Test 4 Flashcards
What is the question for bibliographical test?
Is the text we have the same as what was originally written?
What is the question for the internal evidence test?
Is the original written record credible?
What is the question for the external evidence test?
Is there support for for the account?
What motivation did the Jews have for accurately copying Scripture?
- It was the word of God
- God had entrusted them with its preservation & transmission
- They had been commanded by God not to change it
What 20th century discovery proved that the OT had been accurately copied over the last 2000 years?
The Dead Sea scrolls
When was he complete manuscript of Isaiah estimated to have been written?
125 BC
The writers of the OT scripture claim to be…
Speaking for God
What evidence do we have to support the claim that they were speaking for God?
- The unity of the Bible
2. Fulfilled prophecy
Explain evidence in the unity of the Bible
There were multiple authors all describing the same God
List four fulfilled prophecies
- his birthplace
- his virgin birth
- his miracles
- his purpose for dying
What is the 2nd “big question” ?
Is the Bible reliable? Who is God?
How do materialists view the bible?
They think it must be man made and can’t be historically reliable
Explain Julius Wellhausen’s theory of the evolutionary origin of religion
He thought that religion evolved from pantheism to polytheism to monotheism
Summarize Wellhausen’s Documentary Hypothesis
He claimed that the Torah was written by multiple authors, over hundreds of years and more than 1000 years after the events actually occurred.
What was Wellhausen’s reasoning for his hypothesis?
Lack of external evidence; use of different names if God, and recording of miracles in the Torah
What are some of the precise details given in the biblical text which situate it in the Middle Bronze Age
- Covenants
- Law codes
- Personal names
- Place names
What and where is Tel el-Dab’a?
It’s and archeological dig in Ancient Goshen(Egypt)
How do Israelites houses provide evidence for the presence of Israel in Egypt?
- four rooms
- pillared house plan
How can Brooklyn papyrus provide evidence provide evidence for the presence of Israel in Egypt
- 77slave names were found
- the names were Hebrew
How do amarna letters provide evidence?
- they refer to raids and conquest
- the Canaanite term “Habiru” is used
How can Merenptah stele give evidence?
- it records an attack in Canaan by pharaoh
- mentions Israel as a part of Canaan and refers to them as a “dominant nation”
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What evidence does the Egyptian temple inscription give?
An inscription saying “land of the nomads of Yaweh”
According to the bible, why did God command the Israelites to wipe out the people of Canaan?
Because of their idolotry and child sacrifices
What archaeological evidence has been found that supports the biblical account of the destruction if Jericho
- Grain stores weren’t plundered
- City destroyed by fire/ a destruction layer was found
- walls of Jericho impressively fortified
- Walls fell outward
What 2 archeological discoveries situate Jericho’s fall around the Biblical date of 1400 BC
Cypriot pottery
Egyptian scarab beetles
What are the 3 tests used to determine the reliability of a historical document?
- bibliographical
- internal evidence
- external evidence
