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1
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When was the OT canon affirmed?

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Council of Jamnia 90-118 AD

2
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What did King Alfred translate?

A

Psalms and Decalogue into English

3
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When were the Lindisfarne Gospels translated to English?

A

950

4
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When did Aelfric translate to English?

A

1000

5
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When was the Septuagint created?

A

250-200 BC

6
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When were translations into Coptic, Syriac and Gothic made?

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2nd Century AD

7
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When did Lucian of Antioch write the Greek NT?

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305-310 AD

8
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When did Jerome write the VULGATE?

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382

9
Q

When did Wycliffe complete the entire Bible in English?

A

1382 AD
1382 AD
1382 AD

10
Q

What did Wycliffe translate from?

A

Latin Vulgate

11
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When did Gutenberg mass produce the Latin Bible?

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1450s

12
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What did Erasmus write?

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Textus Receptus 1515-16

13
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What was Erasmus’ phrase for going to the source?

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Ad fontes

14
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Whose ideas in 1517 spread and inspired?

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Luther’s 95 theses

15
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What were Wycliffe’s students called?

A

Lollards

16
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When did Tyndale publish his English NT?

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1525-26
1525
1 5 2 5

17
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Which of Tyndale’s editions was most popular?

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3rd of the 5, in 1534

18
Q

Which king protected Tyndale?

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Henry VIII

19
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Three “firsts” in Tyndale’s NT

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First English translation from Greek
First NT after dawn of age of Printing
First to use italics to denote words added

20
Q

What are the Readability approaches?

A

Dynamic equivalence vs Formal equivalence

21
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What is the advantage of Dynamic Equivalence?

A

Preserves the intent and impact

22
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What is the advantage of Formal Equivalence?

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Preserves literal word-for-word translation

23
Q

Why are there so many modern Bible versions?

A

Reaction to leftist reputation of the RSV

24
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What was the significance of the Wycliffe Bible?

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First translation into English/ to any modern language

25
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How many manuscripts did Erasmus use for the TR?

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6 byzantine manuscripts

26
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What was the significance of the 1535 Coverdale Bible?

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First complete Bible in English.
Isolated Apocrypha at the end.

27
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What was the Great Bible?

A

Coverdale in large size for King to place in every church.

28
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What was the significance of the Geneva Bible?

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First English Bible from Greek AND HEBREW.
First by Committee.
First with Verse divisions.
Calvinistic.
Enormous influence on KJV.

29
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What translation procedure for KJV?

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Supposed to only consult Gk and Heb but never did.
Was a revision of earlier English Bibles, not a new translation.
6 teams of translators, 47 total.

30
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Where was KJV printed?

A

England so accessible

31
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What sizes was KJV printed?

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Full size folio and Quarto

32
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By which church was the KJV adopted?

A

Church of England. It had no stigma like Geneva Bible. It was better literary quality than Bishop’s Bible.

33
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What were the marginal notes in the KJV?

A

translational not theological

34
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How many scholars KJV?

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47–Bishops was 9, Geneva also small group

35
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What was the literary level of the English in KJV?

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Excellent

36
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What groups compromised together in the composition of the KJV?

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Puritans and high church Anglicans

37
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How did the Throne support the KJV?

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Financially and politically

38
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What does the “1611 version” mean?

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Not much–there were 4 revisions the first year.
2nd edition published before the 1st edition.
14 editions in the 1st 3 years.

39
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What 2 things about Coverdale Bible?

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Isolated the Apocrypha

First complete Bible in English

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