#1 - How We Got Our Bible

1. The authors of Hebrew Scriptures are not as identifiable as those of the ___________ testament. *
2. The books arose in the midst of the law given by __________ and the prophets sent by God to the children of Israel. *
3. The first __________ books (the Law) were written by Moses almost entirely. *
4. The remainder of the Old Testament is composed of the prophets and writings in the Hebrew __________. *
5. Whereas the English Bible includes the following categories: historical books, __________ books, and prophetic books. *
6. Each of these authors presents his words as being the Word of God. *
7. The New Testament was written by __________ of Jesus Christ and companions *
8.Letters were written to individuals, churches, or larger groups of persons either _______________. *
9. The Old testament was written between 1440 B.C. and approximately 400 B.C. *
10. The Law of __________ was maintained in the Hebrew community by the priests of the temple. *
11. Later books continued to be deposited with these leaders until the destruction of the __________ and then found their way into the teaching community begun by Ezra and continued in the synagogues. *
12. Trained scribes copied biblical texts by __________ until the modern printing press came into use. *
13. The copies of the __________ of the ninth century A.D. are very close to the *
14. The New Testament books were copied by local Christian communities and passed from one another for decades before an __________ collection was made. *
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16. In the early fourth century A.D., fifty copies of the entire Old and New Testament Greek Scriptures were made at the order of the first Christian emperor, _______________. *
17. It is likely that the _______________ and _______________ codexes, two of the longest early manuscripts to survive, originated from this order. *
18. The word __________ is a word used to identify the writings of the prophets, the apostles, and their companions, which are inspired by God and authoritative for truth pertaining to doctrine and life. *
19. It means __________ or __________. *
20. A book is not inspired because it is declared to be canonical but is canonical because it is considered __________.
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22. The first question regarding writing’s acceptance was whether the book was written by a __________ of God. *
23. Generally the book would have _______________ of “thus says the Lord”, or “the word of the Lord came.” *
24. Second, miraculous signs or accuracy of fulfillment served confirmation of a prophet’s __________. *
25. Third, the book had to be internally consistent with the _______________ of God found in the teachings of other canonical books especially what __________ gave through Moses. *
26. The first question for the church to answer about a book’s inclusion in the canon accepted by Christians was whether it came through the __________ of the Lord or through persons under the _______________ of an apostle, such as __________. *
27. Second, the book had to come with the __________ of God and be effective for changing lives. *
28. Third, it must have been generally accepted by the __________ of God. *
29. This latter test refers __________ to the ones who received the book and next to the transmission in the church. *
30. Determination of the New testament canon took place over a period of years, reaching its __________ form at the Synod of Carthage in 397. *
31. Fragments of the Hebrew Scriptures number in the tens of thousands, the majority dating between the __________ century __________ and the ________________ century __________. *
32. The greatest attestation to the Hebrew Old testament is the manuscripts found in the _______________, which mostly date from the third century B.C. to the first century A.D. *
33. Manuscript evidence for the New testament is ______________. *
34. There are more than __________ thousand existing copies, many with New testament books entirely or largely intact. *
35. Also there are several older translations of the New Testament into languages like __________, __________, and __________ that survive in thousands of manuscripts. *
36. __________ work of antiquity even approaches the New Testament for authenticity. *
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