Lesson 2

Question 1

The New Testament world represented the confluence of what four (4) distinct cultural influences?

Answer 1

a) Greek
b) Roman
c) Jewish
d) Christian

Question 2

What did Alexander the Great spread across the then-known world?

Answer 2

Greek literature, philosophy, culture, and language

Question 3

The New Testament world was ruled by what?

Answer 3

Roman might, bureaucracy, and military power

Question 4

What was the first-century Jewish nation anticipating?

Answer 4

A Messianic figure who would deliver them from the oppressive power and rulership of Rome

Question 5

Name the Jewish General and historian who later worked for the Romans

Answer 5

Josephus

Question 6

Who in the biblical narrative embodied all four of the cultural influences found in the New Testament world?

Answer 6

The Apostle Paul

Question 7

List two (2) cultural systems which help explain how the NT world worked

Answer 7

a) The honour-shame culture
b) The patronage system

Question 8

Since the Gospels are ancient “biographies,” what do they focus on?

Answer 8

Narrating the life of a significant figure as a type to be admired, emulated, or rejected

Question 9

What is the “Synoptic problem?”

Answer 9

The quest to understand how the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke interrelate

Question 10

Who was Eusebius?

Answer 10

A fourth-century church historian