midterm

Question 1

a title used in the old testament for god, due to how jew believed calling him “god was sacrilegious.

Answer 1

Lord -

Question 2

• a popular jewish name for Jesus’ day. It means “Yahweh saves” or “Yahweh is salvation

Answer 2

Jesus

Question 3

• major source of information about Jesus, written under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit and contained in the New Testament, attributed to Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. derived from the middle english word godspell, meaning “good news”.

Answer 3

Gospel

Question 4

• the priestly aristocracy within ancient Judaism. The ______were willing to compromise with the Romans in politics, but they were willing to compromise with the Romans in politics, but they were conservative in religious matters (that is, they were not open to new developments in Jewish thought or to the oral traditions of the elders). There chief and religious rivals the pharisees.

Answer 4

Sadducees

Question 5

• An influential and respected group within ancient Judaism. They were conservative in politics in that they refused to compromise their strict faithfulness to the covenant in order to gain political power. They were liberal in matters of religion in that they accepted the elders oral traditions regarding the Jewish Law, and this often added significantly to what was required by the written Law. The _______ tendency toward legalism put them in conflict with Jesus

Answer 5

Pharisees

Question 6

• any person who is not of the Jewish faith

Answer 6

Gentile

Question 7

• the essential teachings and practices that have emerged from the ongoing, lived faith of the Christian community

Answer 7

Tradition

Question 8

• a title given to the authors of the Gospels - matthew, mark, luke and john

Answer 8

Evangelists

Question 9

• A special agreement between the two parties, either as individuals or as communities.

Answer 9

Covenant

Question 10

• Texts whose authors, prompted by the Holy Spirit, convey God’s revealed truth using their own abilities, wrds, and styles.

Answer 10

Inspired Text

Question 11

The entire Christian Bible, composed of both the Old Testament and the New Testament.

Answer 11

Christian Scripture -

Question 12

• In the New Testament any follower of Jesus’ teaching.

Answer 12

Disciple

Question 13

• The deeper meaning that God intends to reveal to people through historical events

Answer 13

Religious Truth

Question 14

• The authoritative list of sacred writings accepted officially as the scriptures for a religion.

Answer 14

Canon

Question 15

In the New TEstament, a collection of seven letters: one attributed to James, two to Peter, three to John, and one to Jude.

Answer 15

Catholic Epistles -

Question 16

• The title of the early Christians used for Jesus in order to confess their belief that he was the Messiah, the one sent from God, who would save them from oppression.

Answer 16

Christ

Question 17

• The Hebrew name for God, translated as “I am who am” or “I am the One who is always present.”

Answer 17

YAHWEH

Question 18

• A follower of Judaism

Answer 18

Jew

Question 19

• In the time of Jesus, a scribe who taught in a synagogue

Answer 19

Rabbi

Question 20

• A collective group of ancient tribes that made up the earliest ancestor of the Jewish people.

Answer 20

Hebrews

Question 21

• To view with one eye

Answer 21

Synoptic

Question 22

Name the synoptic Gospels?

Answer 22

Mathew, Mark, and Luke

Question 23

What year did the Romans destroyed the Temple of Jerusalem?

Answer 23

70 ad

Question 24

What is the order of the Gospels as they appear in the New Testament?

Answer 24

Matthew, Mark, Luke and John

Question 25

What is the order of the Gospels as they were ACTUALLY written?

Answer 25

Mark, Matthew, Luke, and John

Question 26

You must know the "Two Source Theory"

Answer 26

Matthew and Luke got their info from Mark and unknown source known as Q source