Quiz 2

Hebraisms are translations of Hebrew...

The oldest surviving manuscript with the complete books of the Bible dates to around AD 325 and is called the:

The oldest surviving portion of Matthew, P104, dates to around AD 250.

1.     Redaction Criticism identifies the process of ___ and __ that the gospel writers are believed to have undertaken

The term “Hebrew tongue” used by Luke in Acts 21:40 refers to Aramaic and not to Hebrew.

Biblical Hermeneutics strives to answer the question, "How should we study the Bible?"

1.     The ____ method strives to discover the author’s original intended meaning by careful use of the rule

Sola Scriptura means that the believer should only read the Bible for spiritual guidance.

Both the historical and literary critical approaches have a low view of the inspiration of the Bible as God's Word.

The biblical canon is the only rule of faith and practice.

Sola Scriptura means:

Source Criticism attempts to identify and evaluate the presumed source(s) that the gospel writer consulted when:

___ endeavors to understand the biblical author’s meaning in its original context.

Writings from prophets after the canon was finalized are authoritative, with an authority that is equal to the Bible's.

The gospels were written entirely in uncials, without punctuation, and with no spaces between words or sentences.

The Greek translation of the Hebrew Old Testament is called the:

________ attempts to identify the “original” oral forms of the stories about Jesus that the written sources used.

1.     The historical context can refer to the political, social, cultural, natural, & literary environments of a book.

Before the United Bible Societies’ Greek Testament, the most widely used text in recent times was the Textus Receptus.

The word canon comes from the Hebrew word "qaneh," which means standard, rod, ruler, or measuring device.

 ___ evaluates the gospels as whole literary works rather than breaking them down according to a history of compilation.

The oldest known manuscript for the gospels is a fragment of the book of Mark, known as Papyrus P52.

This is a method of biblical interpretation that seeks to find the basic “plain sense” meaning of a Bible passage.

There are many differences in the ancient manuscripts, which may greatly affect our understanding of Jesus' teachings.

Redaction Criticism tries to find the main themes and theology of each writer which they integrated into their gospel.

29.  As prophetic, Ellen White’s writings are authoritative, but as noncanonical, their authority: