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Bib Lit 2 Final
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 722 BC | When Assyria conquers Israel and deports Jewish leaders randomly around the Empire |
| 586 | the destruction of Jerusalem by Nebby; Captivity of the Jews |
| 538 | Cyrus decrees the return of the exiles |
| 520-515 | Rebuilding the the Temple |
| 336-323 | Reign of Alexander the Great |
| Bucephalus | Alex the Greats Horse |
| 320-198 | Years of the Ptolomies' reign |
| 198-166 | When the Seleucids defeat the Ptolemies and Hellenism is emforced |
| 166 | the cleansing of the Temple led by Judas Maccabeus |
| 63 | Rome takes over Judea under Pompey |
| 4 BC | Herod dies and Judea is divided amongst his sons |
| 70 AD | Destruction of Jerusalem, only the pharisees survive |
| Septuagint (LXX) | the most important Greek translation of the OT (oldest and most quoted) |
| Papyrus | a plant from Egypt that was uses as a writing material (for scrolls of the NT) |
| P 52 | the earliest fragment of a NT document - contains fragments of John |
| Nebuchadnezzar | Babylonian king who invaded Judah and exiled the Jews |
| Cyrus | Persian King who allowed the Jews to return from exile |
| Effect of Alex the Great's Rule | Growth of Greek culture / language / Hellenism / Religion (polytheism); growth of trade and large cities |
| Judas Maccabeus | the one who led the revolt to cleanse the Temple (a Hasmonean) |
| Antiochus Epiphanes IV | the Seleucid king who ordered the Abomination of Desolation |
| Exegesis | explanation - meaning of a text in its original context |
| Hermeneutics | study of how to interpret literature |
| Context | situation and circumstances surrounding the writing text |
| contextualize | putting a foreign idea in a new location in fresh language without losing the original meaning |
| Theology | the study of God |
| Christology | study of Christ |
| Pneumatology | Study of the Holy Spirit |
| Eschatology | Study of the End times |
| Ecclesiology | Study of the Church |
| Semantics | the study of the meaning of words |
| Pompey | the Roman General / Consul who conquered Jerusalem in 63 BC |
| Liturgy | the structure of a church service (style of worship) |
| Hellenism | diffusion of Greek-style culture (blending) |
| Matthias | Patriarch of the Hasmonean family who began the rebellion against the Seleucids (his descendant was Juddas MaccabeUs) |
| Jonathan Maccabeus | Judas' brother who appointed himself as high priest and led to the split of the jews - Pharisees vs. Essenes |
| Josephus | an early Jewish historian - important for understanding of the Jewish world |
| Sandhedrine | the Supreme court of Jewish leaders (both Sadducees and Pharisees) |
| Augustus | the first emperor of the Roman Empire and ruled during Jesus' time |
| Synoptic Gospels | all of them except John - all contain the same basic outlines |
| Q | "Source"; the hundreds of verses that are shared by Matthew and Luke's gospels |
| The Abomination of Desolation | when Antiochus put the picture of Zeus over the altar in the Temple, making it unclean |
| Pontius Pilate | the Roman Prefect who ordered the crucifixion of Jesus |
| The Great Trilemma | Question of evil - Is God really impotent? Is God really malevolent? Is God both willing and able to defeat evil? |
| Results of Roman Rule | Roads, Increased Taxes, Judicial System |
| Zerubbabel | Jewish gov. appointed to rebuild the temple after the return from exile |
| The Dead Sea Scrolls | Documents discovered in the Qumran caves that include almost all OT books |
| numismatics | the study of coins |
| Synagogue Liturgy | Shema, singing, prayer, scripture, sermon, benediction |
| Apologetics | discipline of defending an argument |
| Samaritans | mixed breed population that lived in Israel after the Assyrian invasion (Am Ha Aretz); later hated by the Hews |
| Pharisees | party of jews that focused on tradition and law (believed in resurrection) |
| Sadducees | Smaller party of Jews that was committed to the temple and only believed in the Torah |
| Essenes | Pious party of Jews who were extremely legalistic and had rigorous rules |
| Zealots | Jews who violently resisted Roman occupation during Jesus' time |
| Diaspora | Exile |
| Exposition | application of a passage to everyday life |
| Canon | the standard; the official collection of scripture |
| Messianic Secret | phrase that references Jesus' command to not proclaim his messianic identity to the public |
| Theophilus | The recipient of Luke and Acts |
| The Pastoral Epistles | those that give instructions to pastors on how to shepherd their flocks (Timothy and Titus) |
| Amanuensis | a literary assistant who writes down or copies manuscripts (a secretary) |
| apostacy | falling away from the faith (denial of central truth) - discussed in Hebrews |
| Context of Corinthians | division in the church over leadership, spiritual gifts, resurrection of the dead, etc. |
| Premillenialism | Jesus will return before the 1000 yr period when saints will govern |
| new covenant | the promise of the result of Christ's death that God will write his law upon our hearts, God will forgive sins |
| Pseudepigrapha | "false writings" |
| autographs | original documents of the Bible |
| sanctification | the process of the HS in transforming a believer's heart to be oriented to holy desires |
| The primary focus of Jesus' teaching | The Kingdom of God |
| Proselyte | a convert of Judaism from Paganism |
| Preterist Interpretation | Revelation is best understood in light of the past suffering of Christians under Roman oppression |
| Melchizedek | a high priest discussed in Hebrews |
| Parousia | Greek term meaning "second coming" |
| Postmillennialism | the perspective that Jesus will return after 1000 yrs - we are currently living in that age where things are gradually getting better |
| Text criticism | an attempt to reconstruct the history of the passing of the Bible through the ages - also to reconstruct the original autographs of the Bible from existing fragments |
| apocalypse | divine revelation of heavenly realities that could not be discerned by the human mind |
| Tertius | Paul's secretary who wrote down Romans |
| Features of Apocalyptic Literature | Symbolic language, encourages God's persecuted people, all of history in perspective, anticipates climactic ending to history, cosmic / supernatural characters, divine revelation, anticiptates afterlife |
| The Prison Epistles | Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, Philemon |
| Artemis | Patron deity of Ephesus |
| Archegos | "trailblazer" / "warrior" - Jesus in Hebrews |
| The Christological Hymn | found in Philippians 2; declaration of who Jesus is |
| Patmos | the island where John received Revelation |
| Qumran | where the dead sea Scrolls were found |
| The Shaliach Principle | the concept that the person who is sent beard the authority of the sender (the apostles) |
| Apostle | a messenger sent by Christ |
| Exegetical Pyramid | B, H, G, L, C, S, R, M, M, M |
| Messiah | "anointed one" in Hebrew |
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