w4 - historical validity of the Gospels/Acts of the Apostles/Epistles

Question 1

3 criteria for determining historical value (or lack thereof) of a text

Answer 1

genuineness, integrity, veracity

Question 2

the genuineness of a text asks: _______________?

Answer 2

is the work written to the author to which it is ascribed?

Question 3

the integrity of a text asks: _______________?

Answer 3

whether or not the work has come to us in tact

Question 4

the veracity of a text asks: _______________?

Answer 4

whether or not the author is trustworthy?

Question 5

two categories of genuineness of the Gospels/AA/Epistles

Answer 5

external and internal

Question 6

internal evidence for genuineness of the Gospels/AA/Epistles

Answer 6

harmony/no errors in Jewish customs, topography

Question 7

Lots of texts dismissed for NT canon dismissed on the basis of _________

Answer 7

genuineness (false authors, ex. Gospel of St. Peter)

Question 8

Scholar Richard Burridge, in his study, found Gospels meet (all/some/few) criteria for ___________, not criteria for _____

Answer 8

all the criteria for Greco-Roman biography, myth

Question 9

proof/criteria of veracity/trustworthiness of Gospels/AA/Epistles

Answer 9

being Christian was to be a martyr, the memory of Christ/Apostles still recent (hard to write false accounts without reprimand)

Question 10

proof/criteria of integrity/intactness of Gospels/AA/Epistles

Answer 10

-Uniformity in all the manuscripts (back as far as the 4th century)