Quiz_ Reliability of the New Testament_ PHIL240_ Christian Evidences (B07)
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Quiz: Reliability of the New Testament
Due
Sep 18 at 10:59pm
Points
25
Questions
25
Time Limit
30 Minutes
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Question 1
The one below that is NOT one of the reasons listed in class
for why we don’t have more external information about Jesus:
Nations and cultures were isolated
Reading and writing were not as pervasive as modern
times
Much historical information has disappeared.
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Heretical and non-orthodox material was burned by the
church.
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Question 2
The Biblographical Evidence focuses on the manuscript
evidence which supports the historicity of Scripture.
True False 1 / 1 pts
Question 3
The original of an ancient writing is called the:
autograph
extant manuscript
primary source
testamonium
1 / 1 pts
Question 4
A viable variant is one that has sufficient pedigree to have
some likelihood of reflecting the original wording of the
text.
True False 1 / 1 pts
Question 5
The King James Version of the Bible is based on manuscripts
that are considerably earlier than the manuscripts used in
the translation of modern English Bible translations.
True False 1 / 1 pts
Question 6
In textual criticism, internal evidence concerns the
examination of the wording of the variants to determine
which reading gave rise to the others and is, therefore,
probably original.
True False
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1 / 1 pts
Question 7
Generally speaking, in New Testament textual criticism, the
preferred variant or reading is normally the one found in
the earliest manuscripts.
True False 1 / 1 pts
Question 8
As time passes, we are getting further from the original
text of the New Testament. Therefore, older translations are
more likely to be accurate than newer translations.
True False 1 / 1 pts
Question 9
Scholars are in general agreement that virtually no doctrine
within the Christian faith would change should we have the
original manuscripts.
True
False 1 / 1 pts
Question 10
The story of the adulterous woman about to be stoned in John
8 is accepted as authentic by the majority of critical
scholars.
True False 1 / 1 pts
Question 11
Before the printing press virtually all documents were hand-
written.
True False 1 / 1 pts
Question 12
While translations of the Greek manuscripts are important in
the work of New Testament textual criticism, the
commentaries of the church fathers are generally not
considered helpful in determining the words of the New
Testament text.
True False 1 / 1 pts
Question 13
The value of the presence of creeds and hymns in Paul’s
epistles is because:
They verify Paul’s claim to be an apostle
They show Paul met with the leadership of Jerusalem
They pre-date Paul’s epistles and demonstrate an
early exalted view of Jesus
They contain very few variants
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Question 14
Textual criticism of the New Testament is necessary because
the original documents no longer exist and the copies of
these documents are not in complete agreement.
True False
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1 / 1 pts
Question 15
Generally speaking, manuscript evidence points towards a
scribal tendency to add to the text rather than delete
material from the text.
True False 1 / 1 pts
Question 16
According to Dr. Foreman, there are three basic lines of
evidences to prove the historicity of a document. Which was
not
included:
Bibliographical Evidence
Internal Evidence
Formal Evidence
External Evidence
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Question 17
As one compares manuscript evidence for the New Testament,
God’s providence is clearly seen in that late manuscripts
reveals startling similarity to early manuscripts.
Nevertheless, thousands of variants between these
manuscripts do exist.
True False 1 / 1 pts
Question 18
The presence of hard sayings and counterproductive features
in the Gospels demonstrates a desire to accurately preserve
the text.
True False 1 / 1 pts
Question 19
The repetition of the same stories about Jesus under the
control of eyewitnesses is one piece of evidence of a
faithful and substantially accurate oral transmission of the
Jesus tradition.
True
False 1 / 1 pts
Question 20
The majority of textual variants between New Testament
manuscripts are spelling errors that have no impact on the
meaning of the text.
True False 1 / 1 pts
Question 21
Most New Testament scholars are of the opinion that no
doctrine of the New Testament is jeopardized by textual
variants.
True False 1 / 1 pts
Question 22
Currently there are over 5,000 Greek manuscripts of the New
Testament that are known to exist.
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Question 23
A large and significant portion of textual variants in the
New Testament involve variants that are both meaningful and
viable. These variants comprise roughly 10% of the New
Testament.
True False 1 / 1 pts
Question 24
The traditional authorship of the gospels can be defended
by:
These authors would not have been likely candidates
for a fabrication due to their disreputability or
being virtually unknown figures.
There is no competing tradition in the early church
for other authors.
The uniform testimony of the early church has been
for these authors
All of the above
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Question 25
Two claims are made and there are significant differences or
conflicts between the claims. According to Dr. Foreman,
this is referred to as a:
contradiction
discrepancy
ambiguity
divergence Quiz Score: 25
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