Mid-Term Flashcards
(40 cards)
What is historiography?
The study of historical writings.
What are the two components of the bibliographical test which inform a book’s historiographical reliability?
- Time from the original
2. how many manuscripts do you have?
Speak of the Bible’s reliability from the first component of the bibliographical test as discussed in class.
Written closest to the time of the actual events.
Speak of the Bible’s reliability from the second component of the bibliographical test as discussed in class
24,633 NT manuscripts. The Bible stands alone in authenticity.
How does the Bible compare to other books of antiquity in the two basic components of the bibliographical test?
To dismiss the Bible is to dismiss history.
How do we know the Law was present in the post-exilic times?
Ezra taught the Law to Israel.
Who preserved the Word until Jesus’ time?
Priests
In Romans 3:2, who does Paul say had the Word committed unto them, and what underlying claim does that make?
The Jews; which shows the Hebrew text is the Word of God
Prove how careful the copying and preservation of the OT through the Tannaim, the Amoraim, and the Masorites was.
They counted the number of letters, words, knew the middle word of a scroll
Where is the best preservation of the OT today?
Masoretic text
Why were the Jews careful to bury or “reverently inter” copies of the Hebrew OT?
To stop any possibility of misreadings
What is the LXX or Septuagint?
Greek translation of the Hebrew OT
Why was a Greek version of the OT Scripture needed?
Jews in Alexandria quit learning Hebrew
Is the dating of the LXX to 285-246 BC incontrovertible?
No
What are the three styles of Greek language in the LXX?
Good, indifferent, unintelligible.
What does the LXX do with Greek notions of God in the Hebrew OT?
Change the language wherever it can to match Greek ideas of god
Can we know what was original in the LXX? Why or why not?
No. The many revisions show we cannot know what is original
What did the Jews change the feast to celebrate the LXX into?
A fast which laments the LXX ever being created
What always accompanied the LXX?
The Apocrypha.
Who was the most important person that dismissed the Apocrypha as viable and how do we know?
Jesus, said the Law, Prophets, and Writings… which omits the Apocrypha as included
Do the Apostles and Jesus quote the LXX?
No
How many times does the NT quotes of the OT match the Hebrew exactly?
71
How many times does the NT quotes of the OT match the Hebrew nearly?
69
How many times does the NT quotes of the OT match the Hebrew in their intended sense?
37
