Lesson 3 Flashcards
The process of comparing and studying biblical manuscripts to reconstruct the wording of the originals is called _____________
Textual Criticism
The ___________ is the closed list of books that Christians view as uniquely authoritative and inspired.
Canon
In 1947, an important collection of Jewish documents was discovered that contained many Old Testament books. These books are called _______________
The Dead Sea Scrolls
The first person to use Greek word kanṓn to refer to Christianity’s restricted list of inspired books was ___________
Athanasius
When a scribe mistakenly writes a single vowel rather than a diphthong while listening to a dictation, an Error of _________ has occurred.
Hearing
____________ mentions three categories of books in his day –the universally confessed, the debated, and the spurious.
Eusebius
One of the most significant, extant Hebrew manuscripts is _____________
The Aleppo Codex
The thirty-nine books of the Old Testament were written between ____________
1400 and 400 B.C.
The bible was originally written in ____________
Hebrew, Greek and Aramaic
The New Testament writers ____________ cite the Apocyrpha as Scripture
Never
True or False. Though we have thousands of ancient copies, only 15 autographs remain.
F
True or False. The first church council to use the Greek word kanon to refer to Christianity’s restricted list of inspired books was the Synod of Laodicea (A.D. 363)
T
True or False. There are many text variants in the New Testament that are highly debated because they could radically alter important Christian doctrines.
F
True or False. Orthodox Jews, Samaritans, and Sadduccees completely agreed on which books should be in the Hebrew Scriptures.
F
True or False. Jewish rabbis and early Christian scribes usually exercised great precision in the copying of biblical texts.
T
True or False. The threefold Jewish canon is referred to as the Law, Prophets, and Writings.
T
True or False. The Dead Sea Scrolls have confirmed that the Hebrew books of the Bible were meticulously and faithfully copied.
T
True or False. It is impossible that church liturgy influenced some textual additions or wording changes in the biblical manuscripts.
F
True or False. There are currently about 25,000 known New Testament manuscripts.
F
True or False. If a previously undiscovered letter of Paul’s was discovered it should be added to the Protestant canon.
F
The original copies of ancient documents are called _______________
Autographs
According to Walter Kaiser, “There was a ________________ recognition of certain books [of the Old Testament} by readers and listeners who were contemporaries with the writers.”
Progressive
Significant variants are often listed in what section of most modern Bible translations?
Footnotes
List the three characteristics of New Testament documents the early church insisted on before the documents were accepted as canonical.
Apostolic, Catholic, Orthodox
