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ENT exam 1
New Testament exam 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| In Genesis 12, who does God promise to make into a great nation and to bless so that he would be a blessing? | Abram/Abraham |
| Once Israel is established in the land, they are punished for failing to follow God by being sent into ____________________ by the Babylonians | Slavery |
| Why is the New Testament important? | It makes the ultimate difference |
| What were the factors which caused the Early Church to begin the process of clearly stating which book were a part of the canon? | - Rise of heresy - Having to choose which books are to die for - Change from scrolls to codex allowed more text to be recorded |
| What does the term homologoumena mean? What were some examples of it? | Books that were universally accepted as a part of the cannon - Gospels - Acts - Hebrews - 1 Peter - 1 John - Revelation |
| What does the term antilegomena mean? What were some examples of it? | Books that were disputed, but were put in the cannon anyway - James - Jude 2&3 John 2 Peter |
| What were the criteria employed by the early church in determining whether or not a book was authoritative? Which factor was most important? | - Apostolic authorship - Continuous usage in the early church - Unity and agreement with the rest of scripture - Superintendence of the Holy Spirit |
| What are the four gospels? | Various angels of Christ' story. Matthew, Mark, Luke, John |
| What are the letters of Paul? | Letters written by paul to various people's and churches throughout his ministry |
| List the 27 books of the NT. | Gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke, John) Acts Pauline epistles (Romans, 1&2 Corinthiams, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, 1&2 Thessalonians, 1&Timothy, Titus, Philemon. Hebrews General Epistles: James, 1&2 Peter, 1-3 John, Jude, Revelation |
| Know what the meaning of codes for the numbers used by John in Revelation. | - 12, Wholeness - 10, Complete number - 7, Divine number - 6, extreme evil - 5, penalty - 4, world - 2, witnessing - Fractions, incompleteness |
| Know what the meaning of codes for the colors used by John in Revelaiton | Pale Green - Death Dark Green - Life White - purity or Conquering Red - Warfare Black - Famine Gold - Worth of value Bronze - strength Scarlet - sin |
| Know what the meaning of animals used by John in Revelation | Frog -Vilest animal Eagle - Brings bad news Beasts - evil people Beast from the sea - Caesar and his political power Sea serpent - devil Seven horned lamb - Jesus described having divine power & sight Lion - wild creatures Ox - domesticated animals |
| List the four features of apocalyptic literature. | Eschatological, Dualistic, Evidences of Rigid determinism, Symbolic |
| What are the four schools of interpretation of the book of Revelation? | Historicist, Preterits, Idealist, Futurist |
| List the theological emphases of Revelation | Doctrine of God, Futility of Satan, Christology, Cosmic war, Theodicy, Perseverance of saints, worship |
| What are the main sources that can be used in our investigation of Palestine in the days of Jesus | OT, Second-Temple Judaism |
| List the sources from Second-Temple Judaism that we can employ in our investigation of 1st century Palestine | Books of the Maccabees, Josephus, dead sea scrolls, apocrypha, Mishnah |
| What were the problems that the Jews returning from the Exile faced when they arrived in Palestine? | Few returned, the Glory of God did not descend upon the temple, still under Perisa's rule. |
| Who was the great leader who established the power of the Greeks and began the process of spreading Hellenism throughout his kingdom? | Alexander the Great |
| What pagan god did Antiochus demand that the Jews worship in the Jerusalem Temple? | zeus |
| What are the books of the Maccabees? | Stories about Jesus, first is most credible |
| Who was Antiochus IV? What did he do that caused the Maccabees to begin a revolution? | Said only zeus could be worshiped in the Jewish temple |
| Who began the revolt against Antiochus IV? | Mattathias |
| Who was Judas Maccabeus? | After his father, Mattathais died, Judas took over the rebellion and cleansed the temple |
| How did Eleazar die? | crushed by an elephant |
| Who was Alexander Janneus? | Ended the Hasmonean dynasty |
| What 2 things was Herod known for? | Insecurity and building great structures |
| What is Herod most well know for building ( 1 of the 7 world wonders) | Jerusalem temple |
| Who was Herod’s favorite wife? | Mariamne |
| Who was Herod Antipas? Who did he have killed? | His wife, several sons, any opposition |
| Who were the Pharisees? What were their basic beliefs? | Interpreted the Torah into everyday laws Largest group Shining stars of the Jews |
| Who were the Sadducees? What were their basic beliefs? | They controlled the Sahedren, chief priest, temple. Rejected the oral traditions of the Pharisees |
| Who were the Essenes? What were their basic beliefs? | Very radical belief system and strict laws Withdrew from the tipple to lead their own lives Believed they would eventually lead the temple No private property |
| What were the four main symbols of Judaism? | Temple of the land, Promise land, Torah, Racial identity |
| What were the four main practices of Judaism? | Worship, Festivals, study/learning, Scriptures |
| What was the anchor of the Jewish worldview? | Monotheism, Election, Covenant and Eschatology, Covenant, Redemption, and forgiveness. |
| What is monotheism? Describe the various elements of monotheism. | Creational -- one God made the whole world Providential -- God is active in the affairs or humanity Covenantal -- The promise God made with Abraham will come true |
| How are the Gospels like ancient biographies? How are the Gospels different from ancient biographies? | Ancient Bios are written about dead people (Jesus ain't dead!) Bios are about entire lives, Christ's history is to big to be written |
| Why did take so long for the Gospels to be written down? | Belief that Jesus was returning very soon Eyewitnesses were present to tell the story Oral traditions are more sacred and common in Judaism |
| Why must there be a literary relationship between the Gospels? | Agreements in the Gospels are to similar for oral traditions Unusually accurate agreements between the Gospels Luke says there were written sources |
| List the reasons presented in class which support the claim that Mark was the first Gospel written. | - Is the shortest - longest stories - grammar is worse - obvious theology mistakes - more primitive theology |
| What is Q? | an unknown source that Mark drew from |
| What does Luke say about the process that he used in compiling his Gospel in Luke 1:1-4? What does that tell us about how we should go about interpreting them? | He did thorough research before writing. That we should be careful and analyzing when we read the Bible |
| Describe the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd sitz-im-leben. | 1 -- LIfe of Jesus 2-- Life of the church in oral history period 3 -- LIfe of evangelist |
| Describe the practice of Form Criticism. What receives the focus of the investigation: the story or the work of the Evangelist? | Form criticism isolates the information itself and analyzes the information |
| What were the presuppositions of Form Criticism? | - Period of Oral tradition - Narratives circulated as single self contained units - Units can be classified according to form - Reason for preservation from community issues |
| What is the purpose of Redaction Criticism? | analyzing what the author of the text meant to convey through the way he wrote |
| What are the steps in the process of the Evangelist, according to the redaction critics? | Choose what to use Arrange the materials in the order he wants, modify the story, Create new material not found in other books |
| Why is it easier to do redaction criticism on Matthew and Luke than Mark? | Because Mark came first and Matt. and Luke didn't make the same mistakes in writing that mark did |
| List two positive contributions of Redaction Criticism. | Focuses on the meaning of the text -- Focuses on th wholeness of the gospels |
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