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| What are the two reasons to study the Bible? |
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Historical reason: most important book ever written and it changes the way people think/feel
Religious reason: inspired word of God (all scripture is God-breathed |
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1)collection of 39 Hebrew books
2)record of God's revelation the events in Hebrew history
3)The Bible Jesus read |
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| collection of authoritative writings |
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| Process of selecting books |
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| What are the two canon results of the canonization? |
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| Hebrew (Palestinian), Alexandrian (Hebrew canon + OT Apocrypha) |
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| What does the Hebrew canon contain? |
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Law (T)
Prophets (N)
Writings (K) |
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| Greek translation of the OT (including the apocrypha) |
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| Which Bible resulted from the Hebrew canon? |
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| Which Bible resulted from the Alexandrian canon? |
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| Where and when did the canonization close? |
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| Why was Ecclesiastes debated? |
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| Why was Song of Solomon debated? |
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| Talks about human love, and sex |
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-Other body of literature
-"false writings"
-not accepted as canonical
-some claimed to be written by Moses when it wasn't |
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| What are the two types of divine revelation? |
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| God's revelation to all people |
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| Teleological view of history |
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-"salvation history"
-Telos means "aim/purpose"
-God's purpose is to save us |
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| Obstacles to understanding the Bible |
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1) size, diversity
2) sacredness
3) historical gap
4)language gap
5) geographical gap
6) worldview gap (most important) |
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| Describe an example of how the Bible uses paradox. |
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| Transcendence v. immanence |
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| practice of interpretation |
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| perversion of interpretation |
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| How is the Bible pre-scientific? |
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| It uses phenomenal, observational language. |
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| Principles for understanding the Bible |
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1) Gain a general understanding of the book
2)Consider historical background
3)Find the best manuscript
4)Use best translation
5)Find meaning of key terms
6)Consider literary form
7)Follow guidance of Holy Spirit
8)Apply text to life |
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| correct beliefs or right doctrine |
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| correct practice or right behavior |
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| discerning appreciation of the Bible |
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| original manuscript in author's handwriting |
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| What is significant about the Sopherim? |
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| The sopherim were scribes the wrote God's name as YHWH |
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| scribes who added vowels to God's name, making it YAHWEH |
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| Who is Aaron Ben Moses Ben Asher? |
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-Ancient documents written by the Jewish sect, the Essenes
-found in 1947 in Qumran |
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| Why are there textual differences between different manuscripts? |
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1) "errors of the eye"
2) "errors of the ear"
3) intentional changes
4) marginal notes become incorporated in actual text |
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literary (source) criticism
(authorship, date, style concerns) |
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| What are the translation theories? |
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1) Formal correspondence
2) Dynamic equivalence |
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| Ancient Aramaic translation of the OT |
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| Ancient Greek translation of the OT |
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| Ancient Latin translation of the OT by a man named Jerome |
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| What are the English translations? |
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1)John Wyclif 1384 f/ Vulgate
2)William Tyndale 1531 f/ Hebrew
3)Miles Coverdale 1535
4)The Great Bible 1539
5)Auuthorized Version (KJV) 1611 |
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| Which translation is considered to be the "Father of the English Bible"? |
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| Which translation was the first complete printed OT? |
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| Which translation is the first English Bible authorized for public use? |
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| What are the central truths about Creation? |
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1)God is the ultimate source of everything
2)Created world is dependent yet real and good
3)He created freely and with purpose |
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| God prescribes punishment for sin |
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| Not God's will, it just turns out that way |
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| What is the mark of Cain? |
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| Some sort of mark that God has placed on Cain that protects him from anyone killing him |
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| walked with God and God took him |
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| Translation of Enoch/Bodily assumption |
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| theory of what is meant when it says "God took him" |
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| Lived longer than any other human (969 years) |
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| Theory of the Sons of God |
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| Sons of God (Fallen angels) slept with daughters of men (humans) and created a GIANT race |
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| evil Giant race from the sons of God and daughters of men |
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| Why did God send the flood? |
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| God saw only evil in the world he created |
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| parity covenant (equality) |
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| agreement between two humans or two people of equal status |
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| agreement between God and man |
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| Where does Noah's ark land? |
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| What significant change is made in Chapter 9 after the flood? |
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| We are now able to eat meat |
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| Noah plants a vineyard after the flood and becomes drunk and lays in his tent naked. His son Ham saw this, told his brothers, and they covered him up. When Noah saw this he placed a curse on (not Ham) but his son Canaan |
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| What would the Tower of Babel have looked like? |
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| When a city would be destroyed, they would just build another on top of it |
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| careful mapping of a tell |
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| Different artifacts were found and dated, especially pottery |
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| systematic comparison and classification of each item according to its type |
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| Behistun Rock (cuneiform) |
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-1835
-Northern Iran
-encryption in 3 languages |
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| Land between the rivers (Tigris, Euphrates) |
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1)Coastal Plain - coast on Mediterranean sea
2)Central Hill country
3)Jordan rift - land around Jordan River that empties into the dead sea
4)Transjordan Plateau |
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| 2 major highways in Palestine |
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1)Via Maris
2)King's Highway |
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| Moses theory of authorship of the Pentateuch |
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| both internal and external evidence |
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| Multiple author theory of the Pentateuch |
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Internal evidence only:
-Differences in language and style
-different Hebrew names for God
-different views of God and humans
-duplicate narratives
-anachronism (chronological errors)
-3rd person references to Moses |
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J - Yahwist 950
E - Elohist 750
D - Deuteronomical 550
P - Priestly - 450 |
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| patriarchal history history |
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| theory of the structure of the world |
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| theory of the structure of the world |
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| theory or story of the origin of the world (creation story) |
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| story of the origin of the gods |
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1)Light from darkness
2)Waters
3)Divisions of water from land
4)Light and sky
5)Water creatures and birds
6)Creatures/Humans, provision of food
7)God rests |
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| stories created to explain why questions (parables, etc) |
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| Place where the Hebrew canon was officially canonized |
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| 4th century Christian scholar who translated to the Latin OT (Vulgate) |
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| study of contemporary peoples and their cultures |
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| study of ancient peoples and their cultures |
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| study of ancient inscriptions |
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| social class where the Hebrews originated from |
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| Arameans - 2000-1500 BC - westerners |
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| thought for thought (paraphrase) |
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