CHR 105 FINAL EXAM || WITH ERRORLESS ANSWERS.
The witnesses to the authority of Scripture correct answers Moses, prophets, historians
The canonical divisions for the Hebrew/Jewish Scriptures and the English Protestant Old
Testament and the strengths and weaknesses of the division labels correct answers Hebrews OT:
Torah, Prophets, and writings.
Protestant OT: Law, History, Poetry, Prophets
Hebrew Torah means instruction; better word than law
Hebrew characterized Joshua, Judges, Samuel and Kings as "former prophets"
Protestant label "law" doesn't describe fullness of Gen-Deut
The characteristics of the Bible, as well as OT and NT correct answers 66 books
39 books in the OT
OT: about 35 different authors, many different genres. Covers more than 2000 years of
Israel/God's history
27 books in the NT
NT: written by less authors than OT
Categories of OT correct answers has 4 categories divided by theme:
Law
History
Poetry
Prophets
1st 5 books of the bible are called the Torah
,New Testament Divisions correct answers New Testament Divisions
The Gospels (Matt, Mark, Luke, John)
The Acts of the Apostles aka "history"
The epistles (or letters) of Paul
The general epistles (written by Paul and others)
Revelation (Apocalypse of John)
The tendencies in textual transmission correct answers OT origionally passed down orally thru
generations
Hebrew scribes preserved text meticulously. They were called "counters" because they counted
the letters in the words and sentences
they also updated the text with spelling/vowels, grammar
Significance of the Dead Sea Scrolls correct answers most of our knowledge of Hebrew text in
the early period comes from Dead Sea Scrolls
The Masoretes correct answers group of scribes
they added vowels to the Hebrew text
vowel points helped to preserve pronouciation because hebrew was not the common language of
Jews at this time
The original languages behind the OT and NT correct answers OT: Hebrew
NT: Greek
Why or why not the Apocryphal writings? correct answers No apocryphal books are referred to
as authoritative scripture and none claims to be the word of God
OT canon is confirmed by many sources
Historical and theological discrepencies between Apocrypha and other scripture
, Catholic church canonized Apocrypha in response to Reformation
The criteria for canonicity correct answers no contraditions
internal consistency as well as doctrinal purity
written by a prophet or someone recognized as having divine authority
having recognized divine inspiration and authority and internal indications of such
universal use and acceptance in community of faith
The closing of the Old Testament canon correct answers Hebrew scriptures were closed near the
reign of Artazerzes (464-424 BC)
Jewish Talmud states "after Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi, the Holy Spirit departed from
Israel"
Jesus references the fixed canon
The importance of Athanasius in 367 BC correct answers first person to use the term "canon" in
relation to books considered scripture
The inventor of the printing press correct answers John Gutenberg
Definition of "textual criticism" correct answers the scholarly study of manuscripts, esp of the
Bible, in an effort to establish the original text
The types of translation techniques (word-for-word, paraphrase, etc.) correct answers Formal
Translation (word-for-word): Translates the words and structures of the original languages. E.g.,
NASB, ESV, HCSB
The witnesses to the authority of Scripture correct answers Moses, prophets, historians
The canonical divisions for the Hebrew/Jewish Scriptures and the English Protestant Old
Testament and the strengths and weaknesses of the division labels correct answers Hebrews OT:
Torah, Prophets, and writings.
Protestant OT: Law, History, Poetry, Prophets
Hebrew Torah means instruction; better word than law
Hebrew characterized Joshua, Judges, Samuel and Kings as "former prophets"
Protestant label "law" doesn't describe fullness of Gen-Deut
The characteristics of the Bible, as well as OT and NT correct answers 66 books
39 books in the OT
OT: about 35 different authors, many different genres. Covers more than 2000 years of
Israel/God's history
27 books in the NT
NT: written by less authors than OT
Categories of OT correct answers has 4 categories divided by theme:
Law
History
Poetry
Prophets
1st 5 books of the bible are called the Torah
,New Testament Divisions correct answers New Testament Divisions
The Gospels (Matt, Mark, Luke, John)
The Acts of the Apostles aka "history"
The epistles (or letters) of Paul
The general epistles (written by Paul and others)
Revelation (Apocalypse of John)
The tendencies in textual transmission correct answers OT origionally passed down orally thru
generations
Hebrew scribes preserved text meticulously. They were called "counters" because they counted
the letters in the words and sentences
they also updated the text with spelling/vowels, grammar
Significance of the Dead Sea Scrolls correct answers most of our knowledge of Hebrew text in
the early period comes from Dead Sea Scrolls
The Masoretes correct answers group of scribes
they added vowels to the Hebrew text
vowel points helped to preserve pronouciation because hebrew was not the common language of
Jews at this time
The original languages behind the OT and NT correct answers OT: Hebrew
NT: Greek
Why or why not the Apocryphal writings? correct answers No apocryphal books are referred to
as authoritative scripture and none claims to be the word of God
OT canon is confirmed by many sources
Historical and theological discrepencies between Apocrypha and other scripture
, Catholic church canonized Apocrypha in response to Reformation
The criteria for canonicity correct answers no contraditions
internal consistency as well as doctrinal purity
written by a prophet or someone recognized as having divine authority
having recognized divine inspiration and authority and internal indications of such
universal use and acceptance in community of faith
The closing of the Old Testament canon correct answers Hebrew scriptures were closed near the
reign of Artazerzes (464-424 BC)
Jewish Talmud states "after Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi, the Holy Spirit departed from
Israel"
Jesus references the fixed canon
The importance of Athanasius in 367 BC correct answers first person to use the term "canon" in
relation to books considered scripture
The inventor of the printing press correct answers John Gutenberg
Definition of "textual criticism" correct answers the scholarly study of manuscripts, esp of the
Bible, in an effort to establish the original text
The types of translation techniques (word-for-word, paraphrase, etc.) correct answers Formal
Translation (word-for-word): Translates the words and structures of the original languages. E.g.,
NASB, ESV, HCSB
