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