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| An external reference point in reality that gives language itsm eaning. Language is the signifier and the meaning behind the language is this term in the left hand columb |
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| Observing patterns and using those specific observatiosn to make generalizations; drawing inferences from the information you have |
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| drawing specific conclusions that logically follow from established premises and known facts |
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| "measuring rod" the officially accepted books of Scripture |
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| a departure from the true, accepted teaching; in the Christian faith, any teaching that distorts the Scriptures |
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| a heresy prominent during the time of the early church that sought salvation through obtaining hidden knowledge and mystical experiences rather than through the relevant Word of God |
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| 40000 inscribed fragments, both biblical writings as well as commentaries on the Old Testament and other theological writings, from which more than 500 books have been reconstructed; discovered in 1947 |
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| The complete hebrew manuscript of the old testament relied upon by jews and christians for centuries, the earliest copies of which date from the ninth century ad |
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| The Greek translation of the Old Testament, which dates from the 3rd century BC |
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| Ancient village on the northwest shore of the dead sea where the dead sea scrolls were discovered |
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The starting point for discovering the meaning of the Bible is discovering the author's intentions |
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John has written his Gospel so that skeptical people can have a trustworthy account on which to base their response to Jesus Christ |
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questions about the canon are ultimately questions of accuracy |
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homolegoumena are books that are universally recognized as being part of the canon |
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The church councils met to determine what books belonged to the canon of Scripture |
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the dead sea scrolls were discovered by a Bedouin shepherd boy muhammed who was looking for his lost goat |
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The Isaiah scroll found at the Dead Sea confirmed that 200 years of liberal biblical scholarship was correct-the Bible had been inaccurately transmitted through many, many copies |
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To be absolutely sure that miracles do not occur, one would have to claim absolute knowledge |
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a good way to answer the question of internal coherence and contradiction regarding the gospels is to compare the true gospels to a false gospel such as the gospel of Thomas |
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Josephus and Tacitus are two non-Christian authors who corroborate the historicity of Jesus Christ |
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meaning is possible |
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There is overwhelming evidence for the reliability of the manuscript tradition of both the Old and New Testament |
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The bible is trustworthy in everything except its miraculous content |
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The question 'do the historical and archaeological references fit with the data available to us from the period?' is an example of what type of question?
a. inductive
b. deductive
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The early church historian Eusebius offered three categories of books in relationship to the canon. Which of the following is not one of those categories?
a. books universally acknowledged as scriptural
b. books which are disputed as scriptural by some
c. books which should be rejected as heretical
d. all of the above
e. none of the above |
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Which of the works of ancient literature listed in the first columb has the most manuscript attestation? |
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which of the works of ancient literature listed in the first columb has the largest gap between the original writign and the earliest surviving manuscript |
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based on number of surviving copies and proximity of surviving manuscript to original authorship which work of ancient literature's text is most likely reliably preserved |
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the case can be made that the gospels are different than mythology because
a.the context in which the miracles are presented is realistic
b. the men involved in the miracles are fisherman-down to earth types
c. those who observe miracles in the Gospels have ordinaryh reactions to the supernatural-they were frightened
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e. all of the above |
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The question 'could the stories in the gospels have been deliberately invented by Jesus' followers after his death?' can be answered by posing which of the following questions
a. why would the disciples portray themselves in such a bad light
b. why is there so much in the new testament about the cost of Christianity
c. why would they run instead of being killed fro their teachings?
d. a and b
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