The Reliability of the Gospels

¡Supera tus tareas y exámenes ahora con Quizwiz!

The early church unanimously... the biblical Gospels and unanimously... the Missing Gospels. Why specifically?

Accepted; Rejected; The writers weren't eyewitnesses or related to the eyewitnesses

1 Peter 3:15

Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect.

What specific tool is used to affirm the New Testament's historical claims?

Archaeology

What is the technical name for the original documents of the New Testament?

Autographs

Who said, "Essential Christian beliefs are not affected by variants in the copies of the New Testament"?

Bart Erhman

How does the presence of Gnosticism in the Gospel of Thomas help us date the Gospel of Thomas?

Must have appeared during the 2nd century when Gnosticism first developed

About how many Greek copies of the New Testament do we have today?

Over 5,000 Greek copies

What is the name of the earliest copy of the New Testament? It contains portions of which Gospel? How much time separates this copy from its original?

P52; John; Decades

What were the earliest manuscripts of the New Testament made of? Why is this a problem?

Papyrus; The originals have broken down over time

The Gospel of Thomas consists of only 114 supposed... of Jesus. Why is this a problem?

Quotes/Sayings; Cannot be credited as true because there are no historical time stamps

What is the technical name for the differences in wording among the copies of the New Testament?

Variants

What archaeological evidence do we have for James, Pontius Pilate, Caiaphas, and Herod the Great?

We have their bone boxes, coffins, and the Pilate Stone

What major Jewish tragedy helps us date the biblical Gospels? How does this tragedy help us date the biblical Gospels?

When the temple fell; Predicted by Jesus but had not yet happened when the Gospels were written

We should avoid two extreme attitudes about the text of the New Testament: one is... and another is...

Extreme skepticism; Absolute certainty

What does pseudepigrapha mean?

False writings

What are the Missing Gospels?

Gospels that appeared following the death of Jesus and the 4 Gospels

What language was the New Testament written in?

Greek

Every copy of the New Testament contains...

Mistakes/Variants

Roughly how many variants does Bart Ehrman say exist among the copies of the New Testament?

Hundreds of thousands

How do we know that Thomas, the disciple of Jesus, didn't actually write the Gospel of Thomas?

It was written after his time

Matthew and John were eyewitnesses. Mark and Luke were not. From whom did Mark and Luke get their eyewitness material?

Mark got his material from Peter; Luke got his from Paul

What does Gnosticism say?

Material things are evil and spiritual is good

Who are the two first century, non-Christian historians who mention Jesus' life, death, and resurrection?

Tacitus and Josephus

What book was earlier, more numerous, and more accurate copies than any other ancient document in the history of the world?

The Bible's New Testament

According to Bart Ehrman, what are the oldest and best sources for learning about the life of Jesus?

The New Testament Gospels

What is textual criticism?

The process of recovering the original text of the New Testament


Conjuntos de estudio relacionados

2.1 Matter is the stuff of the universe & energy moves matter

View Set

Unit 2 Interpretation & Overview of the Bible

View Set