Week One Reading: Schenck Flashcards
the second part of the Christian Bible
New Testament
literature relating to God’s people after the coming of Christ
New Testament
the first part of the Christian Bible
Old Testament
literature relating to God’s people before the coming of Christ
Old Testament
Many Christians read the Bible ______, applying its ancient words directly to themselves.
personally
_______ has often reinterpreted the words to have more universal meaning.
Christianity
_______ often reinterpreted the words to have more universal meaning.
Denominations
The original meaning of the _____ is a function of how these words were used back when they were first written.
Bible
The Bible consists of over ____ books written over a long period of time under many different _____.
sixty: circumstances
the claim that the Bible never fails to accomplish God’s purpose for it
infallible
the claim that when the purpose of the Bible is to affirm a truth, it is never in error
inerrant
truth conveyed or ‘revealed’ from God to humanity
revelation
the process by which God conveyed truth through human authors into the written texts of the Bible
inspiration
reading the Bible’s words for what they meant when they were first written, using what the words and concepts meant 2,000 years ago
original meaning
How do you write a verse from the Bible?
book: chapter: colon: verse
In one sense, who was the Bible written to according to chapter two?
not anyone today; for example, Joshua 1:9 is a popular verse that was written to Joshua in the battle of Canaan even though people often relate to the verse today.
a ‘means of grace’
sacrament
a divinely appointed path by which to meet God and experience his love
sacrament
the meanings that various groups of the Christians see in the Bible
community meanings
someone is not a Jew
Gentile
What are the two phases of applying the Bible today?
Phase One: the Bible
Phase Two: The Church
a group of writings included in Roman Catholic and Orthodox Bibles but not in the Bibles of most Protestants
Apocrypha
from our perspective, the genre of the four presentations of Jesus in the New Testament—Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John
gospels
Three of the four ____ are written as biographies except for ____ written as a history.
gospels: Luke
a type of literature of literary form, such as a novel, a personal letter, an eviction notice, a diary, etc.
genre
a genre of literature presenting the story of a group or the circumstances surrounding a key period of time
history (ancient)
____ ____ carried somewhat in their precision and in general allowed for greater creativity than modern histories do.
Ancient history
basically a letter, although some scholars only use the word to refer to a somewhat official letter that circulates to a broad audience
epistle
a type of writing in which a heavenly being brings a revelation to an authority figure, both about things going on in the heavenly realm and about things that are going to happen in the near future
apocalypse
messages that usually were written in a time of crisis and foretold how God would make everything right in the world
apocalypse
Gospels
Matthew, Mark, Luke, & John
History
Acts
Apocalypse
Revelation
Letters/Epistles
Romans, 1 & 2 Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, 1 & 2 Timothy, Titus, Philemon
Possibly a Sermon
Hebrews
General Epistles
James, 1 & 2 Peter, 1-2-3 John, Jude
Was the New Testament written in the order in which they appear in our Bibles?
No
Whose letters were collected first?
Paul’s letters
How long did the writing process take?
many decades
By the late AD 100s, what was the mainstream writings of the church?
the four gospels
The current Christian books of the Bible were debated and said to be authoritative enough to be labeled _____.
“Scripture”
the group of writings that Christians consider to be authoritative on the level of Scripture
canon
Which two books were the first possible to be written?
- Matthew
- 1 Thessalonians
- Hebrews
- Acts
- Galatians
1 Thessalonians and Galatians
a writing or collection of writings considered to be authoritative in some way for a particular religious group
scripture
followers of Jesus while He was on earth
disciples
a group of early Christians who saw Jesus after He rose from the dead
apostles
correct teaching as it is understood by the mainstream, as opposed to heresy, which is incorrect teaching
Orthodoxy
“incorrect teaching”
heresy
abandoning or rejecting Christianity after having previously been a Christian
apostasy
“in a second canon” to the other books of the New and Old Testament
deuterocanonical
Some translations, such as KJV, differ for what reason?
The translations rely on different manuscripts.
an ancient document written by hand
manuscript
How many manuscripts of the New Testament (some in portions or copies) survive today?
over 5,000 handwritten copies
the branch of the New Testament that studies and aims at recovering the exact wording of the original texts of the Bible
textual criticism
the attempt of a translation to stick closely to the wording and sentence structure of the original languages
formal equivalence
the attempt to catch the spirit of the original meaning in readable English that makes sense on our cultural terms
dynamic equivalence
cultures in which identity is primarily a function of the groups to which an individual belongs–such as one’s race, family, gender
group or “collectivist” cultures
the cutting off of the foreskin: a sign of the special relationship between God and the sons of Abraham
circumcision
originally the name of Abraham’s grandson, it would become the name of his descendants and the nation they constituted
Israel
God’s proper name in the Old Testament, usually translated LORD in all capital letters
Yahweh
the most important Jewish festival celebrating the day when the death angel “____ ____” the sons of the Israelites before they escaped from Egypt
Passover: passed over
the victorious departure of Israel from Egypt to freedom
exodus
the solemn agreement between God and Israel; He would bless them if they kept His commandments
the covenant
the first five books of the Old Testament which Moses authorized: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, & Deuteronomy
Pentateuch
Jews thought of Moses primarily as the ____ ____, the one through whom God made a covenant with Israel.
great lawgiver
