Final

Question 1

Has any serious scholar ever ventured to postulate the historicity of Jesus?

Answer 1

Yes. Cornelius Tacticus, Lucian of Samosata, and Thallus.

Question 2

Did Cornelius Tactus state in his writings that Jesus was put to death by Pilate, procurator of Judea.

Answer 2

Yes.

Question 3

There are primarily two text streams that provide us with manuscripts for translation. What are they?

Answer 3

Majority text and minority text.

Question 4

Is true that 25% of Hebrew OT vocabulary is comprised of loan words (words borrowed from other languages).

Answer 4

No, only 2% are loan words.

Question 5

Who were the Masoretes and what did they do?

Answer 5

Jewish scribes who devised a way to preserve proper Hebrew pronunciation, through the addition of vowel points to the constants

Question 6

Did the manuscripts of the Egyptian Book of the Dead show no change, whereas no two Bible manuscripts match?

Answer 6

Correct? Whole sections of the text were missing, in some areas, it was completely impossible to match the 2 texts.

Question 7

The discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls provided us with the oldest manuscripts of the OT in existence and validated the authenticity & what else?

Answer 7

Preservation

Question 8

The ancient Jews believed a new copy of a scroll was equal to the original because of what?

Answer 8

Most newer manuscripts show preservation and match the NT Textus Receptus and OT Majority Text

Question 9

When dealing with the claims of Jesus while on earth, what are the two alternatives we are faced with?

Answer 9

Lunatic or Liar

Question 10

Correctly fill in missing blanks.
If Jesus’s claims were false and he didn’t know he was a
_________.

Answer 10

Lunatic

Question 11

Correctly fill in missing blanks.
If Jesus’s claims were false and he did know he was a
_________.

Answer 11

Liar

Question 12

Correctly fill in missing blanks.

If Jesus’s claims were true then he is _________.

Answer 12

LORD

Question 13

What are the three ways Josh McDowell suggests the Old Testament is proven reliable?

Answer 13

OT prophecy, Science, Cosmology, and Medicine

Question 14

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)

Answer 14

Cyrus, the Medes, and the Persians

Question 15

Daniel Wallace, believes the New International Version of the Bible is what type of translation?

Answer 15

Phrase-for-phrase

Question 16

List one of the scientific facts taught in the Old Testament according to part two of the lecture on OT Reliability?

Answer 16

The water cycle is described in detail (Isa. 55:10; Job 26:27-28;
Ecc.1:7)

Question 17

List the three parts of “tripartite communication.”

Answer 17

That which is said, that which is understood, and the culture in which what was said is said.

Question 18

Complete the following quote from class. “A text without a context…”

Answer 18

Is like a pretext for a text, proof text

Question 19

What document/text is the most Oneness document on the face of the planet?

Answer 19

The Bible

Question 20

Define : Word for Word

Answer 20

rendering of text from one language to another one word at a time

Question 21

Define : Dynamic Equivalent

Answer 21

fundamentally means translating the

meaning of each whole sentence before moving on to the next

Question 22

Define : Paraphrase

Answer 22

a restatement of the meaning of a text or passage using other words

Question 23

Be able to describe why the Jews did not think that the oldest was best when dealing with manuscripts.

Answer 23

MSS, maniscripts, were likely to become degraded with time, so the newer copy was preferred as it was unblemished by handling.