Rel 1005 Midterm Flashcards
(89 cards)
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The spread of greek culture and language
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Hellenization
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Greek influence on oriental civilizations that was snowballed by Alexander the Great
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Hellenization
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“Right action” focus on ritual performance, not belief
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Orthopraxy
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the “acceptable” religion
-ancient and peaceful
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Pax Romana
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hebrew word for the law
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Torah
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The first five books of the Hebrew Bible
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Torah
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Means “instruction” or “teaching”
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Torah/ law
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a contract between the Israelites and God
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Covenant
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an agreement
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Covenant
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Seleucid King, did not like Judaism, actively promoted Hellenism
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Antiochus IV Epiphanes
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put jewish priesthood up for sale
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Antiochus IV Epiphanes
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Outlawed Circumcision
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Antiochus IV Epiphanes
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Punished Toran followers
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Antiochus IV Epiphanes
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Judas Maccabee led Jewish troops and revolted against Antiochus and kicked him out of Holy Land, ousted Seleucid Empire from Israel, reestablished Jewish autonomy
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Maccabean Revolt
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refers to thought about the end of the present evil age
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Eschatology
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the study of the way someone thinks of at that moment (stop living in the present age and start living in the new good age), almost all early Christians thought like this
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Eschatology
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understood as the residence for the “presence of God,” first one finished under King Solomon’s rule, destroyed by Babylonian armies, second temple permitted by Persian king Cyrus, destroyed by Roman armies
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Jerusalem Temple
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first temple built by David
detroyed by Romans in 70 c.e
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Jerusalem Temple
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the greek translation of the bible
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Septuagint
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primary scripture, becomes Paul’s Bible
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Septuagint
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Jewish group with little to no political power whose temples were not central to worship (synagogue)
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Pharisees
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Oral Torah
Did believe in fate/ angels/ resurrection of the dead
Literal and allegorical reading, socio-economic diversity
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Pharisees
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the aristocratic Jewish group that ran the Jerusalem temple central to worship, poetically powerful
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Sadducees
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Literal reading of scripture
DID NOT believe in fate/ angels/ resurrection from the dead
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Sadducees
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Think they are the true form of Judaism, get along well with ruling authorites
Sadducees
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Jewish historian who mentions Jesus among the Judean populist preachers; tells us there was social unrest
Josephus
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Recorded the events of the Maccabean Revolt
| wrote Antiquities of the Jews and 1/2 Maccabees
Josephus
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practiced guerilla warfare around the time of Jesus' birth
inspired revolt movement
attacks Roman units
Judas the Galilean
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Saw the census as direct Roman slavery, called himself a king
Judas the Galilean
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- had 30,000 followers,
- threatened to destruction of Jerusalem
- Paul was mistaken for him, led -followers to the desert and back and tried to bring down Jerusalem
- followers killed on Mt. Olives (not sure if he escaped or was killed)
"The Egyptian"
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- King of Judea with support of the Roman Army
- Established a new dynasty and bringing Hasmonean power to an end
- Destroyed all rivals and renovated the Temple in Jerusalem
Herod the Great
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King when Jesus was born, native to Judea but loyal to Rome, ran the government very well, expanded Jerusalem, renovated and expanded Jerusalem temple complex and paid for everything, when he died the kingdom was divided and given to his 3 sons
Herod the Great
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prophet and miracle worker who gathered many followers, was Jewish, did not understand himself as starting a new religion, challenged Jewish authorities, and was seen by Rome as a political threat
Jesus of Nazareth
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- A charismatic miracle worker who preached apocalyptic form of secretaries Judaism
- Promised to restore the "Kingdom of God"
- Connected to 12 tribes of Israel
- Messiah
- arrested, tried, and crucified by Pontius Pilate
Jesus of Nazareth
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- Most famous and ruthless ruler
- Crucified all who were suspected of revolt (public death)
- No respect for human life
- Built the city of Caesarea Phili[[i
Pontius Pilate
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Romans, 1 Corinthians, 2 Corinthians, Galatians, Philippians, 1 Thessalonians, Philemon (these are written by Paul)
Authentic Pauline Epistles
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Ephesians, Colossians, 2 Thessalonians, 1 Timothy, 2 Timothy, Titus, Deutero-Pauline (2nd to Paul), scholars disagree about authorship, written pseudepigraphically
Disputed Pauline Epistles
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-Where Paul meets with the pillars of the Church and presented his gospel/ Aegean mission
Jerusalem Council
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Paul was called by God to participate in Israel's covenant, only focused on non-Jews (Gentiles)
- revelations from God and spiritual gifts
- relied heavily on sanctification (abstain from fortification-- pure life)
Paul's Prophetic Calling
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- Roman apartment style building
- Rich lived at bottom, poor at top
- some made into churches
Insula
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Paul was worried about them (his opponents), they call him out for not speaking well, were very educated and also non Jewish
- Paul tries to match them to prove authority, they think Paul is wrong
- highly educated in rhetoric
- descendants to Abraham
- ministers of Christ
- endured great suffering, have mystical experience
Superapostles
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the term Superapostles can be found in
2 Corinthians
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a symbolic participation in the death and resurrection of Christ
Baptism
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Jewish ritual washing used as an initiation rite into Body of Christ, purification, is a signal that death has no power over the new person
Baptism
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the love feast, ritual meal that brings everyone together
Agape
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"the love" that brings everyone together
Agape
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"Christ Crucified" comes from
1 Corinthians
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- Problem that Paul faced with Corinthians about the Ressurection
- Mistaken notion of resurrection
- threatens community with pollution
Realized eschatology
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you can do what you want after you're baptized
Realized eschatology
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Emphasizes Christ's pre-existence and "self-emptying"
| "Emptying oneself into God"
Kenotic Christology
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- Woman apostle
| - Highly looked upon by Paul
Junia
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A partner apostle, one of Paul's female apostles, showed that within Paul's churches women could have authority
Junia
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Jesus' birth occurred at
Bethlehem
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Paul was educated in
Jerusalem
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Paul spent two weeks in __ with Peter/Cephas
Jerusalem
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Paul's blowup with Peter occurred in
Antioch
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Paul was beheaded in
Rome
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Paul's calling lead him from __ to __ back to __
| Then straight from __ to Jerusalem
Damascus
Arabia
Damascus
Damascus
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social status and hierarchy was evident in imperial
Rome
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___, Turkey
Ephesus
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Which was NOT a first century messianic movement?
the eqyptian
Jesus of Nazareth
Archelaeus
Theudas
Judas the Galilean
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Archelaeus
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The book of Daniel was written just before
the Maccabean Revolt
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Antiochus IV was the king of the
seleucid Empire
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Paul mentions his mystical experience/ Prophetic calling in
Galatians
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Paul wrote his letters during which decade?
50-60 ce
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For certain knowledge about historical Jesus, scholars rely on
nothing
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the "quest for historical Jesus" has painted which of the following pictures?
Jesus as a Jewish Rabbi, social reformer, revolutionary, feminist
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The preaching of Jesus likely proclaimed
an apocalyptic message
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Paul tells thessalonians that their communal identity was based on
sanctification
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In ___ paul worries that PERSECUTIONS have shaken the communities commitment
1 Thessalonians
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Paul's charismatic authority was based primarily on
revelations from God and spiritual gifts
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Onesimus was a
slave
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"For this we declare to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will by no means precede those who have died.. For the Lord himself will descend from heaven and the dead in Christ will rise first..
1 Thessalonians
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the role of __ in Paul's community lays at the root of many of the Corinthian's problems
traditional social status
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Problems of the church in Corinth
a member slept with stepmother
members were suing each other
members were forming factions
members misunderstood Paul's teaching about the resurrection
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For Paul, speaking in tongues was at the
bottom of hierarchy of spiritual gifts
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The social system for mitigating the extreme socio-economic stratification characteristic of the Roman empire was
patronage
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"Christ crucified" serves as a symbol of
the complete reversal of Roman social values
the rejection of traditional social status
around which the Corinthians should unify
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"I am appealing to you for my child, Onesimus, whose father i have become during my imprisonment... now he is indeed useful both to you and me.. no longer as a slaved but more than a slave, a beloved brother."
Philemon
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Antiochus IV Epiphanies died in
Parthia
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When does the narrative of the Book of Daniel take place?
During the Babylonian exile and during Persian rule of Palestine (6th century BC)
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Who wrote the book of Daniel?
Unknown- sometimes in first person.. "i, Daniel..." but this is not the author
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Why was the book of Daniel written?
to make sense of Antiochus IV Epiphanies' desecration of the Temple and persecution of the Jews
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Why does the author of the book of Daniel hate the Seleucid king Antiochus IV Epiphanies so much?
He forbid the study of the Torah, observance of the Sabbath, practice of circumcision. daily temple service, and he set up an altar to himself in the Temple
His reason for persecution of Jews is generally unknown
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a Roman historian
Tacitus and Seutonius
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a Satirist
Lucian
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a physician and philosopher
Galen
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Procurator of judea
Pontious Pilate (26-36 ce)
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Roman rule of Judea lasted from
37 BCE- 637 CE
