Religion Letters Of Paul 3130 Final

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To explian the oddities of Pauls letters (e.g. the dramatic shifts in mood, radical scholars argue that

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an editor rearranged Paul's letters after his death

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Scholars who do not want to resort to such "radical" explanations of the problems in Paul's letters argue that

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Pick all of the above (d) a. Paul dictated his letters under various kinds of pressure, b. sometimes fresh news arrived when the epistle was already complete, and c. Paul used complex rhetorical srategies to get people to adopt his viewpoints

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A major literary problem in 2 Corinthians is

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sometimes Paul drops a subject only to take it up later

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One factor that may help account for the oddity of 2 Corinthians is

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Paul had recently been through a shattering time of suffering during which he nearly died

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A major goal Paul had in writting 2 Corinthians was to get the Corinthians

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to contribute money for the collection he was taking to Jerusalem

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In 2 Corinthians Paul expresses pleasure that in response to 1 Corinthians the church

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disciplined someone whose behavior had offended Paul

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The super-apostles whom Paul attacks in 2 Corinthins apparantly

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expected to be paid and made a great deal of the fact that they were jewish

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Paul's critics pointed out was that he

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was a poor preacher

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Paul's critics also attacked him for

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having a visable physical problem

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In 2 Corinthians Paul claims that

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our weaknesses are finally a great blessing, because thay force us to rely on God's power

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Paul

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Continued to keep the Law himself when he was among Jews

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When Paul wrote, the Galatians were

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at least considering getting circumcised

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In Galatians Paul insists that he got his"gospel" directly from

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Christ

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In Galatians, Paul claims that the Old Testament Law

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is part of this fallen world from which Christ has now delivered us

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According to the instructor, the reason that some ancient copies of the Letter to the Romans lacked the final two chapters is because

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after Paul's death a copier tried to make the letter more universal by deleting material that referred only to specific situation Paul had been addressing

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According to the instructor, Paul wrote the letter to the Romans

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to get the Roman church to support his upcoming misions to Jerusalem and Spain

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Some people in Rome thought that Paul's preaching was

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hindering missionary efforts to convert Jews

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When Paul wrote to the Christains in Rome, they were divided into two groups which Paul labels as the

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"weak" and the "strong"

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According to the instructor, the theme of Romans is

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the gospel is for the Jew first and also for the Greek

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In Galatians Paul says that in the "new Isreal" (i.e., the church) there is neither

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Choose all of the above,
a. Jew or Greek, b. slave or free, c. male or female

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Paul argues that before the coming of Christ the Law

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caused sin to abound

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In Romans Paul says that everyone suffers because of the sin of

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Adam

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In Paul's writtings faith

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Choose all of the above a. is a special kind of trust that is a response to the faithfulness of God, b. includes elements of intellectual assent, such as Jesus died for our sis, c. necessarily leads to obedience

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In Romans, Paul

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claims that god will redeem the natural world

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Paul summarizes the requirements of the "Law" in the commandment to

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love your neighbor as yourself

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Paul claims that in this fallen world God's omnipotence is primarily visable in

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the fact that nothing can seperate us from God's love

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As defined by the instructor, "shame" is

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a sense of worthlessness due to rejection by the community for not living up to its standards

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According to the instructor, in the second half of Romans Paul is especially trying to win the support of

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Jewish Christians

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In Romans 9-11 Paul stresses that Gentile Christians cannot boast against the Jews because

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Gentile Christianity is based on Judaism

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Paul claims that ultimately

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all Jews will be saved

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Before Paul wrote Romans, the Roman governmet had

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expelled Jewish Christians from Rome

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The people Paul calls the "strong" in Romans were

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Gentile Christians who did not observe the Mosaic Law

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In Romas Paul stresses that Christians should

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pay their taxes

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In Romans 13 Paul states that

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all govenmanet authority is from God

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In Romans Paul claims that when the strong and the weak observe different religious customs

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neither group honors God, since the congregation is divided

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The closely related stories in the Old Testament of Lot and the men of Sodom and the outrage at Gibeah apparently concern

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homosexual rape

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Outside the letters of Paul, the new testament

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never explicitly mentions homosexuality

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Paul claims that homosexuality is caused by

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idolatry

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Liberal commentators who are anxious to argue that the Bible does not condemn homsexuality have claimed

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All of the above a.Paul had no knowledge of monogamous same-sex relationships between consenting adults, b. Paul does not claim homosexuality is sinful, only disgusting (i.e.disgusting to Jews) c. the Bible condems homosexuality primarily because of the Israelite desire for more offspring

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Paul in Romans insists that anything is in accordance with God's will if it

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expresses genuine love

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Radical critics have questioned whether

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the present letter consists of fragments assembled by an editor after Paul's death

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A major goal of Philippians is to get the congrgation to

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rejoice

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The letter tells us that Paul

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is in prison awaitng trial

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In Philippians Paul warns against

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Jewish Christians who want Gentiles to get circumcised

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A major problem in the Chursh at Philippi was

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an internal division due to competition between two powerful women

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Paul urges the Philippians to think about

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good things

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Both in ancient and modern times there has been vigorous debate over whether Paul believed that Jesus wasv

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devine

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According tot he instructor, the primary reason that Paul seems to say contradictory things about Jesus in different letters is

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Paul wrote his letters to get readers to make specific changes in behavoir, and he presented Christ as a model for the desired changes

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According to the instructor

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the Hymm teaches that Christ pre-existed before being born

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Philippians suggests that Paul's conviction that Jesus was divine came at least partly from

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Paul's experience of sharing in the suffering of Jesus and being conformed to him

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Throughout his life Paul was

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fanatical

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pseudonymity means

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False name

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An interesting fact about Colossae is that arounfd the time the epistle was written the city

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was devestated by an earthquake

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Colossians attacks a philosophy that apparently discussed

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the worship of angels

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In response to this philosophy ( the worship of angels) Colossian insists

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Only Christ is important because through him we have direct access to God

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Colossians and Ephesians stress that in the church

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there is a hierarchy

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The best ancient manuscripts of Ephesians do not contain

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"in Ephesus"

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Ephesians attempts to

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interpret Paul's historical significance

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Like Colossians Ephesians emphasizes

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the great spiritual mystery is God's plan to save everyone through Christ

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For Ephesians Paul's primary significance is

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he is a foundation for the institutional church

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Gnosticism taught that

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an incompetent being made the physical universe

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One way that the Orthodox eventually defeated gnosticism was by insisting on

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apostilic succession

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By the enbd of the first century when 2 peter was being written

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both the Gnostics and the orthodox were claiming tha Paul supported their viewpoints

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The Pastoral Epistles are the only letters that bear Paul's name that are addressed

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exclusively to an individual

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the Pastoral Epistles give advise on

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the appointment of Bishops

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The Pastoral Epistles attack false teachers who

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forbid marriage and spread myths

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The ethical values of the Patorals especially seem to reflect

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typical Roman ethics

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The Pastoral Epistles assume that the leaders of the church should come from

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the male heads of households

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The Pastorals place a great emphasis on the importance of

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conscience

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According to the instructor, the Pastorals provide New Testament justification for

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openess to the world