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Biblical Apologetics BTS AP8525 > Week 1 Concepts, Inerrancy, Interpretation > Flashcards

Week 1 Concepts, Inerrancy, Interpretation Flashcards

1
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Five attributes of God’s Revelation seen in Heb. 1:1-2

A 
Historical
Cumulative
Progressive
Spoken
Christ-centered
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What Greek words does ‘bible’ refer to?

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hai graphia “writings”

ta grammata “scriptures”

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3
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When did the word “Bible” come into use?

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150AD from Clement

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4
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Why is it preferable not to use the word “Bible” when defending it?

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There are different Bibles

  • Protestant 66 books
  • Syriac 62 books
  • RC/Greek add Apocrypha
  • Ethiopic adds 2 apocryphal

“What Bible are we talking about?”

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5
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What does the word “Testament” mean?

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In Greek, “covenant”.

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6
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Who translated ‘covenant’ as ‘testament’?

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Tertullian

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7
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What is the arrangement of the Jewish OT?

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39 books incl Law, Prophets, Writings

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How are Prophets divided?

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Former–Joshua, Judges, Samuel, Kings

Latter–Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, book of Twelve

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Everything not Law and these prophet books is…

A

Writings

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10
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Three ways God’s Word is conveyed

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Mighty works
Prophetic words
Man’s response

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11
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How is the Jewish OT different from the Protestant OT

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Arrangement is different but content is same

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12
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How many Christians have accepted current 27 NT books as canon for 1700 years?

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Vast majority

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13
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What 4 types of NT books?

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Gospels
Acts
21 letters
Revelation

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14
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When Gospels written?

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55-90 AD

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15
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When Acts written?

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48-60

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16
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What are the earliest copies?

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AD 200, Latin and Syriac documents

17
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What is Autograph?

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Original document on which inspired writers wrote their inspired words

18
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Is there a central message spanning the OT and NT?

A

God saved a people for Himself. Jesus exhibits man’s perfect response to God.

19
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Why did Christians arrange OT with Law first then History?

A

To be Christocentric

20
Q

What does Inspiration say about authorship?

A

Authorship is both divine and human.

God is primary, man is secondary author.

21
Q

Tell how the Primary Author inspired

A

Through the Holy Spirit’s initiative, prompting, enlightenment, and superintendence the human writer did his work.

22
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What is Revelation?

A

God directly imparting truth to a mind

23
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What is Inspiration?

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The divine influence that secures the accurate transference into human language by a speaker or writer, to be communicated to other men.

24
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What is Illumination?

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That influence of the Holy Spirit under which all children of God receive, discern, and feed upon the truth communicated to them.

25
Q

How would you sketch these?

A

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.

26
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What is an example of revelation that is not inspired?

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–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.

27
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“God told me”

A

Often is God’s prompting working on a spiritual truth already gained by Bible reading

28
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Concurrence

A

God and the human author together.
E.g. God accesses all of Paul’s background, education, etc.
See 1 Cor. 2:9ff

29
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What concepts do people come up with in formulating a theory of Inspiration?

A
  • -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)
30
Q

Why do 1 and 2 Peter differ?

A

Peter used an “amanuesis” in 1 Peter. His name was Silas–Sylvanus

31
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How did Jesus treat the OT?

A

He believed it. 90 times the NT says “it is written”

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