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How many synoptic gospels are in the New Testament? |
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Not all 4. |
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What does the Greek word EUANGGELION mean? |
Good news |
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What does the word GOSPEL mean? |
Good news |
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Textual criticism is interested in finding the exact wording of a text. Certain "rules" help text critics do this. What "rule" does the Latin phrase LECTIO BREVIOR PRAEFERENDA EST refer to? |
The shortest is preferred. |
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Which gospel is thought to have been written first, based on the "rule" LECTIO BREVIOR PRAEFERENDA EST? |
Mark |
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Justin's Apology first upon the term "gospel" to Matthew Mark Luke and John and what year? |
165 AD |
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In Greco Roman Society persons perceive themselves to be "like" one another. This likeness, or what made persons family with one another, we called ________. |
Kinship |
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How many gospel manuscripts are there? |
40 |
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Do you want letter abbreviation Q refers to the German word QUELLE which means: |
Source |
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The suggested solution to the synoptic problem is the hypothesis known as the: |
2 or 4 source hypothesis |
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Each gospel seems to know of this major event in the history of Judaism occurring in 70 AD. What is this major event? |
The destruction of the temple. |
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This literary device in Marks gospel ssumes that the reader cannot know who Jesus is until after the crucifixion. As a result, Mark places Jesus in the position of telling persons to keep quiet about his miraculous deeds. What is this called in Marks gospel? |
Messianic secret |
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In Marks gospel, Jesus is referred to as the Son of God. What does this mean? |
He obeys God. |
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The story of Christ, or an understanding of "Who is Jesus?" is called: |
Christology |
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In Mark 1:40, and following, why does Jesus tell the man to go show himself to the priest after he's healed? |
To show the priest that Jesus could heal so he can get back into the society because the priest wasn't allowing him in there. |
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What image did early Christians associate with the Gospel of Mark? |
Lion |
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Mark's gospel is the shortest gospel. As far as age, Mark's length also suggests that it is the ________ gospel. |
First written |
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Matter in its proper place is called: |
Purity, pure |
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When was Mark's gospel written? |
66-67 AD |
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______ means anointed one or the person who has been anointed by god. |
Christ |
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___________ is the technique of assigning each letter a numerical value, possibly used in Matthews geneology. |
Gematria |
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The Roman method or relating to one another ("it's not what you know, it's who you know.") Is typically called the: |
Patron-client relationship |
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Name one woman mentioned in Matthew's geneology: |
Ruth, Rahab, Bathsheba |
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In the birth account in Matthew's Gospel, what my might Matthew be trying to do other than explain the genetic lineage of Jesus? |
Tell who was a follower of God and who he accepts into his family. |
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Each gospel seems to know of this major event in the history of Judaism occurring and 70 AD. What is this major event? |
Destruction of the temple |
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The number 14 is important in Matthew's genealogy of Jesus, because...
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it corresponds to the numerical value for the Hebrew name "David."
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In Mark's Gospel, rather than depict the disciples as models of discipleship (actually, they are often depicted as persons who are not very good at being disciples), Mark portrays ___________ as the true disciple of God, especially in reference to the story of the Syro-Phoenecian Woman. |
Jesus Christ |
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Which Herod ruled Galilee during the 1st century? |
Antipas |
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How many baskets of food were collected at the end of the feeding of the Five Thousand story in Mark? |
12 |
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How many baskets of food were collected at the end of the Feeding of the Four Thousand story in Mark? |
7 |
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Luke and ______ are considered to be books 1 and 2 in a two volume set. |
Acts |
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_______________ is the technique of assigning each letter of the alphabet a numerical value. |
Gematria |
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The genealogy in Matthew's Gospel is not about biology, it is about_____________. |
who was a follower of God and who was accepted into his family. |
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___________ was written by Tatian as an attempt to put the events of the life of Jesus in chronological order. |
Diatessaron |
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What does Theophilus mean? |
"lover of God" |
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Name one reason why Luke is thought to have been Gentile. |
Luke quoted Greek and Roman authors and he had knowledge of the geography of Palestine. |
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Other than Mary, name one woman mentioned in Matthew's genealogy. |
Bathsheba (as the wife of Uriah), Rahab, Ruth |
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Luke's profession is said to be this: |
Doctor/Physcian |
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In the birth account found in Luke's Gospel, why is the emperor mentioned at the beginning of the account? |
To contrast the emperor (political ruler) with Jesus (spiritual ruler). |
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In Matthew's Gospel, Jesus claims that only those who are evil ask for signs. Instead, the sign of ___________ has already been given. |
Jonah
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Sethianism is a pre-Christian form of Gnosticism. Gnosticism that took on a decidedly Christian "flavor" is known as __________. |
Valentinianism |
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One major difference between Gnostics Christianity and Christianity expresed in the Gospels is the Gnostic belief that the material world was bad. Specifically, they did not believe that Jesus was truly human. Thew belief that God becomes human in the New Testament is called the _______. |
incarnation |
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These persons, called _______, were hopelessly lost according to Gnostics. |
Hylics |
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What does "gnosis" mean? |
Knowledge |
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This is the only surviving Gnostic sect in the modern era: |
Mandeans |
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In gnosticism, the creator of the spirtual universe is called the: |
1st Principle |
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John's Gospel is divided into two books: the Book of ______ and the Book of _____. |
Book of Signs and the Book of Glory. |
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These persons, called ______, were said to have the "spark" of divine wisdom needed to return to the spiritual world. |
Pneumatics |
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The god who created the world was known to the gnostics as the _____. |
D'miurge |
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This branch of eschatology, expressed in John's Gospel, is the idea that the end is both now and still to come ___________. |
Realized eschatology |
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Sethianism is a pre-Christian form of Gnosticism. Gnosticism that took on a decidedly "Christian" flavor is known as: ________. |
Valentinianism |
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Gnostic texts often appear in this language, a combination of Greek and Egyptian Demotic: _________. |
Coptic |
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These persons, called ________ were hopelessly lost according to Gnostics. |
Hylics |
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What does gnosis mean? |
knowledge |
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This is the only surviving Gnostic sect in the modern era: _________. |
Mandaeans |
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Which Gnostic text contains the following, often controversial, line at the end of the teaxt: "Jesus said, 'Look, I shall guide her to make her make, so that she too may become a living spirit resembling two males.'" The text, itself, deals with issues concerning male and female equality. |
Gospel of Mary |
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In what Egyptian city were Gnostic texts discovered in 1945?
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Nag Hammadi |
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These persons, called ________, were said to have the 'spark' of divine wisdom needed to return to the spiritual world. |
pheumatics |
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The god who created the world was known to the Gnostics as the: |
D'Muirge |
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This Gnostic text emphasized "wisdom." It is part of a larger group of texts known as "sayings" gospels, and the author it is attributed to has part of his name, Didymus. What is this Gnostic gospel? |
Gospel of Thomas |
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