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50th day after Passover, where Jews celebrate of on their three main pilgrimages in Second Temple Judaism as a festival harvest
Christian celebration of the tongues of fire and descending of the HS
today, commemorates the fact that all people of all nations are in union with God |
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| What sorts of things did the followers of Jesus do? |
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prayed
taught
lived in community/shared all things
spoke in tongues
performed miracles
broke bread together |
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all stakeholders in the issue of Gentile vs. Jews and who can be Christians came together in Jerusalem
did Gentiles have to follow Mosaic Law?
Results: don't have to follow Torah or be circumcised, but they can't eat idol meat or have "unlawful marriages" or consume the meat of strangled animals and blood |
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| Why did Paul write 1 Thessalonians? |
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He was worried about them because they were being persecuted
Wrote as a response to affliction and a call to holiness |
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| What does 1 Thess tell us about the early Christian movement? |
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faith, hope, and love are the center
expectation for Jesus to return soon
social aspects of Christianity
a lot we wouldn't know if we just had this letter (no Eucharist, baptism, Church) |
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| Format of ancient letters |
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Author
Recipient
Grace and Peace
Thanksgiving
Body
Farewell |
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Mostly Gentile group
Roman citizens (Paul claims to be a Roman citizen) |
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| Who is Jesus, according to Paul? |
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humble
suffered
obedient even to death |
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| What is the gospel, according to Paul? |
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Jesus Christ raised from the dead, a descendant of David (Messiah)
Jesus Christ crucified and raised to the right hand of God |
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| Why did Paul write the Galatians a letter? |
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To tell them what salvation means
He was frustrated with them- skipped the thanksgiving part of the letter |
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Greek; faithfulness, loyalty, commitment, allegiance
response of commitment |
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| What are works of the law? |
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works of Torah
Sinai covenant- circumcision, not eating pork, not killing, etc. |
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| What does it mean to be saved by grace through faith, not works of the law? |
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you are saved when you believe, not when you are circumcised
God was not exclusive when he said who would be saved- "all nations will be blessed" to Abraham
Abram didn't even obey Torah, because there was no Torah until 430 years after his death |
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a free gift
divine initiative
God moving toward humans |
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| why is it necessary to understand the OT in order to understand the NT? |
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| there are a lot of references to the OT- as in passages and people (Hebrews mentions Moses and Psalms, for example) |
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| Who is Jesus, according to the letter to the Hebrews? |
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High priestly figure
greater than angels and Moses
equal in some ways to humans, as they are "brothers" |
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sex isn't bad
incest is bad
sex with a prostitute removes your from Christ
two people become one flesh as members of Christ |
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two senses of knowing- knowing facts and knowing people
knowing people is more important |
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first named Saul
born in Tarsus when Jesus was a teenager
Roman citizen but also Jewish
Jesus appeared to Paul on the road to Damascus |
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| Why did Paul write a letter to the Corinthians? |
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Christians were divided into factions
there was a debate over knowledge/wisdom
main claim: Christian churches should be unified for one purpose |
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| Why do 21st century readers need to remember that Jesus was a Jew? |
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helps warn against anti-Semetic claims
need to know OT/Jewish scriptures |
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| Why is it hard to translate IOUDAIOS? |
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this could mean a Jewish person or a Judean, but you can only pick one
today, we have names for the Jewish geography, ethnicity, and religion, while before there was only one |
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scattering
refers to the Jews scattered throughout Egypt and Asia minor after the Babylonian conquest |
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| what does it mean to be a Second Temple Jew? |
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515 BC-70 AD
followed Torah
lived in Judea |
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| What varieties of Judaism existed in the Second Temple period? |
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Sadducees
Pharisees
Essenes
Zealots |
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| what does the word "disciple" mean? |
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