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| Number of silent years between Malachi and Matthew |
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| The silent years, approximately 400, between Malachi and Matthew. |
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| Who was in power at the end of the New Testament? |
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| When did the Persian Empire fall? |
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| During what years did the Grecian Empire rule? |
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| Who was the leader of the Grecian Empire, whose conquests allowed the Grecian Empire to expand and become the dominating world power of the time? |
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| Which two generals fought to control Palestine from the time after Alexander the Great's death until 167 B.C.? |
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| Which former Grecian general formed a dynasty in Egypt? |
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| Which former Grecian general formed a dynasty in Syria? |
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| During what years did the Jews struggle for national independence? |
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| Who was in power when the Jews were fighting for independence? |
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| Who were the Jewish Priest-Kings who rules Pa;estine after the Maccabees? |
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| The term Asmonaeans is derived from a Hebrew word which means what? |
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| When did the Asmonaeans rule? |
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| When did Pompey the Great (of Rome) conquer Palestine, thus beginning the domination of the Jewish people by Rome? |
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| When did Augustus Caesar overthrow Marc Antony to gain control of the Roman Empire? |
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| Where did Augustus Caesar and Marc Antony battle? |
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| Augustus Caesar granted Herod the Great permission to be Governor over what areas of the Roman Empire? |
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| Judea, Samaria, Galilee, Perea, and Idumea. |
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| Name the three world powers who had control of Palestine during the Inter-Testament period. |
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| Medo-Persians, Greeks, Romans |
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True or False...
Rome is in power when the Gospel story begins. |
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| How many members of the Herodian family are mentioned in the New Testament? |
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| Ordained by God in the time of Moses |
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| After return from Babylonian captivity, civil power of the State passed into their hands |
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| princes of the realm and also ministers of religion, very carnal in spirit |
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| A type of priest descendant from Levi |
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| In charge of the tabernacle and its services. |
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| students, interpreters, and teachers of the Old Testament Scriptures |
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| were calles "separatists" because they separated themselves from the ambitious political party in the nation. |
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| conservative and fundamentalists, but their religious orthodoxy was barren |
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| aristocratic political party among the Jews. |
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| denied the existence of spirits, the resurrection, and immortality of the soul. |
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| came into power as a political party during the time of the Maccabees and disappeared after the fall of the Jewish nation in A.D. 70 |
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| political party which derived authority from Rome and supported the reign of the family of Herod |
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| political party in northern Palestine, followers of Judas of Galilee who rebelled against foreign domination, and violently rebelled against Pilate |
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| mixed race of people who feared the Lord but served their own gods |
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| feuded with the Jews because they offered to help rebuild the temple and were turned down |
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| the conservatives and fundamentalists of the day |
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| regarded Christ as a revolutionary character |
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| the "modernists" of Jesus' day |
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| political fanatics who followed Judas of Galilee |
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| mixed race at enmity with the Jews |
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True or False:
The Roman Empire was in power at the end of the Old Testament. |
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| False (The Persians were in power) |
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True or False:
There are twenty-four members of the Herodian family mentioned in the New Testament |
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| False (there are only 11 mentioned) |
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| conquered Palestine for the Romans |
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| the year of Jewish national independence |
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| comes from the Latin Novum Testamentum |
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| a last will, or testament |
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| a record of the character and establishment of a new dealing of God with man through Christ |
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| In the New Testament, God sets forth the terms which man can ____, or _____, but cannot _____. |
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| number of books in the New Testament |
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| How many authors were there which contributed to the New Testament? |
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| 9 different authors, unless Pul is counted as the writer of Hebrews and then there are 8 different authors. |
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| From approximately what year to what year were the books of the New Testament written? |
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| three ways the content of the New Testament may be classified |
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| literary character, authors, and periods |
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| What are the 4 divisions of literary character for books in the New Testament? |
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| historical, doctrinal, personal, and prophetic |
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| Which books are classified as historical? |
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| Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts |
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| Which books are classified as doctrinal? |
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| Romans, 1 and 2 Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, 1 and 2 Thessalonians, Hebrews, James, 1 and 2 Peter, Jude, and 1 John |
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| Why are Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, and Acts considered historical? |
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| Why are Romans, 1 and 2 Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, 1 and 2 Thessalonians, Hebrews, James, 1 and 2 Peter, Jude, and 1 John considered doctrinal? |
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| They were written as letters to churches for the purpose of instructing them in the elements of Christian belief and in the practice of Christian ethics. |
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| Which books are classified as personal? |
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| 1 and 2 Timothy, Titus, Philemon, 2 and 3 John |
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| Why are 1 and 2 Timothy, Titus, Philemon, 2 and 3 John considered personal? |
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| They were written as personal letters to individuals and were intended for private instruction and counsel. |
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| What book is classified prophetic? |
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| Why is Revelation considered prophetic? |
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| It purports to deal with the future as well as the rpesent. |
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| Who wrote 1 and 2 Timothy? |
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| We are not certain, but there are many who believe Paul may have written this book. |
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| Who wrote 1 and 2 Corinthians? |
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| Who wrote 1 and 2 Thessalonians? |
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| Who wrote 1, 2, and 3 John? |
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The books of the New Testament were written in the order in which they appear in the Bible? |
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| Identify the years and books of the inception period. |
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6 B.C. to A.D. 69:
Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John describe this period of time |
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| Identify the years and books of the expansion period. |
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A.D. 29 to A.D. 60:
Acts and most of Paul's letters |
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| Indentify the years and books of the consolidation period. |
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A.D. 60 to A.D. 100:
pastoral epistles of Paul, Peter's writings, Hebrews, Jude, 1,2, and 3 John, and Revelation |
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