Midterm Flashcards
1
Q
- Was the Word of God preserved in the OT?
A
Yes, in every stage.
2
Q
- How many times were the priests to read the OT to the people?
A
Every Seven Years
3
Q
- Who were commanded to make correct copies of the OT?
A
Priests
4
Q
- Who had copies of the Law according to the OT before exile?
A
Rulers, Priests and all the people
5
Q
- Who took copies into the exile?
A
Daniel and Ezekiel
6
Q
- How do we know the law was present in the post-exilic times?
A
Ezera taught the Law to Israel
7
Q
- Who preserved the Word until Jesus’ time?
A
Priests
8
Q
- In Romans 3:2, who does Paul say had the Word committed unto them, and what underlying claim does that make?
A
The Jews which shows the Hebrew text is the Word of God.
9
Q
- Prove how careful the copying and preservation of the OT through the tan jam, the Amoriaim, and Mas amity’s was.
A
They counted the number of letters, words, knew the middle word of a scroll.
10
Q
- Where is the best preservation of the OT today?
A
NIV, LXX, Septuagint, Massoretix Text.
11
Q
- Why were the Jews careful to bury or “reverently inter” copies of the Hebrew OT?
A
To stop any possibilities of misreadings
12
Q
- What is the Septuagint?
A
Greek translations of the Hebrew OT.
13
Q
- Why was a Greek version of the OT scripture needed?
A
Jews in Alexandria quite learning Hebrew
14
Q
- Is the dating of the LXX to 285-246 BC incontrovertible?
A
No
15
Q
- What are the three styles of Greek language into LXX?
A
Good, indifferent, unintelligible
