Calendar: 1876-1877 Page 533

THEOLOGICAL DEPARTMENT 533 Trace the life of St Mark as shewing the probable sources of his information and his object in writing What light is thrown on the latter by his mention of Alexander and Rufus Collect from the rest of the New Testament evidence as to the general acceptance of an oral teaching as to the facts re- corded in the Gospels What evidence is there as to the existence at that time of any written record Trace the influence of St Luke's medical knowledge on his own writings and on those of St Paul giving examples of the more prominent words and phrases To what extent and in what way do the Acts of the Apostles strengthen the claims of St Luke's Gospel to the character of contemporary narrative State and examine the chief objections to the authenticity of St John's Gospel What are the chief points of evidence external and internal in its favour Where when and with what purpose is it probable that St John wrote his Gospel How far do the answers to these questions explain its chief characteristics What objections have been urged by the author of Super- natural Religion to the testimony of Justin to the Gospel narratives What answers may be given to these objections VI-Ei autj 0ri£rtl trtion Give brief history of the English Versions of the Bible before 1611 and in particular of the Geneva and the Bishops Bible Give examples of passages in the New Testament in which the meaning is obscured by the use of words in sense more or less obsolete Give examples of the various shades of meaning in xplveiv and its compounds and note instances in which they are inadequately rendered in the English Version We have not tied ourselves to an uniformity of phrasinge or to an identity of words On what grounds do the translator of 1611 justify this rule of action What are the true limits of