2nd Semester |Quiz 1 Flashcards
|What is a translation?
A translation is the act of transferring a message from one language into another language
What was the original language of the Old Testament?
Hebrew
What was the original language of the New Testament?
Greek
Using your notes, describe the process of how we got our English Bible. Write the key word from each box and describe what it means and how to relates to the previous box.
God (the DIVINE AUTHOR) used HUMAN AUTHORS to write the ORIGINAL TEXT. Those texts were used to make COPIES OF THE ORIGINALS and those copies used to make the CRITICAL TEXT; which was translated by a TRANSLATOR into the ENGLISH TRANSLATION and given to MODERN READERS
What is the other word used to describe the original texts of Scripture?
(Spelling counts on this one!)
Autographa
What is the process of comparing the copies of texts to determine the most accurate one called?
Textual criticism
What is the Critical Text?
The most accurate text from the copies. The one other versions are based off of
Who wrote the Latin Vulgate? When did they write it?
Jerome, 400 AD
BONUS: What does the Latin word “vulgate” mean?
Common
John Wycliffe was the first person to translate the Bible into English. Why was he condemned as a heretic and persecuted?
He translated from Latin instead of from the original languages
T or F: William Tyndale was the first person to translate the whole bible from the original languages
F
What did Miles Coverdale produce?
the Great Bible
What was the goal in writing the Authorized Version of 1611? (KJV)
Ability to be read by the ordinary person but also dignified enough to be used in church
Uses the RSV; Goal is to be as literal as possible while remaining readable for English
ESV
Updated version of the Holman Standard Version (HCSB)
CSB
Tries to keep as close as possible to the original Greek; is sometimes confusing because of it
NASB
Updated English from the original King James
NKJV
Middle ground approach between word-for-word and thought-for-thought
NIV
Used the best scholars and translators with the goal of being used for personal devotions and church community
RSV
Psalm 119:1
Blessed are those whose ____________________ (3), who ___________ (1) in the law ________________! (3)
way is blameless, walk, of the Lord
Psalm 119:2
Blessed are those who ________________________ (3), who seek him with their ____________________ (2)
keep his testimonies, whole heart
