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78 Cards in this Set
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inspired
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God breathed
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inspiration
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involves the work of God in which He influenced and guided the human writers of the Bible so that what they wrote was the Word of God
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Jesus answered the question of authority by pointing to:
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1) The Old Testament (John 10:34-35)
2) His own teaching (Mark 13:31) 3) The teaching of His apostles (John 14:26) |
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Papyri Manuscripts
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written on papyrus
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Uncial Manuscripts
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capital letters
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Minuscule Manuscripts
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small or cursive letters
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Lectionaries
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scripture readings
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Rules for deciding between differences in manuscripts:
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1) the reading found in the oldest and most carefully copied manuscripts
2) the most difficult reading 3) the shortest reading (except for accidental omissions) |
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canon
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measuring stick
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Marcion
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helped the church realize the need for a decision about the NT
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Origen
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helped the church make a final decision about the NT
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textual critiques
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scholars who exam manuscripts to make educated decisions about what was originally written
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important question for the church about deciding if a book belonged in the NT
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was the book written by an apostle or an associate of an apostle
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-Erasmus
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-Textus Receptus
-critical text |
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John Wycliffe
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Bible from Latin to English
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William Tyndale
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Bible from Greek to English
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What's the best Bible?
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Used Bible
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Jewish People at the end of the OT
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Persian rule at the end of the OT
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Alexander the Great
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Greek Ruler who became master of the Middle East
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Hellenization
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The spread of Greek culture
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Ptolemies
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Tolerant. Egypt. Alexandria.
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Seleucids
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Harsh. Syria. Antioch.
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Antiochus Epiphanes
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cruel persecutor (Manifest of God)
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The Maccabean Revolt
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1) Religious Freedom
2) Rededicated Temple 3) Political Freedom for Israel |
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Mattathias
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Started Revolt
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Judas Maccabeus (The Hammer)
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Religious freedom
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Hanukkah
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Temple rededicated. 164B.C.
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Hasidim
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Religious Jews who resisted hellenization
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Simon Maccabeus
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political freedom. Political leader, the military commander, and the high priest.
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The Hasmonean dynasty
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internal strife and ambition for power
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Pompey
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Roman general. lost political freedom. 63B.C.
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Herod the Great
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Herod receives the wise men
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Herod Archelaus
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Herod helps Jesus move to Nazareth
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Herod Antipas
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Herod the fox wants to kill Jesus
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Herod Antipas
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Herod tries Jesus
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Herod Antipas
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Herod beheads John the Baptist
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Herod Agrippa I
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Herod executes James
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Herod Agrippa I
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Herod arrests Peter
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Herod Agrippa I
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Herod is struck down by an angel
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Herod Agrippa II
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Herod is almost persuaded by Paul
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Pontius Pilate
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quick to cave in
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Titus
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AD70. Temple Destroyed
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Masada
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Jews rebels. committed mass suicide.
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The School at Jamnia
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Where they studied the Law
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Bar Kochba
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AD135. Nation obliviated.
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-Pharisees
-Jesus said about them |
-oral traditions of the rabbis
-hypocrites: followed God's law outwardly but neglected the important parts of the law (heart) |
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scribes
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teachers who interpreted and taught the OT Law
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-Sadducees
-Jesus said about them |
-only accepted the authority of the law of Moses. rejected supernatural ideas.
-criticized them bc they did NOT understand the scriptures of the power of God |
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Great Sanhedrin
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governing council of Jewish leaders, headed by the high priest
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Essenes
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isolated themselves from society (Monks) Dead Sea Scrolls
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Zealots
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Jewish revolutionaries. any means including violence.
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Samaritans
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Ethnically Mixed. Would NOT worship in the temple in Jerusalem.
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people of the land
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common people in Israel
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Jews of the diaspora
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lived outside of the land of Israel. Philo of Alexandria
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synagogue
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center of Jewish life
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Jewish World: General Observations
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1) The Jewish people were devoted to one God and to His law.
2) Many Jews longed for a Messiah 3) Most Jews were influenced by Greek culture 4) Before the destruction of the temple, Judaism was diversed |
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old gods (not popular)
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no longer received real religious devotion from most of the people
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mystery religions
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1) a basic myth
2) public festivals 3) secret initiations and rites |
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asclepius
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popular god...of healing
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epicureanism
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pleasure is the chief good in life
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stoicism
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dutiful acceptance of one's fate
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cynicism
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emphasized personal freedom
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skepticism
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individual truth
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emperor worship
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patriotic duty
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gnosticism
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secret knowledge and passwords
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gentile proselytes
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full Jewish converts
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God-fearers
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Gentiles who practiced Judaism in part
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The Gentile World: General Observations
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1) People were ready for change
2) People cared about their personal destiny 3) People were becoming less ethnic and more universal in their religious beliefs 4) People saw little need to be devoted to just one god |
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The Septuagint (LXX)
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Greek...very literal translation.
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The Targums
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Aramaic...free paraphrase
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apocrypha
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included in copies of the septuagint
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pseudepigrapha
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assumed names of long-deceased OT figures
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apocalyptic literature
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describes end of age. the end of present history and the coming of God's kingdom. symbolic and visionary language.
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Dead Sea Scrolls
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1) they confirm the reliability of the OT text
2) They give us a picture of what life was like for one Jewish group at the time that Jesus and the apostles lived. |
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Mishnah
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tradition of the Jewish rabbis
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Talmud
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contains mishnah and gemara
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Josephus
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jewish historian. wrote about first jewish revolt.
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Philo
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Jewish philosopher. interpreting the OT allegorically.
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