BBT FINAL

Question 1

Which of these is the oldest witness to the original writings of the NT?

Answer 1

Old Italian Latin

Question 2

Which of these is the oldest witness to the original writing of the NT?

Answer 2

Early Church fathers

Question 3

Was Jerome’s Latin Vulgate version universally accepted in his day?

Answer 3

No

Question 4

Which does the 2nd century Peshitta most closely agree with?

Answer 4

Textus Receptus

Question 5

Which of these is the oldest witness to the original writing of the NT?

Answer 5

Waldensian Bible

Question 6

Which of these is the oldest witness to the original writing of the NT?

Answer 6

Temple Manuscript

Question 7

What does the Gothic version created by Ulfilas (missionary to the Goths) contribute to the earliest witness issue regarding the NT?

Answer 7

“It proves the Textus Receptus existed prior to 350 AD”

Question 8

How does the “Diatessaron” found in Asia Minor and Syria contribute significantly to the issue of what the earliest witness was to the NT?

Answer 8

All of the above

Question 9

Why is the argument that “older is better” regarding the Greek manuscripts not true when used by textual criticism proponents?

Answer 9

Because they are not the earliest witnesses

Question 10

Where are the oldest witnesses found quoting the Textus Receptus?

Answer 10

Early Church Fathers

Question 11

What does the Magdalen papyrus have in it?

Answer 11

Textus receptus reading from Matthew

Question 12

When was the last 12 verses of Mark quoted?

Answer 12

2nd Century on

Question 13

What did liberal critic Kirsopp Lake prove about the great number of Textus Receptus manuscripts?

Answer 13

They were all examples of a large number of original copies of the TR

Question 14

What did liberal critic Krisopp Lake prove early Christian scribes did with old Textus Receptus manuscripts?

Answer 14

They interred them. They copied the NT mss then destroyed the old ones much like the Masoretic scribes

Question 15

What value should be put on the oldest existing Greek manuscripts?

Answer 15

That they’re the worst because they weren’t used up

Question 16

Why is a so called “older and better manuscript” suspect by some?

Answer 16

They’re not used up, proving they were not used by the early church

Question 17

What do critical scholars like Zuntz point out regarding the Minority Text witnesses in the papyrus?

Answer 17

All of the above

Question 18

When looking at 1 Jn. 5:7, what does “age” speak to its authenticity?

Answer 18

Its quoted just 70 years after John writing it, proving its early and authentic

Question 19

When is 1 Jn. 5:7 quoted in history?

Answer 19

From the 2nd Century on

Question 20

Why do early quotes of 1 Jn. 5:7 prove its authenticity?

Answer 20

It had to be there for them to quote

Question 21

What assumption of Westcott & Hort has been disproved regarding the Early Church Fathers?

Answer 21

It had to be there for them to quote

Question 22

What does quotations of the Early Church fathers mean for the Greek Minority text?

Answer 22

The Minority Text is not the earliest and best example of the NT because the ECF quoted from the RT

Question 23

Which text stream agrees with the earliest versions (Peshitta 150 AD, Old Latin version 157 AD, and the Italic Bible 157 AD)?

Answer 23

TR

Question 24

Why should the evidence in the Peshitta (150 AD), the Old Latin version (157 AD), and the Italic Bible (157 AD), be considered as evidence against the Minority Text?

Answer 24

They’re 200 years before the Minority Egyptian texts and have TR readings

Question 25

How many quotations of the Textus Receptus are there in the Early Church Fathers?

Answer 25

Over 86,000

Question 26

When looking at 1 Jn. 5:7, what does "count or number" speak to its

Answer 26

The early versions and citations of the early writers show it was there

Question 27

When looking at 1 Jn. 5:7, what does "variety" speak to its authenticity?

Answer 27

It has the benefit of multiple geographical locations and multiple types of witnesses

Question 28

When looking at 1 Jn. 5:7, what does "spread" speak to its authenticity?

Answer 28

All of the above

Question 29

When looking at 1 Jn. 5:7, what does "longevity" speak to its authenticity?

Answer 29

It’s used by the 2nd Century patristics, all the way down to the TR of the 16th Century

Question 30

When looking at 1 Jn. 5:7, what does "weight or respectability of witnesses" speak to its authenticity?

Answer 30

1 John 5:7 in the TR shows uniform agreement across mss

Question 31

What is does the Minority Text reading of 1 Jn. 5:7 have regarding the criterion of "spread"?

Answer 31

It’s geographically limited

Question 32

How many early Greek witnesses do we have for 1 Jn. 5:7?

Answer 32

All of the above

Question 33

What do the early Latin witnesses show about 1 Jn. 5:7?

Answer 33

It's in 95% of 10,000 Latin mss

Question 34

What grammatical evidence speaks to whether 1 Jn. 5:7 should have the longer reading?

Answer 34

Without it severe grammar issues create gender confusion that violates basic Greek grammar

Question 35

According to trinitarian historian and scholar Edward Freer Hills, why was the long reading of 1 Jn. 5:7 removed from Alexandrian texts?

Answer 35

It was too oneness

Question 36

Which is the best translation philosophy when one sees how both Paul and Jesus used the OT Scripture?

Answer 36

Literal

Question 37

What is the biggest issue raised in class regarding accuracy of the ESV?

Answer 37

Text Stream

Question 38

What has been the greatest resurgence of Minority Text readings or Alexandrian readings in modern versions?

Answer 38

NKJV

Question 39

What is the biggest issue raised in class regarding accuracy of the NKJV?

Answer 39

Accuracy of translation

Question 40

What is the biggest issue raised in class regarding accuracy of the NIV?

Answer 40

Translation Philosophy

Question 41

What does the linage recorded in Mt. 1:7 and 1:10 have have to do with evaluating Bibles and underlying text streams?

Answer 41

All critical texts have 2 non-existent kings in Christ’s Geneology

Question 42

What did Philip Payne and Paul Canart prove regarding the "hree dots" in the margin to the left of 1 Jn. 5:7 by the words "there are three"?

Answer 42

This was a technique used while creating Vaticanus as a scribal notation to show awareness of an alternate reading

Question 43

What does the scientific issue recorded in Lk. 23:45 have to do with evaluating Bibles and underlying text streams?

Answer 43

The Critical Text has a scientific error in it

Question 44

What does the statement recorded in Jn. 7:8 have to do with evaluating Bibles and underlying text streams?

Answer 44

The Critical Text has a moral error in it making Jesus a liar

Question 45

What are the weaknesses of the Minority Text?

Answer 45

All of the above

Question 46

Why would one privilege the Textus Receptus over the Minority Text?

Answer 46

The TR is not mutilated with deletions, additions, and amendments like the Minority Text

Question 47

How did the early Church view these so called "earlier and better" witnesses (Beatty Papyri, Vaticans, Sinaiticus, Alexandrinus, Ephraem Syrus, and Freer Washington)?

Answer 47

They saw them as possibly influenced by the heresies that permeated Egypt

Question 48

What is the Textus Receptus based on?

Answer 48

The vast Majority of Greek mss

Question 49

When did the Early Church fathers quote the Textus Receptus?

Answer 49

From the 2nd Century throughout the entire writings forward of Bible mss

Question 50

Which of these translations had the most qualified scholars working on it?

Answer 50

KJV

Question 51

What best describes the translation process of the KJV?

Answer 51

Incredible Careful

Question 52

Were the KJV translators qualified to translate Scripture?

Answer 52

Yes, because they were the living experts then which exceeds all qualified people today

Question 53

What do Mt. 28:20 and Jn. 12:28 show regarding the NKJV's accuracy of translation?

Answer 53

The NKJV contains a contradiction

Question 54

What is the first step of disbelief as discussed in class?

Answer 54

Rejection of Preservation

Question 55

Where is the best manuscript evidence for the"Q" source?

Answer 55

There is none

Question 56

When did the "synoptic problem" occur in history?

Answer 56

Only after the 1800s

Question 57

What root issue caused Schleiermacher to suggest "Q"?

Answer 57

Antisupernaturalism

Question 58

Where is the manuscript evidence for a shorter reading of Mt. 28:19?

Answer 58

There is none

Question 59

What does Jesus' statement in Mt. 5:18 show about the preserved text of Scripture? Mt. 5:18, "For verily I say unto you, Till heaven & earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled."

Answer 59

Jesus says that scripture as a whole, each word, each letter, down to the slightest part of a letter is the preserved word of God

Question 60

What is the number one reason apostolic scholars (and other conservatives) have given up the doctrine of preservation as discussed in class?

Answer 60

In pursuit of intellectual respectability