Chapter 1: Bibliology Flashcards
What does plenary verbal inspiration mean?
All of the Bible is God-breathed
What is inspiration?
It means “God-breathed”
True/false: God did not give the exact words of Scripture
False
What does verbal mean?
“word for word” or very words
What phrase is often used by liberals to discredit the Spiritual claim of verbal inspirations?
mechanical dictation
What is the smallest letter in the Hebrew alphabet?
Jot
What is the smallest appendage in the Hebrew alphabet?
Tittle
What word means “to speak so that others may right down”?
dictate
What does plenary mean?
Full
True/false: the Word of God is not eternal
False
True/false: the Word of God is the only book inspired by God?
true
Name the ways God used men to write the Bible
God set them apart
God prepared them
God inspired them
True/false: inerrancy requires that God shall choose his own words
True
Name the 4 non-Scriptural views of inspiration
Natural inspiration
Partial inspiration
Conceptual inspiration
the Bible “becomes” the Word of God
What is the encounter theory?
that the Bible “becomes” the Word of God
True/false: the Bible does not claim to be the word of God
False
What phrase is found over 3,800 times in the Bible?
“Thus saith the Lord”
who were the ancient copiers of the Scriptures?
Masoretes
who invented the movable type printing press?
Gutenberg
What language is referred to as Syriac and Hebrew in the Bible?
Aramaic
Who translated the Bible into English?
John Wycliffe
Who translated the Bible into German?
Martin Luther
Name 5 Old Testament prophecies concerning Christ
Virgin birth
Birthplace of Bethlehem
forerunner-John the Baptist
Triumphal entry
Pieced side
“My God, My God, why hast tho forsaken me?”
Darkness at crucifixion
Mocking at crucifixion
Pierced hands and feet
Casting lots for His clothes
unbroken bones
vinegar drink
buried in a rich man’s grave
resurrection
ascension
Name two New Testament prophecies
destruction of Jerusalem
unnatural death of Peter
What means without error throughout?
inerrancy
What civilization was questioned until it was discovered in 1906?
Hittites
Which king of Babylon was questioned to have really lived?
Belshazzar
Give a person as an example of the Bible’s power to transform lives.
John Newton
Paul
George Müller
What is a books right to be included in the Biblical Canon?
Canonicity
How is Canonicity determined?
by God and man
What is the Apocrypha?
books written between Old and New Testament
What questions are asked to determine if a book if Biblical Canon or not?
is it authoritative? prophetic? authentic? dynamic? was it received, used, and preserved by Gods people?
Why is the Apocrypha rejected?
never claims inspiration
heretical
never sanctioned
never allowed place in canon early on
contradicts the Bible and itself
quality is far below the Bible
never received by the people of God
What language was most of the New Testament written in?
Greek
what is revelation?
Gods disclosing to man things about himself that man could not know otherwise
what is God’s unique breeding of his words into the human writers of scripture?
inspiration
what is Gods teaching the christian the truths of His Word?
Illumination
what are the principles of Bible interpretation?
literal, historical, contextual, grammatical, sythetical, and practical
