Harbin Study Questions Week 1

Front 1

1. What is the traditional view of how the Bible was written?

Back 1

Conservative view.
Accepts the biblical documents at face value.
it assumes that the documents are indeed historical even while carefully assessing that claim.

Front 2

2. How does the traditional view of the origin of the Bible differ from the modern view presented in the introduction?

Back 2

Traditional view accepts that claim as a working hypothesis
Modern view approaches the biblical documents as suspect at best.

Front 3

3. What is the concept of canon, and why is it important?

Back 3

a standard that something else is measured against.
a group of writings regarded as authentic
used to describe the body of literature we call the Bible

Front 4

4. In the NT, why were many of the Epistles written before the Gospels?

Back 4

the early church was convinced that the return of Jesus was right around the corner and thus at first a written argument that He was the Messiah did not seem to be needed.

Front 5

5. Why did it take time for the NT canon to be agreed upon?

Back 5

Because most of the NT books are letters to various churches through the mediterranean region.

Front 6

6. What is the significance of the Dead Sea Scrolls?

Back 6

the dead sea scrolls are the original manuscripts of the bible

Front 7

7. In what three languages were the 66 books of the Protestant Bible originally written?

Back 7

Greek, Hebrew, Aramaic