day 2

Question 1

Sanhedrin

Answer 1

The Jewish ruling council, made up of elders from the Jewish aristocracy

Question 2

limited good

Answer 2

The idea that there was only a certain amount of wealth, goodness, and value in the world. Therefore, if one person gained, it was assumed that someone else had lost

Question 3

Fatalism

Answer 3

The sense that nothing happens by chance, everything that takes place is determined by forces beyond human control

Question 4

Pagan

Answer 4

worshiping many gods (polytheistic) as opposed to one god (monotheistic).

Question 5

the two-source hypothesis

Answer 5

The idea that Matthew and Luke based their presentations on Mark and a collection of some of Jesus’ sayings called Q

Question 5

idol

Answer 5

A physical representation of a god, such as a statue or a figurine, that is used to worship the god

Question 6

7. biography (ancient)

Answer 6

In the ancient world, a genre of literature presenting a person primarily on terms of that person’s character

Question 6

Gospel

Answer 6

A type of literature whose aim to present the gospel of Jesus Christ

Question 7

Galilee

Answer 7

The region in which Jesus grew up and conducted much of His earthly ministry. it included Nazareth, Jesus’ home town; Capernaum, a village in which Jesus may have had a house at once time; and the Sea of Galilee, where Jesus “called” some of His first disciples.

Question 8

Sabbath

Answer 8

The period from sundown on Friday to sundown on Saturday during which Jews did not work