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- how many original manuscripts remain?
- 0
- what is textual criticism?
- study of different manuscripts by comparing copies
- example of external evidence?
- age of manuscript
- example of internal evidence?
- author writing style
- What is the masoretic text?
- basic text of the hebrew bible used today
- what is functional equivalence?
- word for word translation
- what is the door through which we enter?
- Covenant AND kingdom
- what is the overarching theme of the bible?
- the kingdom of god
- what languages were the old testament originally written in?
- hebrew and aramaic
- what language was the new testament originally written in?
- greek
- what are the 3 original languages biblical texts were written in?
- hebrew, aramaic,(OT) and greek(NT)
- was the new testament written in common greek, or classical greek?
- common
- what are the 3 famous ancient translations?
- septuigent, targumim, vulgate
- what is the septuagint?
- greek version of OT, 1st bible of christians. 70 scribes wrote
- what is the targumim?
- aramaic translations of OT/hebrew bible
- what does targum mean?
- interpretation
- what is the vulgate?
- latin translation of old and new testament.
- who translated the vulgate?
- st. jerome
- when was the vulgate canonized and by whom?
- 1546, council of trent
- what is formal equivalence?
- word for word translation. tries to maintain original word order
- what is dynamic equivalence?
- meaning for meaning translation. original meaning over word form
- what are some unintentional changes in biblical translations?
- faulty hearing, eye skips, there vs their, no vowels in hebrew, nontranslating words
- intentional changes in translations?
- smoothing of grammatical difficulties, theological tendancies
- main 3 text types?
- byzentine, western, alexandrian
- what makes for good external evidence?
- date of manuscript (older is better), graphical distribution (wider the better)
- what are the 3 canons of the OT?
- jewish (tanok), roman catholic, protestant
- what are the divisions of the roman catholic canon?
- pentateuch, histoircal books, wisdom and poetry, prophets
- what does apocryphal mean?
- hidden
- whats up with the protestant canon?
- same as jewish(tenakh), no apocrypha. same divisions as roman catholic
- what were the 1st and last writings put in the new testament?
- pauline letters and 4 gospels 1st, 2nd peter and revelation last
- whos Irenaeus?
- canonized the 4 gospels (tetra evangelion)
- what is the Festal Letter of Athanasius?
- 1st complete list of new testament books. 39th festal letter. AD 367!!!!!!!!!!
- What are lectionaries?
- passages excerped from texts in order to be read at worship services
- what are versions?
- early copies of the bible. most accurate, closer to original writings
- what are variants?
- differing writings due to misseen, misheard, misspelled, or different words, repetition, eye skips, corrections, cultural acceptability, theological beliefs
- what does torah mean?
- instruction
- who created a canon consisting of 10 pauline letters and version of the gospel of luke?
- marcion
- who wrote the 39th festal letter?
- athanasius
- what section contains the primeval history?
- genesis 1-11
- When are adam n eve created in genesis 1?
- same day
- what part of genesis is ancestral history?
- 12-25
- what is the focus of genesis 1 and 2?
- god and humanity
- marcionism
- rejects OT and god of OT, paul is true apostle, wants to remove books
- gnosticism
- platonic dualism(religion through special secret knowledge), salvation through knowledge. wants to add books
- montanism
- bodily restrictions(fasting, no sex), remove books, bunch of prophets and stuff