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| a. Who was the key political/ military figure of the Hellenistic period |
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| b. What was the Hellenistic period and how did that impact the NT |
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| c. Who were the Ptolemies and the Selucids |
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| d. Who were the Maccabees and why are they important to Judaism |
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| e. When did Rome conquer? |
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| f. Who was Herod the Great and when did he rule? |
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| g. How did Herod’s kingdom divide and to whom did it divide? |
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| h. Who led the first revolt against Rome and why? |
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| i. Who led the second revolt against Rome and why? |
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| b. Where is Galilee? Which zone? |
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| c. Where is the Jordan River? |
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| e. In which zone (name it) would the fishing villages be located? |
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| a. How could you tell the difference between a Pharisee and a Sadducee? |
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| b. How would one distinguish the Essenes from the typical Jew? |
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| c. In which of the political movements of Jesus’ day would a “zealot” be found? |
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| e. What is a Samaritan and why do they not get along with the Jews (and vice versa)? |
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| f. Describe the characteristics of a Herodian. |
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| a. Who were the major pagan sources we covered in class (and in the text) that attested to Jesus? |
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| b. Who was the major Jewish historian that we referenced with respect to Jesus? |
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| c. What is the Babylonian Talmud and how might that reference Jesus? |
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| d. Name the major second and third century Christian sources that referenced Jesus. How are these different from the first century gospels? |
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| a. Which came first? Matthew, Mark, Luke, or John |
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| b. What are the 9 marks of the church’s success in preserving accurate accounts of Jesus’ teaching and life, according to your textbook authors? |
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| a. What are the elements that first century jews would have thought of when hearing that Jesus taught with or had “authority”? |
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| b. Give some characteristics (that your authors mention) of Jesus’ teaching style? |
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| c. What was a favorite and popular genre of teaching that Jesus employed? |
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| d. What are some of the main defining elements of the Kingdom of God, a central theme for Jesus? |
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| e. How does Jesus talk about the ethics of the kingdom of God? The disciples or followers within the kingdom? |
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| f. How does the cross factor into this kingdom, since it is counterproductive for your king to die? |
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| g. What does Christology mean? |
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| i. What have Christians for centuries believed about Jesus? |
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| his followers needed new categories to understand him 162 |
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| 7. What is the setting of Matthew's gospel and his relationship to Judaism? NTA 167 |
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| in palestine or syria and relationship was reflects the devastation and renewal of failed jewish revolt |
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| 8. What makes Mark’s gospel distinctly to gentiles rather than jews? NTA 181 |
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| because it was in greek and hebrew names and aramaic were translated to |
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| 9. Be able to discuss the highlights of authorship and date of all gospel books and Acts. NTA 176-177; 191-193; 208-210; 225-227; 247 (see the discussion on Luke's writings). |
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| 177matthew,or no author,80s or 60s, 191 mark ad 66-70, 210 luke ad 70, 227 john ad 70, 247 luke ad 62 |
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| a. What is John’s setting? NTA 214-216 ephesus |
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| b. What are the two sections into which your authors split the book of John? NTA 217-219 the book of signs ,the book of glory |
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| the book of signs ,the book of glory |
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| c. What are some of the main themes in John? Where does John affirm the deity of Jesus Christ? The history of the church, and |
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| The history of the church, and god has appeared in human history n the man jesus christ. |
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| d. What are the authorship and dating issues related to the gospel of John? NTA 225-227 no internal evidence of author, |
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| 226no internal evidence of author, ad 80-100 |
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| a. Social structure NTA 86- 92 (the top of the page) |
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| 86 free or slave, wealth or not, citizens or foreigners |
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| i. Know the names of the major rulers |
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| ii. Know the basic definitions of the different aspects of government/ empire |
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| senate94, cities and provinces95, vassal kingdoms97 |
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| c. Know the religious landscape for Paul NTA 97-100 |
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| citys had numerous temples, altars, and shrines dedicated to local deities and gods, discussed paul so called gods whether in heaven or on earth in athens he became distressed because the city was full of idols.97 |
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| i. What were the basic distinctions between Christians and Jews? Christians and pagans? Jews and pagans? |
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| pagans had various temples in different places to worship their deities and could sacrifice to their gods even if no temple, jews only sacrificed in the temple in jerusalem, christians gathered in any convenient location 98 |
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| 4)4. What were the primary extra biblical sources for historically understanding Jesus and his people? |
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| 5)5. What is the possible historical order of the gospels? |
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| through his vision on the damscus road he becomes a witness |
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| ii. Paul's trips to Jerusalem. |
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| had to escape to jerusalem spoke about jesus there |
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| iii. Paul's missionary journeys |
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| three missionary journey on roads and sea lanes of the empire |
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| c. Know the critical elements of Paul's teaching, with particular emphasis given to Jesus as Lord and Savior, Jesus' death and resurrection, the New Perspective (not a lot of details here just major distinguishing elements), and the implications of the gospel. |
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| a. Romans NTA 323-324; 327-334 |
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| paul, corinth and phoebe and cenchrea, end of third missionary journey |
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| b. 1 and 2 Corinthians NTA 308; 319; |
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1)paul, ephesus ,ad54
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| c. Galatians NTA 268-270; 276 |
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| d. Ephesians NTA 343; 346-347 |
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paul or maybe paula students or imitating paul,ephesus , third missionary journey
was a place of trading goods |
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| e. Colossians NTA 338-340 |
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paul maybe paula students or imitating paul,colossae , third missionary journey
was a place of farming |
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| 10)10. What makes John different? What do we call Matthew, Mark, and Luke together? |
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