Religion

TRUE OR FALSE There are more differences between the manuscripts of the New Testament than there are words in the New Testament.

True

What is the earliest surviving manuscript of the New Testament to date?

A fragment of the Gospel of John

Which of the following represents an intentional scribal error?

Changing the text to fit doctrine

How many original copies of books of the New Testament do we have?

None

In the story of Jesus in the last minutes before his arrest in the Garden of Gethsemane (Luke 22:43-44), the account of his "sweating blood" while contemplating his imminent suffering is most likely

Not an original part of any Gospel

By what means have early Christian truth claims been handed down from one generation to the next?

Orally, Written texts, and Lifestyles

Who created the verse divisions that we have today?

Robert Stephanus

What is the style of writing called that leaves out punctuation, capitalization, paragraph divisions, sentence divisions, and spaces between words?

Scriptio continua

New Testament manuscripts do not:

Show a lack of passion for their topics

What is the name of the academic discipline devoted to the study of ancient manuscripts to determine the most likely earliest readings?

Textual criticism

Most copies of New Testament manuscripts come from what time period?

The Middle Ages

TRUE OR FALSE We do not have the original copy of any New Testament book.

True