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The History of the New Testament |
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1). A canon is a collection of books
or a library. a). True b). False
2).Jesus Christ is the central figure
in the New Testament a). True b). False
3). The New Testament contains four
basic groups of content. a). True b). False
4). Historical content is limited to
geographical locations and leaders names. a). True b). False
5). All of the apostles are biographically
defined. a). True b). False
6). The Gospel of Mark is a “blow
by blow” account of Jesus life. a). True b). False
7).The vast majority of Jesus’ life is
not even mentioned in the New Testament. a). True b). False 8). The theological content is found mainly
in the Book of Acts. a). True b). False 9). The practice of Christianity as an organization
is text based. a). True b). False 10). All religions are text based. a). True b). False 11). Sacred writings are considered to be scripture.
a). True b). False 12). Scripture has an element of the divine
in it. a). True b). False 13). Scriptural inerrancy means that it is
a). copied text b).
perfect c). text based d).
none of these 14). Completeness in scripture means we have what a). we have b).
a diversified canon c). what we should have d).
none of these 15). The Gospel category consists of a). the Pauline Epistles
b). Gospel of John, I, II & III John c). I & II Peter d).
none of these 16). Acts, the book of history describes the early church a). as basically dead b). moving west c). primarily Antiochan d).
none of these 17). Authorship is not equal to a). inspiration b).
inerrancy c). historical content d).
none of these 18). How many epistles are included in the New Testament canon? a). 13 b).
21 c). 4 d).
none of these 19). A conservative dating of the Gospels dates a). Mark around 45-50 AD b).
Mark around 65-70 AD c). Luke well into the 2nd century d).
none of these 20). A liberal dating of the Gospels dates a). Mark around 45-50 AD b).
Mark around 65-70 AD c). Romans well into the 2nd century
d). none of these 21). The Mt. Olivet discourse can help us find a conservative dating of the
Gospels. a). True b). False 22). Liberal daters of the Gospels often place Luke between 80-90 AD.
a). True b). False 23). Two of the four gospels are implicatively dated. a). True b). False 24). The letter to the Galatians could be the oldest letter of Paul. a). True b). False 25). The Apostolic Council can be found in Acts 20. a). True b). False 26). The first letter to Thessalonica may be Paul’s first letter. a). True b). False 27). In the first century, people did not value memorization. a). True b). False 28). The literacy rate in the Roman Empire was usually less than 10%.
a). True b). False 29). Scribes were very precise in their copying methods. a). True b). False 30). The gospels were first spread by oral traditions. a). True b). False 31). Paul’s letters are never considered to be scripture by any other
apostle. a). True b). False 32). Christ’s earthly ministry started around 26-27 AD a). True b). False 33). We have only one of the original “autograph” Gospels. a). True b). False 34). We have all of the non canonical “autographs”. a). True b). False 35). The oldest manuscript copy we have dates to around 367 AD. a). True b). False 36). We don’t know exactly who wrote the four Gospels. a). True b). False 37).Marcion used the Gospel of Matthew in his canonical list. a). True b). False 38). Muratori lived during the second century. a). True b). False 39). In the writings of Irenaeus, all four of our Gospels are quoted.
a). True b). False 40). Constantine help decide which books would be included in our New Testament.
a). True b). False 41). Paul’s letters can be interpreted as Gnostic in content. a). True b). False 42).Marcion did not like the Jewish religion. a). True b). False 43). Marcion thought that Paul was the only correct apostle. a). True b). False 44). Marcion was a wealthy merchant and Gnostic teacher in Rome .
a). True b). False 45). The Muratrorian can was discovered in the 18th century. a). True b). False 46). Muratori was the Bishop of Lyon a). True b). False 47).Irenaeus never quoted Philemon
or Jude. a). True b). False 48). The first letter of Clement was written at the end of the second century.
a). True b). False 49). Athanasius give us the first exact list of the New Testament canon as
we have it today. a). True b). False 50). The New Testament has been the most influential book in our culture and
society. a). True b). False I certify that I have read the course material and I have answered
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