Theo 104 Quiz #2
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What does dual authorship mean?
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This means that both God and man were writing the Bible at the same time.
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What was the Old Testament written on?
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It was written on leather, also called vellum or parchments. These were fine soft skins of animals sewn together, one after another, and rolled into a scroll.
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What are the 3 divisions of the Old Testament?
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Moses, Prophets and Psalms
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What did the Psalms scroll contain?
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psalms and minor prophets
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What is a codex?
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Paper made from papyrus reeds. Soft core was flattened then dried, kept flat and sewn together, making it into a book with a spine. The first appearance of a book.
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Where does the name \"Bible\" come from?
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he Latin word \"ta biblia\" which means \"the book\" (or the book of salvation)
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Where does the term \"Scripture\" come from?
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This is from the word scriptus, which is the act of producing writing.
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What are the 3 ways the Bible can influence it's reader?
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It can convict, convince and convert power to all who accept it's message and believe in Jesus.
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What are 3 arguments form the basis for arguments from revelation?
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That the Bible is consistent with itself, that the Bible corresponds with reality, and that the Bible's claims can be scientifically demonstrated.
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What empirical evidence sets Christianity apart from other belief systems?
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Christianity is the only religion that give fulfilled prophecy as one of it's bases for credibility. When the writers predict the future, and then it is fulfilled, they have credibility.
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Name 2 sources that establish an early date of scripture.
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The Septuagint ( the greek translation of the Old Testament) and the Dead Sea Scrolls.
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What are the 4 qualities of inspiration?
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Inspired guidance by the Holy Spirit, inspired personality of the authors, inspired words and resulting in an inspired text.
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T/F Inspiration incorporates the personality of the writer into the final product.
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True
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What does Conceptual inspiration state was inspired?
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Not the thoughts of the Bible that are inspired, it was the men who wrote the Bible that were inspired.
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What does partial inspiration state?
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God inspired parts of Scripture, but failed to identify which part of Scripture was inspired.
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What does limited inspiration state?
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Similar to partial inspiration, but differs in that it identifies the inspired part of the text. Holding to a view of limited inspiration argue to Scriptures are inspired and authoritive only in matters of religious dogma.
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According to the text, what is \"Bibliolatry\"? Who was accused of it?
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It is worshipping the Bible. The inerrantist were accused of this. A critic ridiculed inerrantists for believing in a quad God: Father, Son, Holy Spirit and Scripture. Did the Bible die for your sins? To invest the Bible with inerrancy is to idol it and transform it into a false God.
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According to the text, about what percent of the New Testament is either quotation or allusion to the Old Testament?
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10% of the New Testament is either a quotation or allusion to the Old Testament.
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What are the 5 arguments for inspiration/inerrancy?
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The Bible teaches that it is inspired/inerrant, Jesus affirmed inspiration/inerrancy, church fathers recognized inspiration/inerrancy, argument from the character of God and argument from animation or the life-giving spirit of Scripture.
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What is \"Textual Criticism\"?
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Study of the Bible text
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What is \"Lower Criticism\"?
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Deals with the actual text with a view of determining the original manuscript
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What is \"Higher Criticism\"?
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Dealing with the area of authorship, sources, dated and historical matters.
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What 4 criteria determine that a person is a biblical prophet?
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Prophet must claim to have revelation and/or inspiration, the recognized predictability of his prophecies, his message must be in accord with the revealed will of God and determine if he leads the people away from God.
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What are the 13 main arguments against adding the Apocrypha to the canon (the Bible)?
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They are generally weak in style and organization, they contain historical and geographical errors, they are Old Testament in nature but most were written in Greek, they are not quoted by Christ or any of the New Testament writers, the plan of salvation run through the Old Testament but is not evident in these books, there are no messianic prophesies mentioned in them, it makes no claim of divine inspiration, was not included in the original Hebrew canon, Philo never referred to them, Jerome did not include them in Scripture, spiritual level is low in them, it implies doctrine contrary to Scripture and it was not considered part of the canon until AD 1546 at the Council of Trent.
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Who is God's revelation available to?
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everyone
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Is general revelation enough to bring someone to salvation? Why?
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No, Salvation itself is only a work of God and we are told in John 14:6 and Acts 4:12 that salvation is only through Jesus
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What is the significance of the fact that the words of he Bible were inspired by God?
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the words of the Bible are not merely human words
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Inspiration and Inerrancy apply to which manuscripts?
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the original manuscripts
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What is the discipline that studies the principles and theories of how texts ought to be interpreted?
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Hermeneutics
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What are the three basic steps to understanding the Bible?
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observation, interpretation, application
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What is Revelation?
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an act whereby He gives knowledge of Himself which man couldn't otherwise know
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What is inspiration?
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The supernatural guidance of the writers of Scripture by the Spirit of God whereby they wrote the divine Word of God, transcribed accurately and reliably
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What is inerrancy?
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recognizes that what God revealed and inspired is accurate, reliable, authoritative, and without error
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What is the Cannon?
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The standard by which the 66 books in the Bible and their content were determined and the basis upon which they were included in Scripture
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What is hermeneutics?
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the science of biblical interpretation
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What is illumination?
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the work of the Holy Spirit in helping the believer understand and apply the spiritual meaning of the Scriptures
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What does Hebrews 1:1-2 teach about divine revelation?
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divine revelation is progressive
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What are the two areas of revelation?
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General and Special
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What is natural revelation?
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the self-revelation of God through His Creation and through the makeup of man
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What is special revelation?
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the self-revelation of God through the Scriptures and finalized in Jesus Christ and relates to God's plan of Salvation for man
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What is reason?
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the intellectual and more faculties of man as exercised in the pursuit of truth apart from supernatural aid
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What does the Cosmological argument state?
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nature reveals God's power and Godhead
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What 3 things is the Cosmological argument dependent upon?
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Every effect must have a cause, the effect is dependent upon its cause for existence, nature cannot produce itself
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What does the Teleological argument state?
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design in the universe reveals a designer
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What does the Anthropological argument state?
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human nature reveals a personal God
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What does the Anthropological argument reason?
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Man's intellectual and moral nature must have had for its author an intellectual and moral being, man's moral nature proves the existence of a holy Lawgiver and Judge, Man's emotional and voluntary nature proves the existence of a Being who can furnish in Himself a satisfying object of human affection and an end which will call forth man's highest activities and ensure his highest progress
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What does the ontological argument state?
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our thoughts of God imply the existence of God
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What does congruity mean?
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agreement, harmony, correspondence
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What does the existence of laws imply?
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the existence of a Lawgiver
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What does law in society give evidence of?
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God has made man a social creature and placed within man a desire for law and order
