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WorksheetsTextual Criticism of the New Testament
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Worksheet time: 21mins
The first published Greek New Testament was
the Complutensian Polyglot
the Novum Instrumentum Omne
the Textus Receptus
The Geneva Bible
How many manuscript copies of the Greek New Testament are known to exist today?
less than 50
approximately 1,000
5,300
approximately 5,700
A textual variant can be defined as
the wording of a verse or passage found in one or more manuscripts
a word or phrase found in at least one manuscript that differs from the wording of the text printed by the editor(s) of a Greek New Testament
one of at least two readings of the same textual unit which is grammatically correct and logically possible
any place where the original wording of a document is in doubt or is not uniform among the manuscripts
The prevailing theory of textual criticism held today is known as
reasoned eclecticism
majority text view
rigorous eclecticism
independent texttypes view
providential preservation
The oldest complete New Testament known to exist today is
P52 (also known as Rylands 457)
Sinaiticus (א ,01)
Vaticanus (03, B)
Chester Beatty Papyri
Westcott and Hort were
British scholars who developed a theory of textual criticism that is followed today in liberal seminaries
Theological liberals whose text-critical views can be entirely dismissed because these men were theological liberals and thus biased against the Bible
All of the above
None of the above
The long ending to Mark’s Gospel (Mark 16.9-20) is not found in
Sinaiticus and Vaticanus
most ancient MSS
the Alexandrian text type
the earliest manuscripts from the first three centuries
The total number of textual variants among the Greek manuscripts, ancient versions, and patristic commentaries on the New Testament is estimated to be
ten
between 1000 and 1500
approximately 100,000
approximately 500,000
The most important rule for textual critics to follow when deciding on the wording of a particular textual problem is
the harder reading is to be preferred
the shorter reading is to be preferred
the reading that best explains the rise of all others is to be preferred
the reading supported by the majority of manuscripts is to be preferred
the reading that most clearly affirms inerrancy is to be preferred
This scholar produced four different editions of the NT text (1565, 1582, 1588, and 1589). His 1589 version was heavily relied upon by the translators of the Authorized Version (1611). He made use of Syriac and Arabic versions in his editions.
John Mill
Robert Stephanus
Theodore Beza
Johann Salomo Semler
This person was the first to propose one of the most famous text-critical canons, namely, that the harder reading is to be preferred (lectio diffcilior potior).
Johann Albrecht Bengel (1687-1752)
Karl Lachmann (1793-1851)
Brook Foss Westcott (1825-1901)
Lobegott Friedrich Constantin von Tischendorf (1815-1874)
This person was the first to produce a scholarly edition of the Greek New Testament that completely ignored the Textus Receptus, including "received readings" in an appendix at the end of his edition. He was interested in recovering the "earliest attainable" text, which he regarded as the text used in the fourth century around Constantinople.
Samuel Prideaux Tregelles (1813-1875)
Richard Bently (1662-1742)
Brook Foss Westcott (1825-1901) and Fenton John Anthony Hort (1828-1892)
Karl Lachmann (1793-1851)
This edition of the Greek NT was the first to include versification which is still followed by modern Bible publications.
John Fell's 1675 edition published at Oxford
Brian Walton's London Polyglot, published in 1657
Robert Estienne's (Stephanus) 1551 edition of the Textus Receptus
Samuel Tregelles's edition published in 1848
When was the term textus receptus first used?
In the title of Erasmus's first edition of his Novum Testamentum Omne, published in 1516
In the preface to the 1633 edition of Erasmus's Novum Testamentum published by the Elzevirs
In the preface to Erasmus's second edition of the Novum Testamentum Omne, used by Martin Luther
In the preface to the 1611 King James Bible
None of the above
What manuscript is known as the "Queen of the Cursives"?
P52
GA 1739
GA 81
GA 33
What famous manuscript is the only four column manuscript known to exit to today?
Codex Vaticanus
Codex Bezae
Codex Sinaiticus
Codex Alexandrinus
What manuscript contains our oldest extant copies of 1–2 Peter and Jude?
P72
Codex Claramontanus
P52
P47
What is the alternate number of the Beast in Revelation 13:18 found in Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus? In which other manuscript can this variant be found?
661
P115
616
P99
616
P115
1000
Codex Sinaiticus
Who added vowel pointings to the Hebrew text of the Old Testament?
Ezra
the Masoretes
the Pharisees
Davidic scribes
What codex is the basis for the Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia (BHS)?
Codex Leningradensis
Codex Aleppo
Codex Sassoon
Codex Jerusalem
What Old Testament book in Hebrew was not found at Qumran among the Dead Sea Scrolls?
Tobit
Esther
Ezra
Song of Songs
In textual criticism, transcriptional evidence refers to
what the author was most likely to have written
the manuscripts that attest a particular variant
readings attested by the majority was manuscripts
what scribes were most likely to have done
In textual criticism, intrinsic evidence refers to
what the author was most likely to have written
the manuscripts that attest a particular variant
readings attested by the majority was manuscripts
what scribes were most likely to have done
In textual criticism, external evidence refers to
what the author was most likely to have written
the manuscripts that attest a particular variant
readings attested by the majority was manuscripts
what scribes were most likely to have done
What is known as the "Western" order of the gospels?
Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John
Matthew, John, Luke, and Mark
Mark, Luke, Matthew, and John
Matthew, Luke, Mark, and John
BONUS QUESTION
What does CBGM stand for?
(a)
