Chr 105 Chapter 2 Bible toolbox

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the four stages for understanding the story better

-original production, transmission, canonization, and translation

testamentum

means testment which in greek means covenant (diatheke)

3 major sections of the Hebrew Bible (Tanak)

Law,

prophets

writings

what are the english protestant bible sections OT

Pentateuch, History, Poetry and Wisdom, Major Prophets, and Minor Prophets

NT

gospels,acts,paul epsitles,general epistles, revelation

purposes for the ot production

God told them to write it down, desire to teach encourage israel, have historical accounts of God's faithfulness to israelites

purposes for the production of the nt

preserve works and teaching of Jesus, respond to crisis in the early church, God prompted them to write

manner of ot production

divine testimony, oral tradition, copies of torah

4 writing surfaces

stone, stone tablets, wooden tablets, papyrus

3 writing instruments ot

stylus, reed pen, ink

manner of nt production

eyewitness, oral tradition, greek ot, written sources, other nt writtings

nt 2 writing surfaces

papyrus, parchment

2 writing instruments nt

reed pen, ink

the transmission of the books

preservation and collection, copying, early translation/versions, the multiplication of manuscripts

canonization

deciding when books are authoritative

septuagint

greek translation of the Hebrew bible

critiria for canonization

some ot text explicit mention their own inherent authoritative status

canonical criteria for the nt

conformity to the rule of faith, apostolicity, widespread acceptance and usage in church