Foundations Chapter 3 Review

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What does internal evidence indicate the biblical writers believed they were doing?

Back

They claimed they were communicating God’s authoritative revelation.

Front

What is a textual variant?

Back

differences between particular words, phrases, or passages within multiple copies of the

same ancient manuscript

Front

What are three that describe how Jesus affirms Old Testament authority?

Back

1. 1. assuming Scripture is final in authority

2. 2. treating the miraculous events in the Old Testament as historical events

3. 3. leaning on the Old Testament when he was in personal spiritual anguish

Front

What are three are good reasons to trust the Gospels?

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1. 1. The Gospels were written by eyewitnesses.

2. 2. The church fathers affirmed the teachings of the New Testament.

3. 3. The Gospels were written early enough to be affirmed or denied by living

eyewitnesses and those who had heard the gospel from eyewitnesses.

Front

Which group of people wrote letters and documents that carefully mirrored the New Testament?

Back

the church fathers

Front

What are four statements that accurately describe gnosticism.

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1. 1. taught that the world was created by a lesser divine being

2. 2. taught that the body and the material world are intrinsically evil

3. 3. sometimes taught that Jesus was merely a spirit who appeared to be human

4. 4. taught that salvation can be obtained only through self-denial and esoteric knowledge of

divine reality

Front

Radical individualism expresses the idea that . . .

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no one has the right to tell me what to do.

Front

What are two examples of archaeological evidence for the

reliability of the Old Testament?

Back

the unearthing of Solomon’s building projects

the discovery of Hezekiah’s tunnel

Front

How far does God’s authority extend?

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God has authority over all areas of life, whether people acknowledge it or not.

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Which unearthed documents confirmed the accurate copying of the Old Testament?

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Dead Sea Scrolls