Post by RayW on Mar 24, 2013 21:11:52 GMT -8
Please post the answers to the following questions:
1. Find the copyright date on your Bible, and read it to the group. How does the fact that it was written nearly 2000 years before your copyright date make the study of Bibliology necessary for a Christian?
2. How does knowing that there are over 300,000 textual variants in the NT alone disturb you?
3. Have everyone but one person in your group take ten minutes to handwrite this paragraph, making at least one intentional error without telling the others of your error.
John 11::11--44
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being. In Him was life, and the life was the Light of men.
Once complete, bring all the manuscripts together, and have the person who did not create a manuscript attempt to reconstruct the original. Remember, while this is a passage that you may be familiar with, this is not a translation that you are likely to be familiar with.
How close did you come to reconstructing the original?
4. Knowing that this is about the same situation that text critics find themselves in (around one or two variants per verse), how does this exercise give you more confidence in the science of text criticism? Explain.
5. Review the comparison chart of the New Testament with other ancient manuscripts. How does the evidence show how serious God is about protecting His Word? Would you call it miraculous? Explain.
6. In light of the fact that God is serious about protecting His Word for us, how serious should we be about searching it to find Him? Are you?
7. How has this lesson most challenged your thinking?
1. Find the copyright date on your Bible, and read it to the group. How does the fact that it was written nearly 2000 years before your copyright date make the study of Bibliology necessary for a Christian?
2. How does knowing that there are over 300,000 textual variants in the NT alone disturb you?
3. Have everyone but one person in your group take ten minutes to handwrite this paragraph, making at least one intentional error without telling the others of your error.
John 11::11--44
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being. In Him was life, and the life was the Light of men.
Once complete, bring all the manuscripts together, and have the person who did not create a manuscript attempt to reconstruct the original. Remember, while this is a passage that you may be familiar with, this is not a translation that you are likely to be familiar with.
How close did you come to reconstructing the original?
4. Knowing that this is about the same situation that text critics find themselves in (around one or two variants per verse), how does this exercise give you more confidence in the science of text criticism? Explain.
5. Review the comparison chart of the New Testament with other ancient manuscripts. How does the evidence show how serious God is about protecting His Word? Would you call it miraculous? Explain.
6. In light of the fact that God is serious about protecting His Word for us, how serious should we be about searching it to find Him? Are you?
7. How has this lesson most challenged your thinking?