all lower case script, later dating
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define vulgate
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latin translaiton of the bible; translated by jerome
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define papyri
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material of early nt mss, made from papyri reeds, used bfore parchment
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define codex
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mss cut and bound in pages (book)
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define hexapla
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origen did the work to produce the Helxapla a six translation edition of the ot with hebrew text and the LXX text plus four translations to improve the LXX to read as close as possible to the hebrew
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define textual apparatus
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the notes at the bottom of a greek or hebrew text showing alternate readings and the mss supporting each variant
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define dead sea scrolls
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found in qumran in 1947 which contain scripture and other documents, narrowing the gap between the writing and our earliest mss by 1000 years, congirming the accuracy of transmission
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define patristic citations
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use of scripture by early church fathers which helps verify specific reading of the text
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how do materials like the writing instuments and the types of paper used for mss aid in the area of textual criticism?
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they can help "date" the mss
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what significance was there in the discovery of the dead sea scrolls for textual criticism
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they reduced the 1000 year gap between the OT and the earliest mss
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the dead sea scrolls date back to roughly
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250 bc-50 ad
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the earliest exisitng NT fragments dat back to approximately
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125 ad
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a fragment of the t book can be considered a manuscript
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true
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two reasons for intentional variants in mss
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omitted contriversial material; added words for flow
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two reasons for unintentional variants in mss
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parablepsis;haplography
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what are the seven canons of textual criticism
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1. the older reading is preferred
2. the more difficult reading is to be preferred
3. the shorter reading is preferred
4. the reading wich best explains all the variansts is preferred
5. reading with the widest geographical support is preferred
6. reading which conforms to the style and diction of the author is preferred
7. the reading which reflects no doctrinal bias is to be preferred
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what are the two major philosophical differences between critical and majority text
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alexandrian vs. byzantine
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where mt and the other witnesses offer the same text...
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reject the reading and resort to conjecture
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where there is a genuine deviation from the mt...
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prefer mt
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where the text of mt is doubtful or impossible because of factors of language or sense-in-context, and where at the same time other witnesses offer a satisfactory reading, then ...
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the latter should be given favorable consideration
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where neither the mt nor the other witnesses offer a possible or probable text, WHAT may legitimately be resorted to
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conjecture
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in all textual-critical work, due regard must be given to WHAT of the scribe himself
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the psychology
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dynamic equivalence
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defined in terms of the degree to which the receptors of the message in the receptor (target) language responding to it in substantially the same manner as the receptors in the source language
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erasmus
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compiled the first greek text to be produced on a printing press
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a translation from the original language into another language
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NIV,the Vulgate, NASV, KJV, formal equivalence
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John Wycliffe
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the first to translate the entire Bible from Latin into English
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based on the textus receptus
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KJV
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translators attempts to render the exact words of the original laguage into the receptors language
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formal equivalence
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translated most of the bible from the original languages
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William Tyndale
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the most famous Latin translation
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the vulgate
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more than fifty scholars, trained in hebrew and greek, began the translation beginning with an earlier version, and compareing severaal existing translations
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NASV
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an edition of the greek nt reflecting a majority consensus of textual critics
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Nestle-Aland text
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text based upon five or six very late mss dating from the 10th and 13th centuries
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textus receptus
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the bible first brought by missionaries to england
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the vulgate
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came from the work of erasmus
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textus receptus or KJV
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was initiated as a translation in part to avoid sectarian margin notes of earlier translations
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KJV
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english translation reflecting a primarily byzantine text type
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KJV
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produced a entitled the new testament in original greek- espousing a theory that codex vaticanus and codex sinaiticus, along witha few early mss, represented a text that most clearly replicated the original writing
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brooke westcott and fenton hort
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the authorized version
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KJV
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list 2 issues which would affect a version in addition to the text base used for translation
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translation principle (formal or dynamic) & audience or language
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What are 2 modern english versions your insturctor suggests are most appropriate for formal study of the scriptures
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NASB or ESV
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What is the transltion principle for NASB?
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Formal
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What is the transltion principle for Living Bible?
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paraphrase
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What is the transltion principle for NIV?
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mix: bridge between formal and dynamic equivalence
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What is the transltion principle for NLT?
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dynamic
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The byzantine test type is more reliable
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argument for KJV
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God's Word is infalliable
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nothing to do with favoring a translation
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The cyprian family of mss
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nothing to do with favoring a translation
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the older mss are more reliable
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argument for modern versions
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the majority of mss
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argument for KJV
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the scriptures cannot be broken
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nothing to do with favoring a translation
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christ is the author of the word
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nothing to do with favoring a translation
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the editors of critical text were ungodly
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argument for KJV
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easier to memorize
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argument for KJV
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easier to read
Definition
argument for modern versions
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