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Final Flashcards

1
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What is a translation

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Bible translated directly from Hebrew and Greek texts

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2
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What is a daughter translation

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Translation of a translation

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What is a pre-reformation translation and when were they translated?

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Syriac peshitta; 5th century

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4
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What invention increased accuracy in translation?

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Printing press

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5
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Who was Jerome and what was his contribution

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Worked on standardized version of the Latin Bible

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Who was Erasmus and what was his contribution

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Credited with preparing the first Greek New Testament

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Who was Robert estienne and what was his contribution

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Printer that produced four editions of Greek New Testament

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Who were bonaventure Elzevir and Abraham Elzevir and what were their contribution

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Set up printing press renowned for elegance and correctness during much of seventeenth century; published small edition of Greek text in 1624.

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Who was Wycliffe and what was his contribution?

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First one who translated whole bible into English

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10
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Who were the Lollards

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Traveling preachers

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Who was called “morning star of the reformation” for his contribution to bible translation

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John Wycliffe

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Who was Tyndall and what was his contribution

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Made better translation from Hebrew and Greek texts

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Why was Tyndales translation better

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Translated directly from Hebrew and Greek and used printing press to make copies; it was also updated English

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Was Coverdale and what was his contribution

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Associate of Tyndale; translated his own version but was heavily dependent on other versions

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Who was king James and what was his contribution

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King of scotland; authorized King James Bible

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16
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Why is King James Version called the authorized version

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Took five years to produce and was approve by the king

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17
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What was the Geneva bible and what was its contribution

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Scholars and translators who fled to Europe during times of persecution produced new English translation; includes side notes which were Protestant and Calvinistic

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18
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What was the great bible and what was its contribution?

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The Matthew bible dependent on previous versions. Approved by king

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What was the bishops bible and what was its contribution? Who commissioned it?

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Translation that followed Geneva translation. Divided the text into verses. Matthew Parker.

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20
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Define general revelation

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That which can be known about God through natural elements human processes or intuition

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21
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Define special revelation

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That which can be know about God through some means of direct communication from Him

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22
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Define inspiration

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The process of writing Gods revelation

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23
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Define inerrancy

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Without error

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24
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What does the term Bible mean

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Book; papyrus

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25
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What are some biblical synonyms for bible

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Scripture; word of God

26
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What does the term “Testament” refer to when talking about the Bible

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Covenant

27
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List major biblical covenants

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Abrahamic, mosaic, and new

28
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Who argued that the Old Testament was superseded by New Testament and so was no longer necessary?

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Marcion

29
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What constitutes scriptural authority for Jews

A

Old Testament

30
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What constitutes scriptural authority for Christians

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New Testament

31
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Divisions for Hebrew bible

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Law prophets writings

32
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To what does the term Tanak refer?

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The OT and how the Jews divide it

33
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Who was responsible for writing the Torah

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Origen

34
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What is the book of the twelve

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A book containing the minor prophets

35
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How many OT books are there and why do different counts exist

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39; because some people didn’t think scripture was inspired

36
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The English bible draws its order of OT books from where

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Latin vulgate

37
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How many books are in standard New Testament

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27

38
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What does the term “synoptic problem” refer?

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The fact that there are 3ish accounts of the same events that are actually different

39
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About how many authors were involved in writing the Bible

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40ish

40
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Over how many years was the Old Testament composed

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1500 years

41
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I’m the development of writing which came first?

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  1. Pictograms
  2. Drawing
  3. Syllabic writing
  4. The alphabet
  5. Logograms
42
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Which are biblical languages

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Hebrew Greek Aramaic

43
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When did the Jews come to speak Greek

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Alexander the Great spread Hellenism

44
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To what does the term paleography refer

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The study of ancient writing

45
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Where does the term canon derive from

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Reed or stalk

46
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What does the term canon refer to today

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A collection of books accepted as an authoritative rule of faith and practice

47
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From where does the basis for the concept of a canon come

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Measuring stick

48
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What are some titles for the OT canon

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Protestant, Roman Catholic, and Eastern Orthodox

49
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According to RK Harrison when was the canon of the OT essentially complete

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3rd or 4th century

50
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Who made a clear distinction between canonical and apocryphal books

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The reformers

51
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When did Roman Catholic Church officially decide to include the apocrypha in the canon

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1546

52
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Summarize H.E. Ryles view of the formation of OT canon

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Prophets - canon in 3rd century

Pentateuch - canon in 5th century

53
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Which five OT books were disputed

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Ezekiel
Proverbs
Esther
Song of Songs
Ecclesiastes
54
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What are Dead Sea scrolls

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Older than any other OT manuscripts discovered in 1947

55
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What is Nash papyrus

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Damaged copy of Ten Commandments

56
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Who were masoretes and what was their contribution

A

They made good copies of scripture

57
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What is septuigint (LXX)

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Greek copy of OT

58
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What is codex Vatican is

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4th century originally contained all the books In the Bible but now it is missing sections. Stored in Vatican.

59
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What is codex sinaiticus

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4th century parts of OT (not good copy)

60
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Codex Alexandrinus

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Vellum codex of Bible Isaiah is after 12 prophets

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