Question 1

Stone, papyrus, leather, or clay

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Name three of the ways in which ancient writers recorded their texts.

Question 2

Sheets glued together side to side, rolled up.

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How were scrolls made?

Question 3

Sheets stacked, bound on the left edge.

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How was a scroll different from a codex?

Question 4

Papyrus and leather deteriorated

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Why do we have copies of original Scripture texts and not the original papyrus manuscripts?

Question 5

Copied one character at a time, counted the characters.

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What did the scribes do to ensure that their copies were perfectly accurate?

Question 6

Dead Sea Scrolls

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What discovery in 1947 demonstrated the exceptional accuracy of the Hebrew scribal tradition?

Question 7

24

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How many books were in the Hebrew canon?

Question 8

Apostolic authority and benefit to the churches

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How did early Christians decide whether a text had the authority of Scripture?

Question 9

They confirmed the books that were already recognized as Scripture.

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What was the role of early church councils in establishing the New Testament canon?

Question 10

Dispersal of Jewish People, Greek established as universal language, fewer people learning Hebrew

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What factors led to the Septuagint?

Question 11

Jerome, Vulgate

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Who translated the entire Bible into Latin around AD 400? What name was given to this translation?

Question 12

The end of the Roman Empire

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What major factor led to the translation of the Bible into languages other that Latin in the 5th & 6th centuries?

Question 13

John Wycliffe, 1384

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Who translated the Vulgate into Middle English in the 1300's? What year was this translation completed?

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