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15 Cards in this Set
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The “__________________________” are the 7 letters of James, Peter, John, and Jude. Other than1 Jn & 1 Pet, these books were on the periphery of the NT canon and used less in the early church. |
Catholic Epistles |
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Hebrews is more like a sermon that ends like a letter. It has often been attributed Paul,but it is _____________. |
anonymous |
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The recipients seem to be second generation,Jewish-Christians who were persecuted and in danger of ___ |
apostasy |
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Hebrews emphasizes how the _____________________ in Christ is greater than the old covenantwhich was merely a “shadow” . |
new covenant |
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Hebrews makes stern _____________ against apostasy: “drifting away” , having a“hardened heart” (3:7-4:14), “falling away” (6:4-6), “sinning deliberately” (10:26-31), and“growing weary” |
warnings |
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James seems to be one of the __________________________ (Mk 6:3) who led Jewish-Christiansin Jerusalem (acc. to Acts) where he died as a martyr in AD 62 (acc. to Josephus). |
brothers of Jesus |
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Its genre is more like ______________________(cf. Prov, Eccles) than a letter (1:1) |
wisdom material |
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Regarding “__________________________” (2:14-26), James isoften compared/contrasted to Paul. |
faith and works |
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1 Peter is a sermonic letter to 5 provinces (= modern Turkey) addressing recipients who werebeing persecuted as “________________” |
christians |
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The kind of persecution faced can be seen in_______________________________________ around AD 112. |
Pliny’s letter to Trajan |
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2 Peter is an apocalyptic letter that functions as Peter’s __________________________, althoughthe authorship is greatly debated. |
farewell address |
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Much of the content of 2 Peter against false teachers is veryparallel to _____________. The letter addresses the issue of the ________________ of the day ofthe Lord |
Jude, delay |
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Besides using the OT for illustrations, Jude (vv. 6, 9, 14-15) also usesmaterial from _______________________________________. |
Jewish pseudepigrapha |
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1 John is more like a short sermon; 2 John is a brief letter to the “___________________”(= a church), and 3 John is a brief letter to Gaius |
elect lady |
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The “___________________________” in 1-2-3 Jn had evidently gone through a _____________ . The dissenting group are portrayed negatively and evidently denied Jesus’ humanity as did the _____________ later. |
Johannine community, split, Docetics |
