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40 Cards in this Set
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what is the NT?
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1. Collection of early Christian writings.
2. a portion of christian scripture |
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4 classifications of NT books
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gospels
history letters (pauline and general epistles) apocalypse |
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2 original languages
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greek & koine (common greek)
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life of jesus
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6 BC - 30 AD
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general 3 order of writing
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paul's letters, gospels (and acts), general epistles & revelation.
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earliest book and date
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1 thess c 50
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latest book
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2 peter 150
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main stages of canonization
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1. Paul's letters being collected.
2. Marcion's canon 3. Four gospels gathered 4. basic canon emerging |
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what all's in marcion's canon?
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luke and 10 letters of paul
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what's the big deal about athanasius?
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earliest list of final 27 books
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what's the deal with the muratorian canon?
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omits several general epistles
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3 main steps of interpreting the NT
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1. What's the passage say?
2. What did the passage mean? 3. What does the passage mean? |
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what does textual criticism do?
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determines original Greek wording of a text. Compares manuscripts and decides which reading is more likely original.
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what's exegesis
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finding what DID the passage mean
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what's literary-historical criticism?
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examines authorship, date, place, purpose, sources, cultural influences, etc - to shed light on original meaning of a nt text
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hermeneutics definition
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the study of the principles of interpretation concerning the books of the Bible
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what is bible commentary
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running explanation of biblical text
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what's biblical concordance
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finding all occurences of a given word
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babylonian period of jewish history
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jerusalem fell; temple destroyed; exile; babylonian captivity
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perion period of jewish history
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restoration. temple rebuilt
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hellenistic (greek) period of jewish history
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greek influence. Persecution by antiochus IV epiphanes
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Maccabean / Hasmonean period of jewish history
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maccabean revolt won jewish independence. Hasmonean dynasty provoked jewish factionalism
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roman period of jewish history
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whole lot of stuff. just know that it was a period
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period augustus and the pax romana was in
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27 BC
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Herod the great
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"Brutal tyrant. "King of the Jews"
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who was Philip?
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Son of Herod the Great
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who was archelaus?
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Son of Herod the Great
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who were procurators?
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like prefects of rome
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when was the jewish war?
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66-70 AD
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what happened at 70 AD?
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Jerusalem fell. temple destroyed.
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who was josephus?
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jewish historian
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Council of Jamnia
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banned christians from synagogue. Reorganized judaism around scripture, tradition, and synagogue.
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who is simon bar kochba
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alleged "messiah" in 2nd jewish revolt
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3 parts of hebrew bible
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torah, prophets, writings
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what's eschatology mean
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doctrine of "last things"
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what's "messiah" mean?
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hebrew for "annointed one"
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who were the sadducees?
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chief priests, wealthy aristocrats. Rejected oral law
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who were the pharisees?
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middle class merchants. Devoted to oral and written law. Felt JC was too lenient
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Essenes
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people who were at Qumran
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zelalots
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militant revolutionaries
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