NEW TESTAMENT Flashcards
(80 cards)
27 Documents of the New Testament
4 gospels
Book of acts
21 letters
Book of revelations
New Testament is written in?
Greek
Jesus ministry was around?
27 to 30 CE in rural Galilee
Whose letters are the earliest writings in the New Testament and when?
Pulse letter around 50 to 70 CE
Meaning of the word TESTAMENT
Covenant (it is about a new covenant)
Who is the new covenant?
Jesus
What is the second type of writing in the New Testament?
History
What is the only historical book in the New Testament?
Act of the apostles
What is the third type of writing in the New Testament?
Epistles (21)
Who wrote most of the epsitles?
Paul
What type of writing in the New Testament is highly symbolic book?
Apocalypse(1)
Apocalypse signifies
Battle between God and Satan known as the book of Revelation
What are the 6 major groups?
Priests
Sadducees
Pharisees
Zealots
Sanhedrin
Essenes
Mediators between God and humans
Priests
Elite upper class and did not believe in life after death
Sadduccees
Sector, focusing on the law and believed life after death is possible there are also rivals of sadducees
Pharisees
Revolutionary is one thing to overthrow the Romans. They are from poorer classes.
Zealots
Group of community elders
Sanhedrin
Group that Pedro from society and they believe that the Messiah would soon arrive
Essenes
Destroyed, when israelites exiled
THE TEMPLES
Who rebuilt the temple
Herod
A place of daily local worship and instruction
Synagogues
Who is the king of jews?
Herod
They only ask for taxes
Romans