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Week One Reading: Schenck Flashcards

1
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the second part of the Christian Bible

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New Testament

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2
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literature relating to God’s people after the coming of Christ

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New Testament

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the first part of the Christian Bible

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Old Testament

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literature relating to God’s people before the coming of Christ

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Old Testament

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5
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Many Christians read the Bible ______, applying its ancient words directly to themselves.

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personally

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_______ has often reinterpreted the words to have more universal meaning.

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Christianity

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_______ often reinterpreted the words to have more universal meaning.

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Denominations

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8
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The original meaning of the _____ is a function of how these words were used back when they were first written.

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Bible

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9
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The Bible consists of over ____ books written over a long period of time under many different _____.

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sixty: circumstances

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10
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the claim that the Bible never fails to accomplish God’s purpose for it

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infallible

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the claim that when the purpose of the Bible is to affirm a truth, it is never in error

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inerrant

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truth conveyed or ‘revealed’ from God to humanity

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revelation

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13
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the process by which God conveyed truth through human authors into the written texts of the Bible

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inspiration

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14
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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

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original meaning

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15
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How do you write a verse from the Bible?

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book: chapter: colon: verse

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16
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In one sense, who was the Bible written to according to chapter two?

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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.

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17
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a ‘means of grace’

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sacrament

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18
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a divinely appointed path by which to meet God and experience his love

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sacrament

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19
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the meanings that various groups of the Christians see in the Bible

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community meanings

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20
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someone is not a Jew

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Gentile

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21
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What are the two phases of applying the Bible today?

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Phase One: the Bible

Phase Two: The Church

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22
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a group of writings included in Roman Catholic and Orthodox Bibles but not in the Bibles of most Protestants

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Apocrypha

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23
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from our perspective, the genre of the four presentations of Jesus in the New Testament—Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John

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gospels

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24
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Three of the four ____ are written as biographies except for ____ written as a history.

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gospels: Luke

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a type of literature of literary form, such as a novel, a personal letter, an eviction notice, a diary, etc.

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genre

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26
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a genre of literature presenting the story of a group or the circumstances surrounding a key period of time

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history (ancient)

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27
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____ ____ carried somewhat in their precision and in general allowed for greater creativity than modern histories do.

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Ancient history

28
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basically a letter, although some scholars only use the word to refer to a somewhat official letter that circulates to a broad audience

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epistle

29
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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

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apocalypse

30
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messages that usually were written in a time of crisis and foretold how God would make everything right in the world

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apocalypse

31
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Gospels

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Matthew, Mark, Luke, & John

32
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History

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Acts

33
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Apocalypse

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Revelation

34
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Letters/Epistles

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Romans, 1 & 2 Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, 1 & 2 Timothy, Titus, Philemon

35
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Possibly a Sermon

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Hebrews

36
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General Epistles

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James, 1 & 2 Peter, 1-2-3 John, Jude

37
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Was the New Testament written in the order in which they appear in our Bibles?

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No

38
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Whose letters were collected first?

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Paul’s letters

39
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How long did the writing process take?

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many decades

40
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By the late AD 100s, what was the mainstream writings of the church?

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the four gospels

41
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The current Christian books of the Bible were debated and said to be authoritative enough to be labeled _____.

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“Scripture”

42
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the group of writings that Christians consider to be authoritative on the level of Scripture

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canon

43
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Which two books were the first possible to be written?

  • Matthew
  • 1 Thessalonians
  • Hebrews
  • Acts
  • Galatians
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1 Thessalonians and Galatians

44
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a writing or collection of writings considered to be authoritative in some way for a particular religious group

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scripture

45
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followers of Jesus while He was on earth

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disciples

46
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a group of early Christians who saw Jesus after He rose from the dead

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apostles

47
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correct teaching as it is understood by the mainstream, as opposed to heresy, which is incorrect teaching

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Orthodoxy

48
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“incorrect teaching”

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heresy

49
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abandoning or rejecting Christianity after having previously been a Christian

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apostasy

50
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“in a second canon” to the other books of the New and Old Testament

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deuterocanonical

51
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Some translations, such as KJV, differ for what reason?

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The translations rely on different manuscripts.

52
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an ancient document written by hand

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manuscript

53
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How many manuscripts of the New Testament (some in portions or copies) survive today?

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over 5,000 handwritten copies

54
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the branch of the New Testament that studies and aims at recovering the exact wording of the original texts of the Bible

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textual criticism

55
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the attempt of a translation to stick closely to the wording and sentence structure of the original languages

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formal equivalence

56
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the attempt to catch the spirit of the original meaning in readable English that makes sense on our cultural terms

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dynamic equivalence

57
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cultures in which identity is primarily a function of the groups to which an individual belongs–such as one’s race, family, gender

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group or “collectivist” cultures

58
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the cutting off of the foreskin: a sign of the special relationship between God and the sons of Abraham

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circumcision

59
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originally the name of Abraham’s grandson, it would become the name of his descendants and the nation they constituted

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Israel

60
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God’s proper name in the Old Testament, usually translated LORD in all capital letters

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Yahweh

61
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the most important Jewish festival celebrating the day when the death angel “____ ____” the sons of the Israelites before they escaped from Egypt

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Passover: passed over

62
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the victorious departure of Israel from Egypt to freedom

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exodus

63
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the solemn agreement between God and Israel; He would bless them if they kept His commandments

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the covenant

64
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the first five books of the Old Testament which Moses authorized: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, & Deuteronomy

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Pentateuch

65
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Jews thought of Moses primarily as the ____ ____, the one through whom God made a covenant with Israel.

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great lawgiver

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