MIDTERM

Question 1

What was the first GNT to be published?

Answer 1

Erasmus’ in 1516

Question 2

What source did the KJV translators use?

Answer 2

Beza’s 1588-1589 and 1598 editions

Question 3

What was the Textus Receptus?

Answer 3

3rd edition of Stephanus (1550)

Question 4

What manuscripts did Westcott and Hort say are freest from corruption?

Answer 4

Codex Vaticanus (B) and Codex Sinaiticus

Question 5

What manuscript did Westcott and Hort say is closest to the originals?

Answer 5

Codex Vaticanus

Question 6

What contemporary of Westcott and Hort was critical of their views?

Answer 6

John W. Burgon

Question 7

Name the defenders of the Majority Text.

Answer 7

Wilbur N. Pickering, Zane C. Hodges, Harry A. Sturtz and Maurice Robinson

Question 8

Explain the two-source hypothesis.

Answer 8

Matthew and Luke independently used Mark and “Q”

Question 9

What does “Q” stand for in textual criticism?

Answer 9

The German word “quelle” which means “source” and is used to designate “a lost collection of Jesus’ sayings.’”

Question 10

What does sitz im leiben mean?

Answer 10

Situation in life

Question 11

List the basic differences of Form Criticism and Redaction Criticism.

Answer 11

i. Studies individual literary units Studies each Gospel as a whole
ii. Focuses on the common material Focuses on the distinct material
iii. Seeks the theology of the Church Seeks the theology of the Evangelist

Views the Evangelist as a compiler Views the Evangelist as a theologia

Question 12

What are the three primary principles which have guided historical criticism?

Answer 12

a. Principle of Methodological doubt - historical judgments can only be statements of probability
b. Principle of Analogy - all historical events are, in principle similar; present experience and occurrence become the criteria of probability in the past
c. Principle of Correlation - all historical phenomena exist in a chain of cause and effect, and therefore are mutually interrelated and interdependent

Question 13

What is the difference between a radical and a liberal?

Answer 13

§ Radical believes the Church produced Christianity by creating myths and inserting Jesus

§ Liberal believe Jesus founded Christianity without the miraculous by sheer force of personality; an exceptional person

Question 14

State the parallels between Exodus and Matthew

Answer 14

Exodus Matthew
The king of Egypt threatened the deliverer’s life (1:8-22) The king of Israel threatened the Deliverer’s life (2:13-18
Moses returned to his native country after the death of a hostile king (2:23-4:20, 19) Jesus returned to His native country after the death of a hostile king (2:19-22, 20)
Moses and Israel were called out of Egypt Jesus was called out of Egypt (2:15; Hos 11:1)
Moses and Israel passed through the Red Sea (14:22-29, 1 Cor 10:1-2) Jesus was baptized by John (3:13-17)
Moses and Israel were in the wilderness forty years Jesus was in the wilderness forty days (4:1-11)
God’s law was given through Moses (Ex. 20) God’s law was expounded by Jesus (5:17-48)

Question 15

How does Ridderbos understand the fourth Beatitude?

Answer 15

a. Ridderbos sees the beatitude as referring to those of low “social position.” Those who hunger and thirst are those who are oppressed in this world because of their faith. Their hunger is for the deliverance of God from the power of oppression and injustice.

Question 16

Summarize the thematic structure of Matthew.

Answer 16

Matthew divided the ministry of Jesus into five sections. Each section consists of narration followed by discourse.
1) The Sermon on the Mount (chs. 5-7)
2) The Charge to the Twelve (10:5-42)
3) The Parables of the Kingdom (ch. 13)
4) The Teaching on Humility and Forgiveness (ch. 18)
5) The Condemnation of the Pharisees (ch. 23) and the Olivet Discourse (chs. 24-25)
The each of the five sections end with a similar formula which is basically, “And so it
was, when Jesus had ended these sayings” (7:28, 11:1. 13:53, 19:1, 26:1).

Question 17

Give the characteristics of Mark’s Gospel.

Answer 17

a. Gives special attention to Jesus’ emotions
b. Mentions Peter by name in parallel account found in other Gospels which do not mention him by name
c. Is the shortest Gospel
d. Frequently includes more detail in his accounts

Question 18

What are the primary characteristics of the first copies of the New Testament books?

Answer 18

they were written with all capital letters, no spacing between words, and little or no punctuation

Question 19

Define thoroughgoing electicism and include two types of evidence

Answer 19

Thoroughgoing electicism is an approach to textual criticism that is in distinction to electicism. Electicism bases its choice of the best Greek text on the basis of internal and external evidence. This approach is adopted by critical text proponents. Thoroughgoing electicism then, has regard only for the internal evidence of the text, discounting the external evidence. The internal evidence is divided between internal probability (what the author is likely to have written), and transcriptional probability (what copyists were likely to have put down).