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26 Cards in this Set
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Hebrews is the only epistle in the New Testament that is truly _______________?
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Anonymous
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Who did Clement of Alexandria believe the author was?
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Paul
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Who did Clement believe translated the book?
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Luke
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Who did Origen believe wrote it?
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The thoughts were Paul's but the composition was someone else
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Who did Tertullian believe wrote it?
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Barnabas
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Who did Luther believe wrote it?
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Apollos
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Who did William Ramsay believe wrote it?
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Philip the evangelist
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Who did Adolf Harnack believe wrote it?
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Aquila and Priscilla
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What is the earliest external reference for dating?
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Clement of Rome in his commentary, "Epistle to the Corinthians" dated 96 AD
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What do internal references to the Jewish sacrificial system indicate?
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a date prior to the destruction of the Jerusalem temple by Titus in 70 AD
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Who do the recipients seem to be?
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second-generation Christians who have been believers for a considerable period of time
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What is the most likely date?
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65 AD
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Who does the book identify as its recipients?
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It doesn't
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What is assumed by this book?
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great familiarity with the Jewish sacrificial system
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A minority of the recipients were not yet Christians and were in danger of rejecting Christ's sacrifice in favor of what?
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their traditions
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What is the location?
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It's unknown
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What locations have been suggested
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1) Jerusalem
2) Rome 3) Alexandria 4) Caesarea 5) Antioch 6) Ephesus |
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What does the author call the work?
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a word of exhortation
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What is a word of exhortation?
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a form of sermon used in synagogue worship
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Hebrews is a Jewish-Christian __________?
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Midrash
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What is a Jewish-Christian midrash?
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an exposition of Old Testament passages
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What is the theme of Hebrews?
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Jesus our great High Priest
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Jesus is proved to be better than:
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1) the prophets
2) the angelic beings 3) Moses 4) Aaron 5) Joshua 6) the Levitical priests |
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What is a characteristic phrase of Hebrews?
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"better than"
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Jesus and his new order are contrasted with what?
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all that has gone before Him
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What is the purpose in writing the epistle?
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to call the readers to move toward Christian maturity
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