Abbreviated Vocab For My Personal Study Needs Flashcards
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The earliest of the rabbinic writings, put into written form about AD 200,
composed of the rulings of rabbis on a wide range of issues related to the application of Torah to everyday life?
Mishnah
The complete body of Jewish oral traditions?
Talmud
A Greek title given to Jesus in the prologue of John’s Gospel which has conceptual roots in both Judaism and
Hellenisitc philosophy and which stresses Jesus’ identity as the self-revelation of God?
Logos
German theologian, musician, philosopher, and physician whose magisterial Quest for the Historical Jesus criticized
the First Quest for the Historical Jesus for merely reimagining Jesus as a 19th century rationalist?
Albert Schweitzer
The most influential New Testament scholar of the 20th century.
he sought to “demythologize” the New Testament in order to discern its true existential message?
Rudolf Bultmann
“Exact Words”?
ipsissima verba
“Authentic Voice”
ipsissima vox
A rabbinic-style interpretation of the biblical text often associated with fictional expansions of Old Testament narrative
Midrash
Son of Herod the great
Archelaus
A short, memorable statement of wisdom or truth?
Figures of Speech Used by Jesus: Proverbs
A term Jesus used to express His unique authority as spokesman for God?
amen
A reference to Jesus’ disciples (also known as the Apostles - whom Jesus chose)
The Twelve
A term meaning, “follower” & sometimes used of all who followed Jesus, sometimes just His 12 special followers?
Disciple
A term meaning “one sent with a commission” (Used in the Gospels of the 12, Jesus’ closest disciples)?
Apostle
A title for the Messiah indicating a unique relationship with God the Father?
Son of God
Kyrios
Lord
An Aramaic expression meaning “Our Lord come!” and revealing a very high Christology in the early Aramaic-speaking church?
maranatha
