Week 1 Concepts, Inerrancy, Interpretation Flashcards
Five attributes of God’s Revelation seen in Heb. 1:1-2
Historical Cumulative Progressive Spoken Christ-centered
What Greek words does ‘bible’ refer to?
hai graphia “writings”
ta grammata “scriptures”
When did the word “Bible” come into use?
150AD from Clement
Why is it preferable not to use the word “Bible” when defending it?
There are different Bibles
- Protestant 66 books
- Syriac 62 books
- RC/Greek add Apocrypha
- Ethiopic adds 2 apocryphal
“What Bible are we talking about?”
What does the word “Testament” mean?
In Greek, “covenant”.
Who translated ‘covenant’ as ‘testament’?
Tertullian
What is the arrangement of the Jewish OT?
39 books incl Law, Prophets, Writings
How are Prophets divided?
Former–Joshua, Judges, Samuel, Kings
Latter–Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, book of Twelve
Everything not Law and these prophet books is…
Writings
Three ways God’s Word is conveyed
Mighty works
Prophetic words
Man’s response
How is the Jewish OT different from the Protestant OT
Arrangement is different but content is same
How many Christians have accepted current 27 NT books as canon for 1700 years?
Vast majority
What 4 types of NT books?
Gospels
Acts
21 letters
Revelation
When Gospels written?
55-90 AD
When Acts written?
48-60
What are the earliest copies?
AD 200, Latin and Syriac documents
What is Autograph?
Original document on which inspired writers wrote their inspired words
Is there a central message spanning the OT and NT?
God saved a people for Himself. Jesus exhibits man’s perfect response to God.
Why did Christians arrange OT with Law first then History?
To be Christocentric
What does Inspiration say about authorship?
Authorship is both divine and human.
God is primary, man is secondary author.
Tell how the Primary Author inspired
Through the Holy Spirit’s initiative, prompting, enlightenment, and superintendence the human writer did his work.
What is Revelation?
God directly imparting truth to a mind
What is Inspiration?
The divine influence that secures the accurate transference into human language by a speaker or writer, to be communicated to other men.
What is Illumination?
That influence of the Holy Spirit under which all children of God receive, discern, and feed upon the truth communicated to them.
How would you sketch these?
God inspires the writer, who writes. That written word is
God’s revelation. The Holy Spirit works in the mind of a Christian who is reading Scripture to understand it.
What is an example of revelation that is not inspired?
–Hearers of Sermon on the Mount heard verbal revelation but were not inspired to write it down. We receive it by Matthew’s written revelation–he had divine authority.
–In Acts, Luke quotes a letter from Claudias Lysias. Luke was inspired but Claudias Lysias was not.
–Joseph heard a warning to flee to Egypt but he was not inspired to write it down.
“God told me”
Often is God’s prompting working on a spiritual truth already gained by Bible reading
Concurrence
God and the human author together.
E.g. God accesses all of Paul’s background, education, etc.
See 1 Cor. 2:9ff
What concepts do people come up with in formulating a theory of Inspiration?
- -Mechanical/dictation
- -Dynamic–the Bible “contains” the Word of God. (Superintended, Elevated, Directed, or Suggested)
- -Intuition or Natural inspiration
- -Illumination or Universal Christian Inspiration “I just know” (Schleiermacher)
- -Plenary Verbal Inspiration: Full, Verbal (spoken intending for it to be understood)
Why do 1 and 2 Peter differ?
Peter used an “amanuesis” in 1 Peter. His name was Silas–Sylvanus
How did Jesus treat the OT?
He believed it. 90 times the NT says “it is written”
