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OT Survey Quiz #1

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Apocryphal
The extra books found in the Roman Catholic Bible.
Canon
Greek word for measuring stick; meaning rule/authoritative.
neo-orthodoxy
Founded in the early 20th century to react to liberalism's disregard for divine authority. It holds that God is utterly transcendent-that is, absolutely different from us and far beyond our comprehension; we can only know something about Him if He reveals Himself to us, as He did in Jesus Christ. It asserts that the Bible is merely a witness to the word of God, as people of biblical times experienced God and recorded their encounters as best they could. Sometimes their reports contained errors or paradoxes; failing to provide adequate explanation for all the biblical evidence.
Transcendent
The fact that God is totally beyond anything else in our human experience; beyond comprehension, understanding, and explanation.
evangelicalism
Theological position which holds to the inspiration and infallibility of God's revelation as the authoritative guide for faith and practice. More specifically, it is a movement of modern Christianity, transcending denominational and confessional boundaries, that emphasizes conformity to the basic tenets of Christian faith and a missionary out reach of compassion and urgency.
dictation theory
The theory that God chose certain individuals to record His word and gave them the exact words He wanted used.The writers only wrote what God dictated to them. This doesn't account for all of the Bible.
plenary verbal inspiration
The belief that God inspired the entire Bible, maintaining author distinctiveness while guaranteeing a finished product that faithfully reflected His message. Although the writers were free to choose their own words and express their own unique personalities and styles as they wrote, the Holy Spirit so guided the process that the words they chose accurately conveyed the meaning God intended. It seems to best handle all the biblical evidence-recognizing the human element in scripture while affirming the Holy Spirit as the Bible's ultimate Author.
transmission
Faithful conveyance of the Scripture as passed on and handed down from generation to generation. The sole responsibility of the scribes in the ancient world, who believed they were copying the very words of God.
masora
Hebrew word meaning "bond" or "cord". In Old testament studies, it refers to the system of vowel points and accent marks used to further clarify the Hebrew text of the Old Testament.
Torah
Hebrew word that means "teaching" or "instruction". The term refers to the first five books of the Old testament.
Aramaic
Semitic language, closely resembling Hebrew in vocabulary and basic morphology. It uses a system of alphabetic writing rather than the more tedious system of cuneiform.
Akkadian
Language of the Assyrians and Babylonians, which was in the same language family as Semitic Hebrew and Aramaic.
Amorite
Language in the same family as Hebrew and Aramaic. As the ancestor of the Aramaic language, it helps clarify our understanding of certain aspects of biblical Hebrew.
Phoenician
The language in the family of Hebrew and Aramaic, used by a prosperous people who inhabited the territory on the eastern Mediterranean coast.
Ugaritic
Language in the same Family as Hebrew and Aramaic, and the language of Ugarit-an important trade center near the Mediterranean coast. The Ugarit scribes created an alphabetic script of thirty cuneiform signs.
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