Ch 1 - Aproaching The New Testament Flashcards

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Herodotus (date)

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488-428 BC

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Herodotus (earliest copies)

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900 AD

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3
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Herodotus (silent span)

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1300 yrs

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4
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Herodotus (# of copies)

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8

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5
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Thucydides (date)

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c. 460-400 BC

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Thucydides (earliest copies)

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900 AD

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Thucydides (silent span(

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1300 yrs

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Thucydides (# of copies)

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8

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Tacitus’ Histories (date)

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100 AD

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Tacitus’ Histories (earliest copies)

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900-1100 AD

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Tacitus’ Histories (silent span)

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800-1000 yrs

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12
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Tacitus’ Histories (# of copies)

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2

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Caesar’s Gallic War (date)

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58-50 BC

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14
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Caesar’s Gallic War (earliest copies)

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900 AD

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Caesar’s Gallic War (silent span)

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900 yrs

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16
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New Testament (date)

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40-100 AD

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17
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New Testament (earliest copies)

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350 AD (complete)
150 AD (portions)
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18
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New Testament (silent span)

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30-300 years

19
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New Testament (# of copies)

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5000 in Greek

20
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Caesar’s Gallic War (# of copies)

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9-10

21
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Christocentric

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“Christ – centered”; Christ is the focal point or center scripture.

22
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Soteriological

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Related to salvation; the study or teachings about salvation

23
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Christ

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Greek word for an “anointed one”; translates the Hebrew “Messiah”

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Messiah

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Hebrew “anointed one”; translated in Greek as “Christ”

25
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Inspiration

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Describes how the Holy Spirit breathed out the Scriptures so that words written down by humans are the word of God.

26
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Gospel

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From the Greek word for good news; as a teaching, it speaks of God’s grace, mercy, and forgiveness, which are ours in Jesus Christ. Also, first 4 books of NT

27
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Book of Concord

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The official statement of Lutheran doctrine, also known as the Lutheran Confessions; assembled into a book in 1580

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Transmission

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The process by which the texts of the New Testament were copied and handed down from generation to generation

29
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Canon

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From the Greek word for a reed used as a measuring stick; refers to the authoritative collection of texts in the old and/or new testament

30
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Septuagint

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The Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible done in Egypt c 200 BC supposedly by 70 scholars; it was the Bible of early gentile Christianity (and prob’ly Jews until after 150 AD).

31
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Bible (how many books)

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One book
Two testaments
66 documents

32
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Bowtie diagram

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All of creation down to the remanent.
Christ’s birth, death, and resurrection.
12 disciples to the whole, restored creation.

33
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Lutheran confessions

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Collection gathered together into the Book of Concord in 1580

34
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Textual criticism

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The study that deals with discrepancies between copies of New Testament texts.

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Diaspora

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Greek word that means “scattering”; refers to the Jews that were scattered through the Roman Empire prior to and during the time of the New Testament.

36
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Gentile

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Non-Israelite or non-Jew; refers to all people not ascended from the 12 tribes of Jacob/Israel

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Biblical theology

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Field of study identifying themes and a consistent theology that run throughout the Old and New Testaments

38
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Plenary (inspiration)

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All of the Scriptures are from God, not just certain sections or teachings.

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Norm

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A rule or standard by which other things are judged; scripture norms what we believe and teach about God

40
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Hermeneutics

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A Greek word for interpretation and translation; functions as a technical term for principles used to understand and apply a text

41
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Koine

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The Greek word for common; refers to the style of Greek that was used throughout the Roman empire in the first century; New Testament is written in this form of Greek

42
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Variant reading

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A reading which differs from another copy of the same text

43
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Homolegoumena

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20 New Testament writings consistently affirmed as biblical throughout the process of canonization

44
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Antilegomena

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“Being spoken against”; refers to seven New Testament books who’s place in the canon of the New Testament was questioned by some in the early church