Vocab Final Exam Flashcards
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Those books viewed by the church as authoritative and so fit to be included in the Bible
Canon
“Setting in Life,” referring to the original culture and historical contexts in which an episode or narrative arose
Sitz im Leben
Complex and often unpredictable narrative characters with multiple traits
Round Characters
Simple, one-dimensional, and predictable characters in a narrative
Flat characters
Inverse parallelism, a concentric pattern in which a series of things repeats itself in reverse order
Chiasm
A “bookend” Structure in which a similar statement or episode begins and ends a narrative sequence
Inclusio
A “sandwiching” technique, simialar to inclusio, where one episode is inserted into the middle of another. The two episodes are generally related to a common theme
Intercalation
The spread of Greek culture and language, whether by coercion, force, or natural appeal
Hellenization
The dispersion of Jews living outside Israel
Diaspora
A Latin term referring to the period of relative peace and stability established by Caesar Augustus
Pax Romana
The Jewish high priest during Jesus’ public ministry
Caiaphas
Experts in the Law of Moses
Scribes
A religious and political party on first-century Judaism made up mostly of the priestly leadership and aristocracy
Sadducees
A religious and political party in first-century Judaism which strictly adhered to purity laws and the law of Moses (written & oral)
Pharisees
The earliest of the rabbinic writings, put into written form about AD 200, composed of the rulings of rabbis on a wide range of issues related to the application of Torah to everyday life
Mishnah
The complete body of Jewish oral traditions
Talmud
Values in first-century Mediterranean culture which relate to gaining or losing status and esteem from others in the community
Honor and Shame
Likely the patron who sponsored the writing of Luke-Acts
Theophilus
A Greek title given to Jesus in the prologue of John’s Gospel Which has conceptual roots in both Judaism and Hellenistic philosophy and which stresses Jesus’ identity as the self-revelation of God
Logos
A description (advocate, counselor, comforter) Jesus gives to the Holy Spirit in His Farewell Discourse in John’s Gospel
Paraclete
The philosophical perspective which claims that reason is the sole test of truth
Rationalism
German theologian, musician, philosopher, and physician whose magisterial Quest for the Historical Jesus criticized the First Quest for the Historical Jesus for merely reimagining Jesus as a 19th century rationalist
Albert Schweitzer
The most influential New Testament scholar of the 20th century. He sought to “de mythologize” the New Testament in order to discern its true existential message
Rudolf Bultmann
A 19th century German school of thought which sought to study religion in terms of its evolutionary development from simple polytheistic religions to complex monotheism
History of Religions School
