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61 Cards in this Set
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how many books in each religion's bible?
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OT-Prot/Jew: 39, Cath: 46, Eastern Orthodox: 47; NT- 27
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what were the 3 councils that decided the bible's books
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Hippo - accept OT for christians, Trent - add 7 books to OT, Carthage - NT
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what is the septuagint
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early christian adoption and translation of the hebrew bible (OT)
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what are the criteria for canonicity
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apostolic authority, antiquity, orthodoxy, catholicity, traditional use, inspiration, other issues
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What did Acts get wrong about Paul's life?
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doesn't mention his money collection for the church in Jerusalem, no mention of letters or Arabia
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what was Paul's background
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Jewish, from a family of Pharisees, tradesman, educated, small, poor orator
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what is the form of Paul's letters called
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hellenistic epistolary convention
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what parts made up Paul's letters
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opening greeting, thanksgiving, body, parenesis, closing
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how many letters of paul's are in the bible? how many are we sure he wrote?
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13, 7
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what does parousia refer to
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mainly to the second coming of christ; means presence, arrival, or official visit
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what does skeus mean
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vessel, wine jar, wife, reproductive organs
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eschatology means
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study of final days, what the end of the world will be like
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what is hellenism
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scholars differ as to time frame; Greek culture
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who was Alexander the Great, what major thing did he do
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military strategist, conquerer of nations; hellenization program - Greek cities, cultural elements, gods, currency, language
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who were the tobiads in palestine
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influential, wealthy,
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who were the zadokites in palestine
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control of the temple, became the sadducees, priests, control sacrifice
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who were the hasidim in palestine
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pious ones, became pharisees, "separated ones", follow torah, rabbi
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who were the essenes
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broke away from hasidim
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what did antiochus IV epiphanes do?
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got mad when they celebrated his death; forbade Judaism, circumcision, Sabbath observance, sacrifice, feasts, destroyed copies of torah, took down walls of jerusalem, made pagan altars
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who lead the Maccabean revolt
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Mattathias, later his son Judas Maccabeas
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what are the aprocrypha
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apocryphal books; extra books in the Catholic NT
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who was Herod the Great
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ruler of Palestine, had himself declared king, ruthless and brutal, killed 2 yr olds to kill Jesus
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describe the sadducees
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priestly, wealthy families of Judah, aristocratic party (influential leaders), embraced Hellenism, protected role of temple and sacrifices, side against Rome in Jewish war
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describe the pharisees
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scribes, lay teachers and experts in law, accept torah and oral law, study of bible, synagogues, preserved Hebrew bible canon
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when was the Jewish war in relation to the bible
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after Jesus' death and Paul's letters, before gospels
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what were the results of the jewish war
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jews lose to romans, jerusalem destroyed, wailing wall left, sadducees wiped out
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what was the siege of massada?
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one hold out, essenes?, romans built a ramp, mass suicide
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what is ecclesiology
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study of the christian church
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what are the pastoral epistles
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3 letters written by Paul to Timothy (1&2) and Titus
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what is koine greek
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normal person greek - not literary
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who was Mark's audience
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gentile chrisitans, based in rome, syria, or palestine
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euangelion means
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good message, gospel
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3 points in the purpose of mark's gospel
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christology - explain who jesus is, messianic secret - explains why jews didn't believe, discipleship - nature of suffering
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chronological structure of mark's gospel
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opening events, jesus in galilee, journey to jerusalem, last week, resurrection
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messiah means
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christ in greek, anointed one
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pivot pt of marks gospel?
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peters confession that jesus is the messiah
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messianic secret is who's? describe
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mark's; true but hidden identity as the messiah - reader knows it but disciples don't
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what were the different hopes for a messiah
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royal, priestly, son of man, suffering servant, new moses
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what is midrash
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how they argued; elaborated on stories; Mt did this w/ Mark?
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diaspora
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people moving away from their homeland
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hermeneutics
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process of biblical interpretation; principles of how one approaches a text
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exegesis
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critical explanation/interpretation of a text; to lead out, explain, interpret; to explain what it meant to original author and audience; like hermeneutics
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eisegesis
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lead in to; want support for your opinion so you twist it
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3 steps in practice of exegesis
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observation, interpretation, application
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what are the synoptic gospels
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first 3 gospels; tell jesus' story, can be "seen" together
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what is triple tradition
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can be seen in all 3 synoptic gospels
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double tradition
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material common to mt and lk but not mark (assume they copied him, he omitted it, they got it elsewhere)
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single tradition
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found in mt or lk (mark is always triple)
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what is the synoptic problem
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what is the literary relationship b/t the 3? which came first, who used whom?
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what is the proposed solution to the synoptic problem
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markan priority
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what are the arguments for the markan priority
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length, grammar, difficult readings, verbal agreements, order, theology, redaction
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christology
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study of nature and person of jesus christ
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what is Q
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the sayings gospel, source used independently by mt and lk in writing their gospels, collection of sayings of jesus'
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what is the two document hypothesis
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assumes there are two different sources for mt and lk; both used mk and Q and each had another separate source
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describe Q
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sayings of jesus grouped topically, not Christian, more primitive theological reflection
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describe the chiastic structure of lk
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each line has a parallel w/ another line that brings you to the center
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how does luke divide history?
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israel, jesus, church - connected w/ john the baptist and the hs
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what two groups does john specify as being against his audience
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"the world" "the jews"
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who were the crypto-christians
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remained in synagogue, didn't publicly admit belief in jesus
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kerygma means
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good news
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what are the modes of discovery (criteria)
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dissimilarity/distinctiveness, multiple attestation, embarrassment, rejection and execution (top four), consistency/coherence, historical presumption, environment/aramaisms, distinctive form
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