Final Flashcards
Has any serious scholar ever ventured to postulate the historicity of Jesus?
Yes. Cornelius Tacticus, Lucian of Samosata, and Thallus.
Did Cornelius Tactus state in his writings that Jesus was put to death by Pilate, procurator of Judea.
Yes.
There are primarily two text streams that provide us with manuscripts for translation. What are they?
Majority text and minority text.
Is true that 25% of Hebrew OT vocabulary is comprised of loan words (words borrowed from other languages).
No, only 2% are loan words.
Who were the Masoretes and what did they do?
Jewish scribes who devised a way to preserve proper Hebrew pronunciation, through the addition of vowel points to the constants
Did the manuscripts of the Egyptian Book of the Dead show no change, whereas no two Bible manuscripts match?
Correct? Whole sections of the text were missing, in some areas, it was completely impossible to match the 2 texts.
The discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls provided us with the oldest manuscripts of the OT in existence and validated the authenticity & what else?
Preservation
The ancient Jews believed a new copy of a scroll was equal to the original because of what?
Most newer manuscripts show preservation and match the NT Textus Receptus and OT Majority Text
When dealing with the claims of Jesus while on earth, what are the two alternatives we are faced with?
Lunatic or Liar
Correctly fill in missing blanks.
If Jesus’s claims were false and he didn’t know he was a
_________.
Lunatic
Correctly fill in missing blanks.
If Jesus’s claims were false and he did know he was a
_________.
Liar
Correctly fill in missing blanks.
If Jesus’s claims were true then he is _________.
LORD
What are the three ways Josh McDowell suggests the Old Testament is proven reliable?
OT prophecy, Science, Cosmology, and Medicine
Isaiah mentioned who by name 150 years before he fulfilled prophecy by causing the fall of Babylon and helping the Jews return to Jerusalem? (Isa. 44;28; 45:1-7)
Cyrus, the Medes, and the Persians
Daniel Wallace, believes the New International Version of the Bible is what type of translation?
Phrase-for-phrase
List one of the scientific facts taught in the Old Testament according to part two of the lecture on OT Reliability?
The water cycle is described in detail (Isa. 55:10; Job 26:27-28;
Ecc.1:7)
List the three parts of “tripartite communication.”
That which is said, that which is understood, and the culture in which what was said is said.
Complete the following quote from class. “A text without a context…”
Is like a pretext for a text, proof text
What document/text is the most Oneness document on the face of the planet?
The Bible
Define : Word for Word
rendering of text from one language to another one word at a time
Define : Dynamic Equivalent
fundamentally means translating the
meaning of each whole sentence before moving on to the next
Define : Paraphrase
a restatement of the meaning of a text or passage using other words
Be able to describe why the Jews did not think that the oldest was best when dealing with manuscripts.
MSS, maniscripts, were likely to become degraded with time, so the newer copy was preferred as it was unblemished by handling.
