Ch 1 - Aproaching The New Testament

Question 1

Herodotus (date)

Answer 1

488-428 BC

Question 2

Herodotus (earliest copies)

Answer 2

900 AD

Question 3

Herodotus (silent span)

Answer 3

1300 yrs

Question 4

Herodotus (# of copies)

Answer 4

8

Question 5

Thucydides (date)

Answer 5

c. 460-400 BC

Question 6

Thucydides (earliest copies)

Answer 6

900 AD

Question 7

Thucydides (silent span(

Answer 7

1300 yrs

Question 8

Thucydides (# of copies)

Answer 8

8

Question 9

Tacitus’ Histories (date)

Answer 9

100 AD

Question 10

Tacitus’ Histories (earliest copies)

Answer 10

900-1100 AD

Question 11

Tacitus’ Histories (silent span)

Answer 11

800-1000 yrs

Question 12

Tacitus’ Histories (# of copies)

Answer 12

2

Question 13

Caesar’s Gallic War (date)

Answer 13

58-50 BC

Question 14

Caesar’s Gallic War (earliest copies)

Answer 14

900 AD

Question 15

Caesar’s Gallic War (silent span)

Answer 15

900 yrs

Question 16

New Testament (date)

Answer 16

40-100 AD

Question 17

New Testament (earliest copies)

Answer 17

350 AD (complete)
150 AD (portions)

Question 18

New Testament (silent span)

Answer 18

30-300 years

Question 19

New Testament (# of copies)

Answer 19

5000 in Greek

Question 20

Caesar’s Gallic War (# of copies)

Answer 20

9-10

Question 21

Christocentric

Answer 21

“Christ – centered”; Christ is the focal point or center scripture.

Question 22

Soteriological

Answer 22

Related to salvation; the study or teachings about salvation

Question 23

Christ

Answer 23

Greek word for an “anointed one”; translates the Hebrew “Messiah”

Question 24

Messiah

Answer 24

Hebrew “anointed one”; translated in Greek as “Christ”

Question 25

Inspiration

Answer 25

Describes how the Holy Spirit breathed out the Scriptures so that words written down by humans are the word of God.

Question 26

Gospel

Answer 26

From the Greek word for good news; as a teaching, it speaks of God's grace, mercy, and forgiveness, which are ours in Jesus Christ. Also, first 4 books of NT

Question 27

Book of Concord

Answer 27

The official statement of Lutheran doctrine, also known as the Lutheran Confessions; assembled into a book in 1580

Question 28

Transmission

Answer 28

The process by which the texts of the New Testament were copied and handed down from generation to generation

Question 29

Canon

Answer 29

From the Greek word for a reed used as a measuring stick; refers to the authoritative collection of texts in the old and/or new testament

Question 30

Septuagint

Answer 30

The Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible done in Egypt c 200 BC supposedly by 70 scholars; it was the Bible of early gentile Christianity (and prob'ly Jews until after 150 AD).

Question 31

Bible (how many books)

Answer 31

One book Two testaments 66 documents

Question 32

Bowtie diagram

Answer 32

All of creation down to the remanent. Christ's birth, death, and resurrection. 12 disciples to the whole, restored creation.

Question 33

Lutheran confessions

Answer 33

Collection gathered together into the Book of Concord in 1580

Question 34

Textual criticism

Answer 34

The study that deals with discrepancies between copies of New Testament texts.

Question 35

Diaspora

Answer 35

Greek word that means "scattering"; refers to the Jews that were scattered through the Roman Empire prior to and during the time of the New Testament.

Question 36

Gentile

Answer 36

Non-Israelite or non-Jew; refers to all people not ascended from the 12 tribes of Jacob/Israel

Question 37

Biblical theology

Answer 37

Field of study identifying themes and a consistent theology that run throughout the Old and New Testaments

Question 38

Plenary (inspiration)

Answer 38

All of the Scriptures are from God, not just certain sections or teachings.

Question 39

Norm

Answer 39

A rule or standard by which other things are judged; scripture norms what we believe and teach about God

Question 40

Hermeneutics

Answer 40

A Greek word for interpretation and translation; functions as a technical term for principles used to understand and apply a text

Question 41

Koine

Answer 41

The Greek word for common; refers to the style of Greek that was used throughout the Roman empire in the first century; New Testament is written in this form of Greek

Question 42

Variant reading

Answer 42

A reading which differs from another copy of the same text

Question 43

Homolegoumena

Answer 43

20 New Testament writings consistently affirmed as biblical throughout the process of canonization

Question 44

Antilegomena

Answer 44

"Being spoken against"; refers to seven New Testament books who's place in the canon of the New Testament was questioned by some in the early church