NT Final Exam Flashcards
Undisputed Letters
John
Acts
Romans
1 Corinthians
2 Corinthians
Galatians
Philippians
1 Thessalonians
Philemon
James
2 John
3 John
Revelation
Disputed Letters
Matthew (Earliest manuscripts do not say)
Mark (Gospel does not tell us)
Luke (Earliest manuscripts do not say)
Ephesians (Theological, grammatical, and stylistic differences from Colossians)
Colossians (on grounds of language, theology and relationship to Ephesians)
2 Thessalonians (Some scholars argue the tone and eschatology is different in 1 & 2 Thessalonians)
1 Timothy (believed to be pseudonymous)
2 Timothy (believed to be pseudonymous)
Titus (believed to be pseudonymous)
Hebrews (Author is unknown)
1 Peter (Different style of vocabulary)
2 Peter (Different style of vocabulary)
Jude (Disputed that Jude wrote it)
Dates of letters written
Matthew (Between 60s and 80s)
Mark (60s CE)
Luke (60s to early 90s)
John (90-100 CE)
Acts (Some scholars say 60s, most scholars say 70s-80s)
Romans (57 CE)
Galatians (South Theory: as early as 48-49 CE, North Theory: as late as 56 CE)
1 Thessalonians (51 CE)
2 Thessalonians (52 CE)
1, 2 Corinthians (55 CE)
Colossians (Early 60 CE)
Ephesians (61 CE)
Philippians (62 CE)
1, 2 Timothy, Titus (62-64 CE)
Hebrews (Could be before 70 CE, must be before 96 CE)
James (Before 62 CE, probably 50s)
1 Peter (64 CE)
2 Peter (60s if Petrine, 80-90 CE if not)
1, 2, 3 John (90-110 CE)
Jude (Probably 50s if Jude, late 1st century if not)
Revelation (96 CE)
Places where letters were written
Mark (under emperor Nero or during Jewish War)
Galatians (Galatians)
1,2 Thessalonians (Corinth)
1,2 Corinthians (Ephesus)
Colossians, Ephesians (Paul’s imprisonment in Rome)
Philippians, 1, 2 Peter (Rome)
1, 2 Timothy, Titus (Rome, start of one of Paul’s missionary journey)
James (Jerusalem)
Revelation (Island of Patmos)
Churches authors wrote to
Paul (Churches in Galatia, Church in Thessalonica, The Corinthian Church, The Roman Church, The Philippian Church)
Paul and Timothy (Church at Colossae)
Peter (Unspecified churches)
John (Churches within the Johannine community)
John who wrote Revelation (Seven Churches in Asia)
Purpose of Mark
To convince his audience that Jesus
is the messiah, the Son of God
To encourage Christians who find themselves suffering: Christ, too, suffered deeply
Purpose of Matthew
Encourage Christians under persecution
Purpose of Luke
Give an orderly account so Theophilus may know the certainty of the things he has been taught
Purpose of John
But these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.” (John
20:30-31)
Purpose of Acts
A faithful account
An apology for Christianity
An apology for Paul
Purpose of Galatians
What defines a Christian?
Purpose of 2 Corinthians
To rejoice in the Corinthians’ repentance
To appeal for the collection for Jerusalem poor
To defend his apostolic authority
Purpose of Romans
Paul’s upcoming missionary trip to Spain
Paul’s desire to visit Rome
Prayer for Paul’s trip to Jerusalem
Concerns about Jew-Gentile relations
Purpose for Colossians
to combat heresy that is beginning to make its way into the Colossian church
Purpose for Philippians
To urge Philippians to turn
away from Judaizers
To encourage unity
To encourage believers to stand firm in midst of persecution
To thank them for their gifts
Purpose for Pastoral Epistles (1, 2 Timothy, Titus)
To give advice on how to handle the congregations
To combat false doctrine
2 Timothy is Paul’s farewell
Purpose for Hebrews
To encourage the Hebrews to maintain a stronger faith
Purpose for 1 Peter
Encouragement in midst of persecution
To urge good behavior as a response to suffering
