Colossians & Ephesians
Hermeneutics & T.C. Terms
KJV/Textual Criticism
Pauline Letters
Text Types
100
Parse: Ευχαριστουμεν (Colossians 1:3)
What is a Verb: Present/Active/Indicative/First Person/Plural
100
What is Gloss?
A brief, written explanation in the margin or between the lines
100
List and explain two of the four Unintentional EYE errors.
What is: 1. Homoiteleuton - The same ending 2. Transposition - Switching letters in the greek word 3. Haplography - Write a letter once instead of twice 4. Dittography - Write a letter twice instead of once
100
Paul used what genre to its fullest potential?
What is Letter genre
100
What are the three text types?
What is 1.Alexandrian (Egypt/Sinai) 2. Western (North Africa to the West) 3. Byzantine (Northeast Mediterranean)
200
Parse: παρακαλω (Ephesians 4:1)
What is a verb: Present/Active/Indicative/1st person/Sing.
200
What is Nomina Sacra
Sacred names abbreviated with 1st and last letters
200
DOUBLE JEOPARDY! What is the Greek text behind the KJV? Which Roman Catholic priest and scholar does this trace back to?
What is Textus Receptus Desiderius Erasmus
200
What are the 3 sub categories of the letter opening?
What is Sender, Recipients, and Opening greeting
200
What text type are almost all papyri linked to and has the oldest Uncials?
What is Alexandrian text type. The oldest Uncial collections are the Sinaiticus and Vaticanus
300
Parse: καρποφορουμενον (bearing fruit) (Colossians 1:6)
What is a Participle: Present/Middle/Nomative/Singular/Neuter
300
DOUBLE JEOPARDY! What are the three Trinitarian principles? Explain each one.
What is: 1. God Principle: Father is the final author of the unified story. 2. Holy Spirit Principle: Inspired writers understanding, leads us as we interpret it and our culture. 3. Jesus Christ Principle: He is the center of the book, He is the center of the message. His redemptive acts and life shed light on the rest of scripture
300
The Complutensian Polyglot
What was the 1st machine printed edition of the Bible that included a side by side comparison of the Greek, Hebrew, and Latin?
300
What are the 4 letter sections?
What is Letter Opening, Thanksgiving, Letter Body, and the Letter Closing
300
This text type matches the old Latin translation and tends to paraphrase and add from outside sources.
What is the Western Text Type
400
Parse: εκληθητε (Ephesians 4:4)
What is a verb: Aorist/Passive/Indicative/2nd Person/Plural
400
This was more durable and more expensive and it was used in the 4th century.
What is Parchment/Vellum
400
What are the four intentional issues?
What is Grammar corrections, Harmony Issues, Historical Issues, and Doctrine Issues
400
In the Thanksgiving section, what type of participle manner is used?
What is Adverbial (Ex. In this manner, By this)
400
This is also know as the majority text
What is the Byzantine text type
500
Parse: ικανωσαντι (Has qualified, One making competent) (Colossians 1:12)
What is a Participle: Aorist/Active/Dative/Singular/Masc.
500
What is the difference between higher and lower criticism?
What is: Higher Criticism is any form of literary analysis. Lower Criticism is the study of copies of a written work of which the autograph is unknown with the goal of assembling the most accurate text.
500
Explain the "Controversy" behind Erasmus's translation of the KJV. Name three aspects.
1. Erasmus was pressured by the Pope and his publisher (Froben) to have the translation done in 5 months. 2. Erasmus only had access to 6 Greek manuscripts, all late Byzantine versions 3. There were a few scripture areas with NO Greek to work with, so Erasmus used the Latin and translated backward 4. Erasmus was also pressured by Roman Catholic authorities to borrow/add additional words from unreliable texts (most famously the I John 5 passage) even though he was convinced they were not original
500
What is the significance of the Sender, the Recipients, and the Opening Greeting?
Sender: Establishes friendship and tone Recipients: Gives clues about relationship between the sender and the recipient and the themes Opening Greeting: Points out the relationship, main ideas, and themes
500
DOUBLE JEOPARDY! What is Tishcendorf and what significant finding came out of it?
Who is the guy who visited a desert monastery where the Codex Sinaiticus was saved from being burned.
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