Unit 2 - Life & Teaching of Jesus Christ Flashcards
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What are 2 non-Christian Jewish sources for general knowledge of L and T of JC?
Josephus Babylonian Talmud
What did non-Christian sources focus on regarding JC?
Facts (such as his death)
What is the title of Josephus’s work we discussed?
Antiquities (of the Jewish people)
Book 18 (Ch 3) of Josephus’s Antiquities includes the fact of JC’s ____ and ____, and of followers who believe(d) in His _____.
life death resurrection
What is the name of the non-Christian source that is a collection and organized written form of oral (rabbinic) teachings?
Babylonian Talmud
The Babylonian Talmud contains (oral) traditions of rabbis going back to when?
1st cent.
What are the 2 Jewish non-Christian sources?
Josephus’s writings Babylonian Talmud (oral tradition)
What are the 4 basic pagan non-Christian sources?
Pliny the younger’s “Letter to Trajan” Tacitus’s “Annals” Suetonius’s “Lives of the Twelve Caesars” Thallus the Samaritan’s “Chronicle”
Who WAS Pliny the Younger?
Roman governor of Bithynia
Who was Trajan? (for Pliny’s ‘letter to trajan’)
Roman Emperor of the time (c. 112ad)
What basic info does Pliny’s letter to Trajan include?
tons of Christians in his province who should be condemned; the Christians met once a week to ‘worship this guy named Christ’
What are the 6 references to Jesus of Nazareth in the Babylonian Talmud?
- born out of wedlock 2. learned magic in Egypt and appeared to perform miracles 3. called himself God (blasphemy in their pov) 4. tried (court-style) by the Sanhedrin for teaching deception/Apostasy 5. executed on eve of Passover by crucifixion 6. had 5 disciples

What general records did Tacitus’s Annals keep?
records of very Roman events, esp. in Rome; writes history FOR the government; describes PERSECUTION in the city of Rome
Tacitus’s Annals describes persecution; w/what emperor did it first come?
Nero in 64ad – blames Christians for fire in Rome
Tacitus’s Annals places personage of Christ how?
regards followers being NAMED AFTER Christ, who was persecuted ‘during the reign of Tiberius Pontius Pilate’
Suetonius’s Lives of the 12 Caesars references what jerk of an emperor?
Nero
Suetonius’s Lives of the 12 Caesars references Jews continually doing what under who’s influence?
stirring up trouble under influence of JESUS CHRIST
Thallus the Samaritan’s Chronicle tries to explain what from Good Friday?
the physical disruptions (ex. eclipse of the sun, earthquake unrelated, etc.)
How many types of Christian sources are there?
3
What are the 3 types of Christian sources for knowledge of life and teaching of JC?
Canonical Gospels Letters of Paul Apocryphal Gospels (NON-canonical)
4 gospels in our Bible are ______ canonical and most _____ of Chrusch’s materials about JC
earliest authentic
As far as we know, JC only taught orally; how did we get His written teachings then?
his followers saw need in subsequent years of His life for written teachings
Which books are Synoptic Gospels?
Matt, Mark, Luke
Why are M, M, L the Synoptic Gospels?
see story of Jesus in a similar way (ex. focus almost exclusively on JC’s ministry in Galilee; focus on J’s teaching [parables] of Kingdom of God)

























