Bib Faith Exam 4 Flashcards

1
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Ecclesia

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Church

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2
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Cultural transformative process and military conquests in Israel from Jewish to Greek

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Hellenization, began with Alexander the Great in 333 BC

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3
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Meaning of the word “Gospel”

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Good News

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4
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T/F All Jews resisted Hellenization

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F

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5
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How did Israel respond to Greek/Roman rule?

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They created groups such as the Zealots, Essenes, etc

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Populist militia Israelite group who wanted to bring down Rome through ambushing Roman soldiers; believed Messiah would be a military leader

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Zealots; “sicari”

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Responsible for the Dead Sea Scrolls; wanted to withdraw from Rome and move to the desert; strict observance of written law and criticized Jewish elite

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Essenes; they focused on ceremonial purity

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8
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Mikveh

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Bath (Essene precursor to Baptism)

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9
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Israelite group devoted to written Torah and created their own oral Torah; believe in resurrection of dead, and messianic kingdom, anti-roman

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Pharisees (lay people)

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10
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Name or Pharisaic oral Torah

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TALMUD/MISHNA (rabbinic lit)

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11
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Israelite group who oversaw the synagogue and were religiously progressive, but politically conservative

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Pharisees

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12
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Group of Israelite priests who were compromised to Rome because they wanted money, power, and comfort;

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Saducees

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13
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Reasons the Sad/Phar argued

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The Saducees did not believe in resurrection of the dead or the oral law of the Pharisees. The Pharisees saw the Saducees as corrupt and in bed with Rome

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14
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What were the major theological themes that were developed during the intertestamental period

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Prophetic, Messianic, and Apocalyptic Traditions

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15
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Components of Prophetic Tradition

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Jesus is a prophet
Jesus has a message of repentance for his own people
Obedience is more than sacrifices and is more about caring for the lowly and loving the LORD with your whole being

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16
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Components of Messianic Tradition

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Jesus rarely IDs self as Messiah
Reestablishes Jewish autonomy
Kingly reign of justice, peace, and righteousness
Savior/redeemer (not eternal yet, but one to return them to YHWH)

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17
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T/F Jesus confirms that he is the Messiah while he is on earth

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F, he never clearly affirms this, others put it on him

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18
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T/F Some said Jesus was Elisha returned

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F; Elijah

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19
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Calypso

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Secret/hidden

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20
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Components of Apocalyptic Tradition

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(means to unveil/uncover)
Despair over human life/history
Deep hope in radical divine intervention
Historical dualism
Visions
Numerology (not literal chronological dates)

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21
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Importance of Jesus on the road to Caesarea Philippi

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Peter has a misunderstanding about the Messiah and Jesus must rebut the temptation to be the kind of Messiah that the Jews want; “if you expect a worldly king as Messiah, you are wrong”

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22
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Mark 1:15

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“The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.”

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23
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What is the importance of Mark 1:15

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This is Jesus’ declaration of his entire ministry, the time is fulfilled and the Kingdom is at hand

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24
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6 statements about the Kingdom

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  1. It is an Event more than a place
  2. It is a Present and Future reality
  3. It has been opened or inaugurated in Jesus’ ministry and person
  4. Participation (salvation) or Exclusion (Condemnation) in the Kingdom is decided in one’s response to Jesus
  5. It’s coming entails a great radical reversal
  6. It will be the fulfillment or consummation or Israel’s covenantal story, human history, and the Father’s will
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25
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One a timeline of the old/new age, where are we now?

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We are “between the times”

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26
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What was Jesus’ stance on the law?

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He came to fulfill it, not to abolish it

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27
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T/F The Kingdom of God is fully here

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F, it is here in some ways, but not fully

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28
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Word for “2nd coming”

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Parousia

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29
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Why has the second coming been delayed?

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Because not everyone has heard the gospel–this is the reason for the church age

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30
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3 aspects of Jesus’ earthly ministry

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  1. Preaching
  2. Teaching
  3. Actions
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31
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T/F Jesus’ preaching involves his proclaiming of the Kingdom of God

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T

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32
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How did Jesus teach in the Gospels?

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Through parables; teach to explain the Kingdom

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33
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Who is best situated to hear Jesus’ message?

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The poor and lowly because they understand their dependence on God

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34
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What are some examples of the great reversal?

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The Beatitudes; ex. blessed are the poor, the meek

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35
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Importance of Jesus’ rabbinic teachings of “You have heard it said…but I say to you….”

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They intensify the law and internalize it; Jesus is saying “my teachings are greater than Moses’” and declare the will of God (this is what gets Jesus into political trouble)

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36
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Where does Jesus’ sense of divine authority come from?

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His sense that he is sent from the Father to do his will; he has a self-conscious awareness that he is the Kingdom-bringer NOT God in the flesh

37
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What was so scandalous about Jesus eating the sinners?

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Eating with someone was equal to saying they were with you/welcoming into your company; this was an invitation to the Kingdom

38
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T/F Jesus’ miracles were regarded as proof for his divinity

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F, they were meant to draw attention to something deeper-signs that show what the Kingdom of God would be like (ex. no sickness, no blindness, no death)

39
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What is Mark’s focus?

A

The necessity of jesus’ persecution and death and how the church will mimic it; discipleship in the midst of persecution; the actions of Jesus

40
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Which Gospel was written first?

A

Mark

41
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What does Mark begin with?

A

Jesus’ baptism

42
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Why does Jesus not accept his Messiahship?

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Making a claim of Messiahship during the time of Jesus would have been a direct claim to the throne –> sooner death and Jesus had work to do first

43
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T/F Jesus came as a military/political leaders like the jews thought he would

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F; he came as a suffering servant, a Crucified King

44
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The Gospel of the Jewish Messiah

A

Matthew

45
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Components of Matthew

A

OT Typology
OT prophecy
Genealogy

46
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Previous history that helps describe a new figure

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Typology

ex. Mary and Joseph fleeing to Egypt in Matthew and the Sermon on the Mount paralleling Moses on Mt. Sinai

47
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Meaning of synoptic

A

syn/optic

same/view

48
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Gospel about salvation for all

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Luke; this includes poor, sinners, the lowly, women (“outsiders”)

49
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Who was Luke written for?

A

The increasing number of Gentile believers

50
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Gospel that emphasizes that Jesus’ teachings are of universal significance, not just for Israel and includes parables of the Lost sheep, coin, and son, and the Good Samaritan

A

Luke

51
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“newest” Gospel

A

John

52
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How does John differ from the synoptic gospels?

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Jesus’ entrance to jerusalem is at the beginning of the gospel; John shows that the story of Jesus does not need to be redacted into one single story because no single perspective could talk about all aspects of Jesus’ ministry

53
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T/F the early church was concerned with detailed facts in their writings

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F

54
Q

Gospel that portrays Jesus as the eternal song of God made flesh and descended from God/Incarnation of Jesus

A

John

55
Q

T/F Luke and Acts read together

A

T

56
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What is the synoptic hypothesis?

A

Says that Matthew and Luke both come from Mark, but also another shared source that is not Mark (“Q”). Q is probably a very old source that included the sayings of Jesus

57
Q

Quell

A

Source (Q)

58
Q

Which gospel has an absence of the kingdom of God theme?

A

John

59
Q

LOGOS

A

Word

60
Q

Which book begins “and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria, and to all the ends of the earth.”

A

Acts

61
Q

Giving of the Holy Spirit that enables the church

A

Pentecost

62
Q

Koinonia

A

Fellowship

63
Q

Diduche; Kerrygma

A

Teaching and Proclamation

64
Q

Eucharist

A

Breaking of Bread

65
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Significance of Ananias and Sapphira story

A

They sold their things as they were supposed to, but they did not give the entire profit to the disciples (only partial profit)and they were struck dead (shows that voluntary renunciation of wealth was very important to the early church)

66
Q

Book with theme of the Righteousness of God

A

Romans

67
Q

Theme of Unity in Christ and the Spirit

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1 Corinthians

68
Q

Theme of Christian Freedom

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Galatians

69
Q

Theme of Holy Living in Prep for the Lord’s return

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1/2 Thessalonians

70
Q

Theme of Joy from knowing Christ and Sharing his Sufferings

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Philippians

71
Q

Theme of Unity in the Body of Christ

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Ephesians

72
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Theme of Christ, the Perfect Revelation of God

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Hebrews

73
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Theme of Faith without works is dead

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James

74
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The difference in Jews and Gentiles

A

Jews were people of Israelite heritage or converted Jews; Gentiles are non-believers who Jesus also came to save

75
Q

People responsible for the daily distribution of food to widows; stephen

A

Hellenists

76
Q

Paul’s teacher

A

Gamaliel

77
Q

What happened on the Damascus road?

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Saul was blinded and was taken to the nearest city where he was then converted and renamed Paul

78
Q

5 sections of Pauline Epistles

A
  1. Salutation
  2. Thanksgiving
  3. Body
  4. Paraenesis
  5. Conclusion
79
Q

Section of Pauline Epistles that include Paul’s reasons for writing, his concerns, responses to question, and major doctrinal issues

A

Body

80
Q

Section of Pauline Epistles that presents an urgent challenge to respond to set things in the right way

A

Paraenesis

81
Q

Conveys the idea that every believers participates in a meaningful way in the full reality of Christ incarnate through the church

A

Body of Christ

82
Q

View of eschatology found throughout Pauline writings

A

“Already-not-yet”

83
Q

Eschatology view of Paul that said Christ and the Spirit were guarantees in the present that the end of time had begun and would come to swift consummation

A

“Already-not-yet”

84
Q

Where is the Great Commission found?

A

Matthew 28; “Go forth and make disciples therefore of all nations…”

85
Q

Where did the disciples get the name “Christians?”

A

Antioch

86
Q

Theological contents of Romans

A

Grace, God’s righteousness, Go’d wrath, Baptism, sanctification, adoption,

87
Q

the view that Christians are released by grace from the obligation of observing the moral law.

A

Antinomians

88
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Christians who insisted Gentiles/new-converts should follow law of Moses

A

Judaizers