Exam 2 Terms Flashcards
From the Greek term baptize means to immerse. The earliest Christian practice to baptism in the water appears to have been an initiation rite. It probably derived from the practice of John the Baptist who baptized Jews including Jesus in anticipation of imment arrival of the end of this age and the coming of the Kingdom of God.
- Baptism
A literary genre consisting of a narrative of an individual’s life, often within a chronological framework, employing numerous subgenres so as to reflect important aspects of his or her character, principally for purposes of instruction, exhortation, or propaganda.
biography
The leaders of the priest in the Jewish temple of Jerusalem. Many of them would have been actively involved in the Sanhedrin their ultimate leader was the high priest.
- chief priests
See messiah
- Christ
A Jewish designation for a non-Jew.
- Gentile
from a Greek word that means suffering used as a technical term to refer to the traditions of Jesus’ last days up to and including his crucifixion.
- Passion
In most Greco roman circles, this is the designation of a person born to a god, able to perform miraculous deeds, and/or convey superhuman teachings.
- Son of God
- A term whose meaning is much disputed among modern scholars, used in some ancient apocalyptic texts to refer to a cosmic judge sent from heaven at the end of time.
- Son of Man
- A term whose meaning is much disputed among modern scholars, used in some ancient apocalyptic texts to refer to a cosmic judge sent from heaven at the end of time.
- Son of Man
A solution to the synoptic problem that maintains that there are four sources that lie behind the Gospel of Matthew Mark and Luke. Mark was the source for much of the narrative of Matthew and Luke. Q was the source for the sayings found in Matthew and Luke but not for the mark. M provided the material found only in Matthew’s gospel and L provided the material found only in Luke
- Four-Source Hypothesis
A solution to the synoptic problem that maintains that there are four sources that lie behind the Gospel of Matthew Mark and Luke. Mark was the source for much of the narrative of Matthew and Luke. Q was the source for the sayings found in Matthew and Luke but not for the mark. M provided the material found only in Matthew’s gospel and L provided the material found only in Luke
- Four-Source Hypothesis
A document that no longer survives but that evidently provided Luke with traditions that are not found in Matthew or Mark
- L
– A document that no longer survives but that evidently provided Matthew with traditions that are not found in Mark and Luke
- M
the study of how authors modified or edited their source in their view of their own vested interests and concerns
- redaction criticism
The gospels of Matthew Mark Luke narrate so many of the same stories that they can be placed side by side in parallel columns and so be seen together
- Synoptic Gospels
the problem of explaining the similarities and differences between the three synoptic gospels.
- Synoptic Problem
- Literally contrary statements used as a technical term to designate six saying of Jesus in the sermon on the mountain in which Paul states a Jewish Law and sets his own interpretation of it.
- Antitheses
- a Latin word meaning blessed used as a technical term for the saying of Jesus that the begin the sermon on the mount.
- Beatitudes
a literal device used by Matthew in which he states that something experienced or done by Jesus fulfilled what was spoken by a Hebrew prophet in scripture.
- fulfillment citations
Sermon found only in Matthew 5-7 which preserves many of the best-known saying of Jesus.
- Sermon on the Mount
The first roman empire ruling from 27 was the great-nephew and adopted son of Julius Caesar and a great general who brought unity to Rome after it has experienced prolonged and bloody civil wars. Early in his reign Octavian assumed the name which means something like a most revered emperor
- Augustus Caesar
A method used to study a literature text by noting its similarities to and from other related texts, whether or not any of these other texts whether or not other texts were used as a source for the text in question
comparative method
Ruler of all Galilee, Samaria, and Judea from 40 to 4 this Herod was allegedly ruling when Jesus was born and is known in Christian history for killing all the baby boys of Bethlehem in an attempt to destroy the infant Jesus.
- Herod (the Great)
appears to refer to an actual kingdom that will come to earth to replace the wicked kingdoms that are now in control of affairs, and of God’s people, here. This would be a utopian Kingdom where truth, peace, and justice were restored.
- Kingdom of God
The person whom Luke addressed in both of his volumes, the gospel and the book of Acts. Scholars debated whether was a real person possibly a highly placed Roman administrator or whether the name was either beloved of God or lover of God if symbolic it would refer to the Christian individuals or communities who were the author; s intended audience.
- Theophilus
