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Study Guide #1 Flashcards

1
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What is the primary purpose of the O.T.?

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To reveal God

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What is the central theme of the O.T.?

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How to know God and dwell in fellowship with Him through Jesus Christ

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What historical fact is the fundamental basis for believing the O.T.?

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Resurrection of Jesus Christ

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In what passage does Jesus tell us to believe the O.T. Scriptures

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Luke 24:25. Jesus said that a person who did not believe it was a “fool” and had a hard heart.

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When we ask, “Which books comprise the O.T.?” we raise what issue?

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The issue of canonicity

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What term is used to designate the collection of OT books of Scripture which has been regarded as inspired by God and authoritative?

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The “canon”

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What does the Hebrew word “qaneh,” from which we get our English word, “canon,” mean?

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A “reed” or “measuring stick.” Just as a redd could serve as a measuring standard, the term “canon” denotes a standard to which a writing must conform to be considered “biblical.”

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List three important tests a writing must pass to be considered “canonical.”

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  1. Must be written by a prophet or a prophetically gifted person; 2. Must have a timeless message – be relevant to all people of all times; 3. Must not contradict the messages of earlier writings God had revealed
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Do men determine which books are canonical, or do they discover which books are canonical?

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They discover it; God determines the process of canonicity through the process of inspiration.

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List the three steps in the historical process of canonization.

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  1. Inspiration by God; 2. Recognition by men; 3. Collection and preservation by the people of God.
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What happened at the Council Jamnia, Israel, about 90 AD?

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Jewish leaders officially endorsed certain book as “canonical,” thus confirming what had been believed as true all along.

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What is the most common term for non-canonical books?

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The Apocrypha

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13
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How many books are in the English version of the OT?

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39

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The Jews recognized a three-fold division of the OT. List the three divisions.

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Law, Prophets, Writings

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The English Bible has a five-fold division. List the names of the five divisions.

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Pentateuch, Historical books, Poetical books, Major prophets, Minor prophets

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16
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How many books are in the Minor Prophets?

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12 (Hosea-Malachi)

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What does the word “minor” mean which it is placed before “prophet”?

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It refers to the length of the book, not the importance of the book.

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What does the word “major” mean when it is placed before “prophet”?

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It refers to the length of the book – Isaiah scroll is 25 feet long unrolled – not the importance of the book.

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How many books in the Major Prophets?

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5 – Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentations, Ezekiel, Daniel

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When we ask, “How exactly did God’s Spirit work with the human authors to inspire the sacred writings,” we raise what issue?

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The issue of inspiration

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What NT verse explains that ALL of OT is “God breathed” and “profitable for doctrine” even in the NT period?

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2 Timothy 3:16

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What NT passage explains how Scripture got from God’s mouth into written form (“holy men… spake… moved by the Holy Ghost”)?

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2 Peter 1:19-21

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What does Peter mean when he says, “no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation”?

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Scripture is not the personal opinion of the human writers – it is God’s opinion

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24
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What is the meaning of the term “revelation”?

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God’s self-disclosure to mankind. In other words, God “reveals” to mankind who He is and what He is like.

25
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What is the meaning of the term “inspiration”?

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The process by which God gave His truth to man

26
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What is the meaning of the term “illumination”?

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The enlightening of the mind by the Holy Spirit so a person might be able to understand the Scripture.

27
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Does inspiration demand inerrancy?

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Yes! If God is the author, then He makes no mistakes nor contradicts Himself; Titus 1:2.

28
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When we ask the question, “How were the Scriptures preserved?” we raise what issue?

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The textual transmission of the scripture.

29
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What two languages what the OT written in?

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Hebrew - 99%; Aramaic - 1%

30
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When you translate the original language of Scripture into another language, what is the translation called?

A

A version

31
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What is the name of the translation of the Hebrew OT into the Greek language?

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The Septuagint; abr. LLX

32
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What is the date of the Septuagint?

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About 200-300 BC, and comes from the Egyptian city of Alexandria.

33
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What is the name of the scribal scholars who from 500-950 AD added vowel marks and accents to the consonantal text of the Hebrew Scriptures, and developed a system of detailed notes on the text in order to check the accuracy of a copied text?

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The Maseoretes – a name for a group of Jewish scribes.

34
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What is the most reliable Hebrew test the Leningrad we have called?

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The Masoretic text as contained in Manuscript.

35
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When were the Dead Sea Scrolls discovered?

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1947 by a shepherd boy.

36
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What date has been established for the writing of the Dead Sea Scrolls?

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100-200 BC

37
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How much older than existing OT manuscripts were the Dead Sea Scrolls?

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1,000 years!

38
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What did the Dead Sea Scrolls prove?

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The scrolls were faithfully transcribed.

39
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How many books are in the Apocrypha?

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15

40
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How many books are in the Apocrypha?

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15

41
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What does the word, “Apocrypha” literally mean?

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“Hidden, or concealed”

42
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Who was the first in the Roman Catholic Church to include the Apocrypha books in the same binding with the inspired Scriptures?

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Jerome

43
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Who was the first in the Roman Catholic Church who thought the Apocrypha books were part of the Scriptures?

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Augustine

44
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When we ask, “How do we interpret the OT?” we are raising what issue?

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The issue of hermeneutics = interpretation

45
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What is the method we will use to interpret the OT?

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The grammatical-historical-contextual method

46
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The OT contains different types of literature: historical narrative, prophecy, and poetry. What is the technical term used when speaking of different types of literature?

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Genre

47
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The major civilization found to the south-west of Israel is?

A

Egypt

48
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The major civilization found to the north-east of Israel is?

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Mesopotamia [“between the rivers” Tigris and the Euphrates rivers extending to the Persian gulf] – location of the Assyrians, Babylonians, Persians, [modern Iran, Iraq, including Syria and Lebanon].

49
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The major civilization found between Egypt and Mesopotamia is?

A

Syria-Palestine

50
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Israel was part of the ancient Near East that is now called what?

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The Middle East

51
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Egypt and Mesopotamia were joined by an arch of rich soil called what?

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The Fertile Crescent

52
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Where in Israel is the “coastal plain”? What enemies of Israel lived there?

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Along the Mediterranean Sea, Philistines

53
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Where is Israel is the Eastern Plateau (also called the transjordanian highlands)? What enemies of Israel lived there?

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East of the Jordan River, Ammonites, Moabites, Edomites

54
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Where in Israel is the central mountain range?

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Inland from the coastal plain, and before the Jordan valley. The central mountain range is divided into three sections, running north to south: the Galilean Hills, Mount Ephraim, and the Hills of Judea

55
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Where in Israel is the Great Rift (Jordan rift)? What does this include?

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Includes the Sea of Galilee [-650 feet below sea level], the Jordan river, and the Dead Sea [-1275 feet below sea level] Average width is 10 miles

56
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Where in Israel is the Jezreel valley? What great future event will take place there?

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It is the valley between the Galilean Hills and Mount Ephraim. The staging ground for the Battle of Armageddon

57
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Where in Israel is the lowest point on planet earth?

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Dead Sea

58
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Where in Israel is the “Shephelah”?

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From the coastal plain, in its southern reaches, east to the central mountain range, and down into the South [the Negev] until it blends with the undulating hills of the Sinai Desert

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Name two ancient international highways running though Israel that connected Egypt and Mesopotamia.

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Via Maris – “way of the sea”; and “the king’s highway”

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