This is a summary of all the questions that you should be able to answer after studying section A of the NTL module. This document will assist you in studying for the first semester test. This document provides a good overview of the variety of knowledge that you should be able to apply after compl...
Encyclopedia of New Testament studies
SEMESTER TEST QUESTIONS SUMMARY
1. What, in brief, is the aim of New Testament scholarship? (2)
New Testament scholarship refers to a scientific study of the New
Testament, and it has the eventual aim of attaining results that would
advance the faith of the church.
2. Name the sub-disciplines which make up New Testament
scholarship. (6)
The language of the New Testament.
It’s political-, economic- and cultural-historical milieu.
Introduction.
Hermeneutics.
Theology.
History of the early church.
3. Name the different subdivisions of Introductory Studies as a sub-
discipline of New Testament Studies. (8)
Fundamental question of the canon
-Textual research
Textual production and -reproduction
Textual criticism
Particular introduction
-External aspects (the writer and reader, plus their circumstances,
reason for writing, time and place of writing)
-Internal aspects (literary identification, history of the origins of the
text, language and style, unity, integrity, construction, relationship
with other NT writings)
4. Describe in brief the meaning of the terms mechanical-, organic-
and functional inspiration. (3) OR (6) /Describe in brief the meaning of
the term functional inspiration. (3)
1. Mechanical inspiration: God, through His Holy Spirit, dictated every
sentence, period, word, comma and capital letter to the writers of the
Bible.
2. Organical inspiration: God used people to write the Bible, every
writer wrote the different documents down, driven by the Spirit, in
terms of their cultural and social location and circumstances, as well
as their linguistic abilities and insight (Word of God in human words).
3. Functional inspiration: Inspiration that has to do with how the early
church used the available writings, the decision to make use of
certain books by excluding several other available writings (non-
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