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33 Cards in this Set
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What was the most DIRECT result of King Solomon's tax increase to fund the construction of the temple?
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The split into northern and southern kingdoms
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In the Hebrew Bible, the _____ includes the books of _______, ______, and _______.
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Torah; Genesis, Numbers, Deuteronomy
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The first Hebrew Patriarch was ____ and he was originally from the city of ____.
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Abraham; Ur.
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Which book? God speaks to Moses from a burning bush.
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Exodus.
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Which book? Moses dies before reaching Canaan.
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Deuteronomy.
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Which book? David aspires to build temple.
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Kings.
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Which book? Description of laws for Jewish people.
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Leviticus.
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What are essentials for Jewish belief?
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Belief in one God; Belief that God gave the laws to Moses.
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Contacts between Jews and the Hellenistic influence MOST DIRECTLY led first to which important course of action?
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The formation of Sadducees, Essenes, Zealots, and Pharisees.
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The ____ were the priestly class of Jews, the ____ focused on strict observation of Jewish laws and practices, the ___ were nationalistic, and the ___ withdrew from society and may be the authors of the Qumran scrolls.
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Sadducees, Pharisees, Essenes, Zealots
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Which is the best description of the Palestinian Talmud?
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Laws and commentary divided into the Mishnah and Gamera.
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In Jewish congregational prayer there should be a minimum of ____ persons present.
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10
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In Judaism, one what condition can a man divorce his wife after 10 years?
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If the wife can't bear children.
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The name "Abraham" literally means what?
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one who will multiply
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Of the gospels, ____ is non-synoptic, ____ is the oldest, and the author of ____ probably wrote Acts.
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John, Mark, Luke
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In the first 40 years after Jesus's death, who lead the Jewish-Christian church in Jerusalem?
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Jesus's relatives
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In Jesus' context, Jews anticipated the coming of a messiah. What characteristics did they expect?
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The messiah would be a political leader and the messiah would be a descendent of David.
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According to Paul, Jesus' death had what meanings?
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He died voluntarily to redeem his followers from punishment. His death atoned for all human sin. Because he died, his faithful followers will experience eternal life.
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which was the first of the early Christian Church Councils?
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Nicene
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Rome persecuted early Christians, but eventually Rome contributed greatly to Christianity. Which of the following is true?
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Constantine issued the Edict of Tolerance to stop persecution and support Christians. Christianity adopted the hierarchal structure of the Roman State.
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Who was the North African bishop credited for treating the body and sexuality with suspicion?
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Augustine
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The Eastern and the Western Christian church split
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1054 CE
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The theology behind the Inquisition was partly based on the teachings of ____ who felt that the heretics should be coerced to convert to Christianity for the sake of their own salvation.
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Augustine
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The response of the Roman Catholic church to the Protestant Reformation was expressed principally in
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the Council of Trent
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The event that mobilizes the first Christians to spread the good news was
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Pentecost
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When Jesus gathered followers he
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asked them to give up their material possessions and asked them to abandon their families
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Jesus practiced some radical ethics, for example:
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welcoming women as disciples, eating with people of all classes, and touching those considered unclean.
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That Jesus was unmarried could be a sign that:
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he may have been influenced be the Essenes
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The Two Great Commandments were
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love thy God and thy neighbor. the end is coming soon.
*already existing in the Hebrew scripture and an extension of existing Hebrew scripture |
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Excommunication from the Medieval Church
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was a threat to those who disagreed with the pope and meant cutting off the possibility for redemption
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The important principle of salvation by faith alone
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sola fides
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Martin Luther criticized the sale of _____ in his 95 Theses
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Indulgences
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Which of the following features are UNIQUE to Orthodox Christianity?
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Reverence of icons as "windows to the eternal"
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