[REL 2240] - Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes fot the exam (29 pages long!)
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Social formation: ways, hows, whys; groups form. Mythmaking: the act of telling stories that become imbued with meanings that are passed down by a group, change over time. Textual criticism: this is a scholarly attempt to reconstruct the earliest possible greek text of the new testament from over 5800 manuscripts available. Manuscripts: papyri 2nd century-7th century, uncials (capital letters) 4th century- 10th century, minuscules (cursive letters) 9th century- 16th century. Textual variants (accidental variants: poor eyesight, poor hearing, poor writing, etc. Intentional variants: agree with own theology, spelling/grammar corrections or mistakes, historical difficulty. Canon: canon: an authoritative collection of texts that are accepted by a religious body, 367 ce: canon comes together. Without canon: lack of apostolic authority/origin lack of wide acceptance: do not have sound doctrine orthodox: greek for right belief/opinion, diversity of ideas and practices, some things not included, canon"s purpose, greco-roman. Greco-roman religion: greek and roman 8th century bce-4th or 5th century ce.
