Quiz 2 week 4 OT Documents, Canon, Extracanonical docs Flashcards
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*** Ostraca
Broken pottery pieces repurposed for writing upon
*** Parchment
Tanned animal skins for writing upon
Time of earliest human writing
< 3000 BC – ~1500 yrs before Moses
How many Hebrew letters used
22 letters, all consonants
Instead of written resources, the ancients had
strong oral tradition
Ezra established schools
scribal schools
Masoretes were able to implement innovations because…
Better access to paper/other materials
Before Masoretes, using vowels and marks was not done because
materials scarce and expensive, and the extra marks took up too much space
*** Canon comes from Greek for
measuring reed–> standard, rule of measurement
Canon formation stage 1:
Authoritative utterances
Canon formation stage 2:
Formal written documents. Moses was known to be a writer.
Canon Formation stage 3:
Collecting written documents
Canon Formation Stage 4:
Sorting the documents. Josephus boasts that the Jews have not innumerable books but 22.
Does the Canon have an order?
Yes
What does the word Tanak come from?
T. N. K.
What does T N K stand for?
T for Torah = Law, N for Nebiim = prophets, K for Ketubim = writings
How many books in Hebrew scriptures?
24.
Why fewer books in Hebrew Bible?
Samuel, Kings, Chronicles, Ezra-Nehemiah, and minor prophets all are one book each.
Where did Hebrew books get name?
From 1st line of text.
What does Apocrypha mean?
Hidden
Did the early Christians know about the Apocrypha?
Yes, everyone knew of them. They were current, written between 200 BC and 100 AD.
Where were the Apocrypha published?
Added to Septuagint
For what were the Apocrypha valued?
Not as inspired Scripture but as important preservation of their history
Who were the Maccabees?
Maccabees were very prominent family. Led revolt that purged paganism, though it led to Roman occupation. A Herod married into Maccabees to gain status.
