2024 RELB 111 Law Test - An Introduction to the Bible (with Complete Solutions)

word Bible comes from correct answers Latin and Greek words for "book" major divisions in the Bible correct answers Two Testaments - Old and New Old Testament correct answers Written in Hebrew Written between 1400 B.C to 400 B.C Contains 39 books Various authors include: Moses, David, King Solomon New Testament correct answers Written in Koine Greek (Common Greek) Written between 50 A.D to 100 A.D Contains 27 books Why were some books considered "Scripture" while others were not? correct answers This is the question of canon(from the Greek word for "reed" which was used as a measuring stick). Canonical books are those that "measured up" as being especially inspired by God and therefore authoritative. Autographs correct answers Original document by original author Manuscripts correct answers Many different copys of autographs. Approximately thousands complete or fragmented Greek manucripts of the NT The degree of agreement between the copies is amazing. correct answers However they are not all identical Textual Critcism correct answers Scholars in this field have painstakingly tried to put together the best text, in the original languages. Over the past few hundred years, would you say this text has improved or gotten worse? correct answers Improved because we have made more discoveries that help us understand more of the text Don't get sucked into the idea that "we have no idea what the Bible originally said!" correct answers That is not an educated response Once the text is established, there is still the issue of translation correct answers Advice: Use a translation not paraphrase Bible from committee not individuals Translation you understand Don't fall into conspiracy theories