Ch 1 - Aproaching The New Testament Flashcards
Herodotus (date)
488-428 BC
Herodotus (earliest copies)
900 AD
Herodotus (silent span)
1300 yrs
Herodotus (# of copies)
8
Thucydides (date)
c. 460-400 BC
Thucydides (earliest copies)
900 AD
Thucydides (silent span(
1300 yrs
Thucydides (# of copies)
8
Tacitus’ Histories (date)
100 AD
Tacitus’ Histories (earliest copies)
900-1100 AD
Tacitus’ Histories (silent span)
800-1000 yrs
Tacitus’ Histories (# of copies)
2
Caesar’s Gallic War (date)
58-50 BC
Caesar’s Gallic War (earliest copies)
900 AD
Caesar’s Gallic War (silent span)
900 yrs
New Testament (date)
40-100 AD
New Testament (earliest copies)
350 AD (complete) 150 AD (portions)
New Testament (silent span)
30-300 years
New Testament (# of copies)
5000 in Greek
Caesar’s Gallic War (# of copies)
9-10
Christocentric
“Christ – centered”; Christ is the focal point or center scripture.
Soteriological
Related to salvation; the study or teachings about salvation
Christ
Greek word for an “anointed one”; translates the Hebrew “Messiah”
Messiah
Hebrew “anointed one”; translated in Greek as “Christ”
Inspiration
Describes how the Holy Spirit breathed out the Scriptures so that words written down by humans are the word of God.
Gospel
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
Book of Concord
The official statement of Lutheran doctrine, also known as the Lutheran Confessions; assembled into a book in 1580
Transmission
The process by which the texts of the New Testament were copied and handed down from generation to generation
Canon
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
Septuagint
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).
Bible (how many books)
One book
Two testaments
66 documents
Bowtie diagram
All of creation down to the remanent.
Christ’s birth, death, and resurrection.
12 disciples to the whole, restored creation.
Lutheran confessions
Collection gathered together into the Book of Concord in 1580
Textual criticism
The study that deals with discrepancies between copies of New Testament texts.
Diaspora
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.
Gentile
Non-Israelite or non-Jew; refers to all people not ascended from the 12 tribes of Jacob/Israel
Biblical theology
Field of study identifying themes and a consistent theology that run throughout the Old and New Testaments
Plenary (inspiration)
All of the Scriptures are from God, not just certain sections or teachings.
Norm
A rule or standard by which other things are judged; scripture norms what we believe and teach about God
Hermeneutics
A Greek word for interpretation and translation; functions as a technical term for principles used to understand and apply a text
Koine
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
Variant reading
A reading which differs from another copy of the same text
Homolegoumena
20 New Testament writings consistently affirmed as biblical throughout the process of canonization
Antilegomena
“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
