Quiz 3 week 8 Historical Attacks

Question 1

What are Mary Jo Sharps’s 3 steps?

Answer 1

1. Get the whole story (e.g. Luke 1 describes how account of Jesus is to be read)
2. Look at the parallel accounts (the actual various parallel pagan stories)
3. Set everything in context (the whole worldview of Christianity compared to pagan)

Question 2

What are the two traditional ways to categorize attacks on the Bible?

Answer 2

1. Internal or external? (E.g. False teachers inside, or Jews/Greeks/others from outside)
2. Matters of interpretation

Question 3

What are Michael Kruger’s categories of attacks?

Answer 3

• Origin (inspiration)
• Transmission (accuracy of current Bible)
• Interpretation (actual content)

Question 4

What are some characteristics of the Babylonian flood account?

Answer 4

• Enuma Elish
• Monster comes from sea
• Sea is chaos and evil
• Divine is coexistent with matter

Question 5

How does the Babylonian flood account differ from Biblical?

Answer 5

• Bible establishes monotheism
• Bible says the flood is God’s judgement, not an arbitrary triumph of evil gods

Question 6

What does the Bible say is the origin of slavery?

Answer 6

Sin– see Genesis after the flood, cursed be Canaan

Question 7

How does the Bible discuss slavery?

Answer 7

• It regulates slavery, protecting people
• Origin is sin
• Property laws in Exodus 21 do not mention humans
• Slaves had dignity and value and could hold important positions (eg Joseph)
• NT discussion calls for submission to authority
• Paul encourages slaves to get their freedom
• Slavery is typology for being slave to sin see Gal 4:3