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Bible Intro

Midterm Exam

TermDefinition
The Greek word from which the English word “Bible” is derived. Biblion
The form most Christian literature produced after the late 1st century A.D. Codex/Book
The kind of writing surface on which the earliest New Testament Manuscripts were written. Papayri
Careful Copying Conservative, Exacting and strict, Letter by letter, very carefully
Careless Copying Accidental errors
Conflation Conflation is making a 3rd reading by combining two readings.
Errors In TC, “errors” are changes like mistakes in copying, not factual errors
External Evidence In textual criticism, this is related to what the author or scribe wrote.
Free Copying Updated grammar, vocabulary, spelling, Harmonization, Redaction, Expansion
Haplography the accidental omission of a repeated letter, word, or phrase during the copying of a manuscript.
Homophony words that sound alike but are spelled differently, leading scribes to make errors when they copy orally dictated texts by hand.
Internal Evidence What did the author (or scribe) write? Prefer readings that best explains the rise of the others. Prefer the harder reading (something ambiguous) (most likely the original) Prefer the shorter reading
Manuscript (evidence) The more early manuscripts we have, the closer textual critics can get to the original readings.
Meaningful changes the meaning
Metathesis he accidental or intentional inversion of letters, sounds, or words within a text. eg. “on” transposed as “no”
Textual criticism Studying copies of a document whose original works are no longer here, to determine the original wording
Variant It’s any place where one manuscript differs from a base text. This can be intentional or unintentional
Variant: Intentional Changes Spelling/grammar, clarity, euphemistic changes
Variant: Unintentional Changes Confusion of letters, homophony, dittography, metathesis
Viable Potentially represents the original reading
Inerrancy The teaching that since the scriptures are given by God, they are free from error in all their contents, including doctrinal historical scientific geographical and other branched of knowledge.
General Revelation Knowledge of God through nature Ps 19:1-6 Rom 1:18-20
Inspiration The act of the Holy spirit in which he superintended the writers of scripture so that while writing according to their own styles and personalities the produced God's Word written, authoritative and free from error in the original writings.
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