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| How many books are in the New Testament? And what are the four sub-sections? |
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| 27; 4 gospels, church history, letters, Apocalypse (revelations) |
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| to satisfy questions of origin; shows history of Christianity; to answer religion/ethical questions |
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| Where was the world of Jesus and his disciples centered? |
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| Who ruled the Promised land during Jesus time? |
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| The new testament is an addition to the hebrew bible called the... |
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| A testament is another name for... |
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| Who was the ancient near eastern people with whom the "diety forged a binding covenant" |
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| What is the sacred name for Israel's God? |
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| Name for the hebrew bible |
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| What do the letters of TaNaK stand for? |
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| T=Law, N=prophets, K=writings... (torah, nevi'im, and ketuvim) |
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| What was teh "lingua franka" of Alexander's empire |
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| Koine greek... common language |
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| Who's writings are the oldest of the new testament |
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| A greek educated Jew, wrote first interpretation of Jesus' death |
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| New testament wasn't completely formed until the end of ... |
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| Marceon was a follower of... what were his beliefs? |
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| Gnosticism (comes from the word "knowledge") ... he rejected the OT because he thought it was evil... he liked Romans a lot and a lot of Paul's works especially, thinking that only certain books should be kept in the christian religion |
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| What is the opposite of heresy? |
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| Translated the bible, but the church condemned it. knowledge=power |
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| What was the techological development which progressed the production of more Bibles |
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| What is the problem with the king james version of the Bible? |
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| what was the first christian emperor? |
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| What were the three worlds of the new testament era? |
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| Judaism, Greek culture, and Roman political power |
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| What does "Shema" refer to? |
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| Shema proclaimed the "oneness" of Israel's God |
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| Who were supposedly the makers of the dead sea scrolls? |
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| What were the four ways that unified Israel? |
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| Shema (having ONE God), The Torah (law) unified them, the Divine Promises, and the Jerusalem temple |
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| Sadducees comes from the word |
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| "to separate"... they made the Oral law |
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| The Oral traditions ultimately compiled into the _____ which turned into the _____ which turned into the _____ |
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| Mishna---> Gemera--->Talmud (teaching) |
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| Name of the ascetic jewish sect that flourished in Palestine from 140 BCE to 68CE... they were also waiting for 2 messiahs |
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| Group that was Zealous to overthrow the Romans by any means necessary |
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| Who was David's last monarch? |
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| How long did Hellenism rule for? |
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| Worshipped Logos, appealed to all classes. Logos gives unity, purpose, and order. THe only god is virtue: justice, wisdom, moderation. |
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| Stoicism... based on constant sensory perception |
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| No divine purpose, everything is random... since there's no afterlife, might as well live it up here. |
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| What was Rome's official state religion in the 3rd century? |
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| justice, wisdom, courage, moderation |
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