D
The "D" in D.M.A.N. stands for
Dates
The "M" in D.M.A.N. stands for...
Manuscripts
Archaeology
The "N" in D.M.A.N. stands for..
Non-Biblical sources
The acronym that represents the 5 arguments for God is...
C.O.M.E.T.
What city does Luke focus his writings around?
Jerusalem (hint: see Acts 1:8)
What were the two internal tests for the reported accuracy of the New Testament? (Hint: the second word for both is "Details")
Embarassing Details
Divergent Details
How many facts in the Gospel of John have been historically confirmed by archaeology and non-Christian writings?
59
The first century Jewish historian who wrote the Jewish antiquities.
Josephus
The small differences in reporting on the same event between the gospels which increases the reliability of the Bible are called:
Divergent Details
What event is NOT mentioned in the New Testament (especially Luke and Acts) that gives an indication that it was written before A.D. 70?
Destruction of Jerusalem
The New Testament has approximately how many Greek manuscripts of the New Testament?
Around 5500 copies (5860 to be exact).
How many facts in the last half of Acts were confirmed by historical and archaeological research?
84
Which of the following is NOT one of the non-Biblical sources confirming the New Testament account? Josephus, Pliny the Younger, Dead Sea Scrolls, Talmud, Tacitus, or Suetonius.
Dead Sea Scrolls
Of the 138,000 words of the New Testament, what percentage remains in doubt or is uncertain?
1%
Which Gospel do most scholars think was written first?
Mark
What is one of the three questions that textual critics ask to determine the reliability of the reconstruction of the manuscripts?
How many copies of the New Testament exist?
How large is the time gap between the original autographs and the earliest manuscript copies?
How significant are the differences between the copies?
An ossuary (bone box) with his name on it.
Who was the Roman historian, writing around A.D. 120, who confirmed the expulsion of the Jews from Rome, recorded in Acts 18:2?
Suetonius
What is the name of the earliest copy of the New Testament and when is it dated?
John Rylands Fragment (A.D. 125)
Name two of the three early church fathers who quote from 25 of the 27 New Testament books?
Polycarp, Ignatius, Clement
What is the time gap between the autograph of the New Testament and the earliest surviving manuscript copy?
35 (John finished around A.D. 90 - earliest surviving manuscript is 125)
What was discovered in 2016 on an archaeological dig of a Baal temple in the biblical city of Lachish?
A latrine (put there by King Hezekiah to mock the false god Baal)
Which non-Biblical source said that Christians worship a man who was crucified?
Lucian
Which of the following is not one you can conclude by looking at only secular testimony (non-Biblical sources outside of the Bible)?: Jesus was crucified under Pontius Pilate, Christianity spread into all of Roman empire, Women found the empty tomb of Jesus, Early Christians worshipped Christ as God, or Christians believe that Jesus rose on the third day.
Women found the empty tomb of Jesus.