What is the Original Text?

Preliminary Quiz

This quiz precedes the tutorial. Please complete it before proceeding. The quiz will help you retain what you read.

How many ancient manuscripts of the scriptures exist today?

  1. None.
  2. One.
  3. A handful.
  4. Several thousand.
  5. Many millions.

The John Rylands fragment is dated from about:

  1. 500 BC.
  2. Early second century AD.
  3. 1000 AD.
  4. 1952 AD.
  5. No one knows.

Identify the significance textual difference:

  1. The adulterous woman (John 7:53-8:11).
  2. The ending of Mark (Mark 16:9-20).
  3. The Ethiopian confession (Acts 8:37).
  4. The three that bear witness (1 John 5:7-8).
  5. All of the above.

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