New Testament Exam 1 Questions And Terms

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The NT has been structured into letters and prophecy and:

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narrative materials

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The NT is written in Koine, a form of the ______________ language:

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Greek

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The methodology which allows us to reconstruct the original reading of the Greek Testament with confidence is known as:

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textual criticism

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The study of the "world within the text" includes:

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identifying genre of the text

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All of the following are illustrations of Jesus' teaching methods, except:

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Diatribe

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An original handwritten NT document can be found

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nowhere known to us

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Which of the following word comes form the word "reed" or "stalk" and came to be associated with a standard measuring stick?

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canon

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All of the following are illustrations of early biblical manuscripts except:

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Codex Marcionanus

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Which of the following were the primary criteria for books being admitted to the NT Canon?

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Consensus and use

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In biblical times the circumstances of a person's social strata, economic resources, education and standing in the community are best understood in light of the culture of:

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Honor-shame

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The following events are in the correct chronological order:

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Alexander the Great, Seleucids, Antiochus IV Epiphanes, Maccabees

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The following Jewish group is noted for their fanatical defense of Judea

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Zealots

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The masses of people, mostly peasants who supported no particular religious party:

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people of the land

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Under the leadership of the ____________, the Jews were able to drive out the Greek (Seleucid) rulers and establish an independent Jewish state.

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Maccabeans

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All of these names are associated with the Intertestamental period of Jewish history except

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Vespasian & Domitian

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The __________ established a sectarian community at Qumran and identified themselves as the true Israel.

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Essenes

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The ____________ receive credit for the recovery of Judaism after the destruction of the temple in 70 AD

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Pharisees

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The Law of Moses, or the __________ was central to Jewish life in the intertestamental period.

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Torah

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The Qumran community, a part of the Essenes are responsible for the ___________, a collection of writings which include a description of their community life.

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Dead Sea scrolls

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Narrative

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story literature. includes the gospels and Acts

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Gospels

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Matthew, Mark, Luke, John. They each create a unique portrait of the life and the meaning of Jesus.

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Prophecy

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Revelations. Calls for God's people to turn from their sinful and vacillating ways to lives of complete obedience to God, even if it cost them their lives

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Aramaic

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Common language of the Jews who lived in Palestine in Jesus' time

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Variants

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errors are called this since no original manuscript is known to survive of NT

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Papyrus

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ancient form of paper created by gluing together strips of the reedlike papyrus stalks. earliest copies of NT is recorded on this

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Parchment

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made of durable leather specially prepared for writing. OT was recorded on this by first century.

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Hermeneutics

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the study of how to read and interpret the NT

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Exegesis

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the study of a text to determine its meaning either in its historical context or in its literary context

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Herod the Great

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Had 30 years of cruel but stable rule. After his death a period of destabilization was created with the division of his kingdom to Archelaus, Antipas, and Phillip

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Pax Romana

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Roman peace

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Genre

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kinds of literature of the various books of the NT

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Form

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kinds of literature found in individual paragraphs in the NT

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Apocalyptic

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makes use of visions, symbols, and journeys through heaven to paint a picture of either God's coming judgment on the enemies of God's people or of God's coming salvation of His people

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Proverbs or wisdom sayings

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open ended sayings that require the listener to think through the fact that they can be applied in either a universal way or in many ways.

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Legal sayings

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sayings that pronounce the law of the kingdom or describe ministry principles

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Prophetic sayings

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sayings that announce the coming of either salvation or judgment

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Pronouncement stories

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Some of the sayings of jesus are so embedded in stories about Jesus that the story is necessary to get the point of the saying

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Parable

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expansion of a central figure of speech, usually either a simile or a metaphor

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Similitude

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(parable) extended simile

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Parable proper

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(parable) gives a specific person for a point of comparison and tells a story

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Example story

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(parable) clearly focuses on an expected response from the listener

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Allegory

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(parable) extended metaphors with several points of comparison

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List

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one of the common forms found in letters

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Household codes

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a list of rules for behavior

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Word chains

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list of concepts linked together in order to produce a movement towards a climax

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Diatribe

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common form used in Paul's letters. rhetorical questions that anticipate objections of the reader or listener and give voice to those objections

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Hymns

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literary form found in both letters and narratives of the NT. song

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Interpretive framework

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a person's presuppositions, beliefs, and attitudes constitute this