Exam 1

Question 1

Matthew 22:37

Answer 1

“Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your heart and with all your mind.”

Question 2

The Silent Years

Answer 2

The 400 years of prophetic silence between the end of Malachi and the start of the NT.

Question 3

Map counter clockwise

Answer 3

Galilee Samaria Judea Perea Decapolis

Question 4

The Gospel

Answer 4

The general meaning is “Good News”. It was originally applied to having victory in battle. When we proclaim victory in Jesus, we are proclaiming the Gospel.
Appears 91 times in NT.
Jesus Resurrection happened in 30 AD but the Gospels weren’t written until the mid 50s.

Question 5

Q

Answer 5

Stands for Quelle which is a German word that means “source”.

Question 6

Order of Gospels

Answer 6

It is strongly believed that Mark was written first.

Question 7

When, and to whom was Matthew written?

Answer 7

Between 60-65 AD and to the Jews.

Question 8

Synoptic Gospels

Answer 8

Matthew, Mark, Luke describe similar events and in a similar order. Unlike John, in which the content is comparatively different.

Question 9

John’s Gospel OMITS

Answer 9

Jesus temptation
Last Supper
Lord's Prayer
Sermon on the Mount
Transfiguration

Question 10

John’s Gospel INCLUDES

Answer 10

Jesus early Galilean ministry
Visits to Jerusalem before the passion
Resurrection of Lazarus
Extended farewell discourse

Question 11

Pharisee

Answer 11

Name derived from an Aramaic term meaning “separate”

They could be referred to as “Separated ones”

Question 12

Pharisee “Two Schools of Thought”

Answer 12

Hillel: revolutionized rabbinic thought with a new method of exegesis which allowed for more liberalized interpretation of the law.
Shammai: More strict and more conservative interpretation.
Shammai binds, Hillel loosens.

Question 13

Saducees

Answer 13

Priestly aristocrats who rejected almost everything the Pharisees believed. Did not believe in:
Angels, Spirits, Resurrection, last judgment, life after death, divine providence or the coming Messiah

Question 14

Essenes

Answer 14

A strict, highly disciplined community that rejected luxury, most lived in celibacy.

Question 15

Zealots

Answer 15

Agree with the Pharisees, but are intolerant of being ruled politically by anyone other than God.

Question 16

Apocalyptic movement

Answer 16

Not a set group but a movement that produced vast material of special revelation

Question 17

Systematic Theology of Matthew

Answer 17

Bruner believes that Matthew is the most systematic in his theology.
Matthew 26 is ordered like a worship service
-Prelude
-Call to worship
-Self-examination
-Word and sacrament
-announcements
-prayer