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According to John Dominic Crossan, what did Jesus heal or cure?

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Illness

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What was the basic premise of the history of religions school?

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Religious growth is evolutionary and all religions go from simple to complex

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Who authored - The Quest for the Historical Jesus?

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Albert Schweitzer

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Who was likely the most influential NT scholar of the 20th century?

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Rudolph Bultman

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During what period was historical criticism first applied to the Bible?

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17th and 18th century (Enlightenment Period)*

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Where have the most radical attacks on the historical Jesus in recent years (1980-90s) come from?

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Participants of the Jesus seminar

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Which “criteria of authenticity” claims that a saying of Jesus is authentic if it appears neither in the teaching of Judaism nor in the teaching of first-century Christianity?

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The criterion of dissimilarity

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Is there evidence in John’s Gospel of an eyewitness accounts?

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Yes

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According to the text, did the Gospel writers feel at liberty to paraphrase, interpret or
rearrange the words of Jesus or the events of his life?

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Yes

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What is the relationship do biases and presuppositions have with the writing of history?

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It is impossible to have an unbiased historian

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Would most New Testament scholars assert that in most cases we have the exact words of Jesus?

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No

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Do all four Gospel writers follow chronological order as they report events?

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No

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How might most of the alleged contradictions between John and the Synoptics be explained? (particular themes)

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Contradictions

  • Length of ministry: 1 yr v. 2 or 3 (counted by Passovers mentioned)
  • Cleansing temple: Syn at end of ministry, John at start
  • Relationship of Lord’s Supper and Jesus’ death to passover
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What was likely the language Jesus spoke?

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Aramaic

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Which Gospel reports three Passovers?

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John

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Which Gospel is famous for abbreviating accounts?

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Matthew

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Which Gospel is the most interpretive of the Gospels?

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John

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What is the concept of General Trustworthiness as it relates to the Gospel writers’ reliability?

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If a writer is generally reliable, then they are given the benefit of the doubt

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Do all translations involve some level of interpretation?

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Yes

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How did the Jewish authorities treat the “prophets” and “messiahs” arising prior to Jesus?

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They were rejected and crushed

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How was the Pharisees’ piety and spiritual devotion received by people?

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They were admired for it

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How well known was John the Baptist in Palestine?

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Very well known

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What was Jesus’ central message concerning?

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The central message of Jesus’ preaching is the coming of the kingdom of heaven and the need on the part of his followers for a complete change of heart and conduct summarized by the word

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Which Gospel provides us with the most information concerning the length of Jesus’ministry?

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John

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What are the two most likely dates for the year of Jesus’ crucifixion?
AD 30 or 33
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Who feared that a revolt from John the Baptist's preaching would bring the Romanlegions and spell disaster for the temple.
Religious leaders
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Which act of kindness was Mediterranean culture founded on?
Reciprocity
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What date did the pagan feast of Saturnalia typically fall on?
December 25
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Joseph’s occupation, traditionally translated “carpenter,” might have him working with what materials? (More than wood)
Wood, stone, and metal
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Is there any information about Jesus’ childhood given in the Gospels?
Yes
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From whose perspective is Luke’s birth narrative is told?
Mary’s
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Who ordered the census, requiring Joseph and Mary to return to Bethlehem?
Caesar Augustus
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Archelaus was whose son?
Herod Antipas
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What familial relationships would most Roman Catholic theologians have said are shared between Jesus & His siblings? (following the interpretation of Jerome)
Cousins
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Which Gospel provides the only biblical account from Jesus’ childhood
Luke
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In which Old Testament book is Bethlehem prophesied as the birthplace of the coming ruler?
Micah
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The Gospels report that Jesus had how many brothers?
4
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Did John the Baptist ever have doubts that Jesus was the Messiah?
Yes
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Who asked Herod for the head of John the Baptist?
Salome on behalf of her mother Herodias
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Why was Herod’s marriage to Herodias such a problem for John the Baptist?
She was his brother Philip’s wife
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Which Gospel provides information concerning the early life of John the Baptist?
Luke
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Some speculate that John the Baptist may have had contact with which monastic community?
Qumran
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John the Baptist’s ministry was across Jordan from what territory?
Syria
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What are the most undisputed historical events of Jesus’ life?
Baptism and Cruxifictiom
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By what means did John the Baptist die?
He was beheaded
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Why did Herod Antipas have John the Baptist beheaded?
He was coerced into doing so by Herodias (her daughter pleased him with her dancing and he promised her anything she wished)
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Does Hebrew poetry normally rhyme?
No
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According to the text, when Jesus speaks of blessings for the “poor,” which poverty is He referring to?
Literal poor, no money, poverty
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How did Jesus feel about the eternal validity of the law?
He came not to abolish the law but to fulfill it
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What was the “tradition of the elders”?
Ceremonial washings
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What is the relationship between the study of miracles to scientific investigation and historical research?
Miracles are outside the realm of scientific inquiry but can be studied historically
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When the disciples of John the Baptist ask Jesus on behalf of John if he is the “coming one”, what did He say?
Go back and report to John what you have seen and heard: the blind receive sight, the lame walk, those who have leprosy are cured, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is preached to the poor”.
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The most significant philosophical opposition to the miraculous came from which eighteenth century philosopher?
David Hume
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Who was the Jewish charismatic rabbi, whose prayers for rain were reportedly answered?
Honi
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According to the text, what was the primary purpose for Jesus’ healings and exorcisms in the Synoptic Gospels?
To reveal the power of the Kingdom of God
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The accounts in the Gospels where Jesus raises people from the dead are best understood as what or by what term?
Resuscitations
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Under whose authority did Jesus heal someone, or to cast out demons?
Under his own authority
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Who is considered the most prominent of the disciples?
Peter
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Who was the first of the apostles to be martyred?
James
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Traditionally, who is believed to be the youngest of the apostles?
John the apostle
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The phrase "Our Lord Comes!" is translated from which Aramaic phrase?
Maranatha
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What was Jesus’ favorite title for himself?
Son of man
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The Old Testament predictions concerning God’s salvation and the Gentiles took two distinct streams in Judaism. With which did Jesus identify?
Salvation of all nations, Israel is to be a light to all nations
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The Greek word amēn comes from a Hebrew word meaning what?
Truly or in truth
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According to most contemporary scholars today, who must have played some role in Jesus’ death - the Romans or the Jewish authorities?
Both
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The evidence confirms that Jesus was executed by the Romans under what charge?
Sedition
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Historical evidence confirms that in Jesus’ day, the charge of blasphemy could be made against someone for doing/saying what?
pronouncing the divine name, for idolatry, arrogant disrespect for God, or insulting God's chosen leaders
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How did the Jews carry out capital punishment?
Stoning
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How did the Romans carry out capital punishment?
Crucifixion
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According to the Mishnah, when/where was the Sanhedrin NOT allowed to meet?
High Priest’s home, eve of Passover, at night
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Jesus was first sent to whom? (the former priest)
Annas
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During the Passion week, Jesus found the money changers in what part of the Temple?
Court of the Gentiles
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What location did Jesus carry His cross to? (where he was crucified)
The place of the skull
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Know the Events of the Passion Week-Sunday
entrance into Jerusalem
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Know the events of the Passover week-Monday
cleansing temple and curse of fig tree
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Know the events of the Passover week-Tuesday
withering of fig tree seen by disciples, temple controversies, and Olivet discourse
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Know the events of the Passover week-Wednesday
Nothing
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Know the events of the Passover week-Thursday
Last supper, betrayal and arrest, and trial before annas and caiaphas
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Know the events of the Passover week-Friday
morning trial by Sanhedrin, trail before Pilate and Herod, crucifixion and burial
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Know the events of the Passover week-sabbath or Saturday
In the tomb
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Know the events of the Passover week-Second Sunday
Resurrection and ascension
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What would virtually no credible historian today deny about Jesus’ life/death?
Jesus existed or that he was crucified in Judea around AD 30. (Also impossible he didn’t die on the cross)
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Is there a well developed theology of the resurrection in the Old Testament?
No
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In what way is the Jewish claim that the disciples stole the body (Matt. 28:11-15) indirect evidence for the resurrection?
The body was gone - proposes an empty tomb
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What group did not believe in the afterlife or the resurrection of the body?
Saducees
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The women were told to tell the disciples to go where?
Galilee
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Which Gospel recounts Jesus’ appearance to two disciples as they were traveling to Emmaus?
Luke
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Where did the disciples receive the Great Commission?
Galilee
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Which writer, who provides the earliest written testimony of the resurrection, claims that more than 500 people saw Jesus alive?
Paul
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According to the Gospels, Jesus was buried in whose tomb?
Joesph of arimathea

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