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When was Acts written?

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Period of time after Jesus ascension

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What kind of literature is Acts?

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Is like an epistle

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What does Acts follow in the book?

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The first decades of the history of Jesus’ followers. Things that occurred in, through, and to Jesus impacted the lives of those who identified as his followers

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Who is the Author of Acts?

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Unnamed, but the earliest evidence suggests the author could be Luke

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Who is the recipient of Acts?

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Theophiles, but was not intended for just one person

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Date of Acts?

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Uncertain, suggested early 70s CE

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Purpose of Acts?

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To describe the continuous work of Jesus Christ

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Key Events in Acts

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 Pentecost promise fulfilled
 Saul meets Jesus
 Peter and Cornelius have a twofold “conversion”
 The Jerusalem Council: identity of the Church was made official
 Pauls ministry to the Greco-Roman world
 Paul in Rome

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Key themes in Acts

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 Salvation of God reaches all people
 Unstoppable power of God’s work of Salvation triumphant, joyful, Spirit-empowered, Gospel-centred
 Character of the Church: community of people form all tribes and nations, who love radically changed lives by the Gospel.

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Why are Paul’s writings significant?

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 13 out of 27 books of the NT are attributed to Paul
 Paul played a major role in bringing the good news to the Greco-Roman world
 Deeply significant in the development of Christian theology

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What is Pauls Hebrew name?

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Saul

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Who is Paul?

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Hellenistic Jew from the Diaspora
	Is a Roman citizen
	Familiar with Greek customs.
	He was a Pharisee 
	He early identified with Jewish worldview
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Where did Paul’s conversion happen?

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On the road to Damascus

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Another way to describe Pauls conversion

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More like a worldview-changing moment, a critical catalyst for Pauls thinking and perspectives

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When was Pauls first Missionary journey?

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45-47/48 CE

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When was Pauls Second Missionary Journey?

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48/49CE

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When was Pauls Third Missionary Journey?

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53-58CE

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What Missionary journey was the longest?

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The third

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Imprisonments of Paul

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 Held in Roman custody during the uproar in the Temple
 Held in Caesarea for two years (58-60 CE)
 Kept under house-arrest (60-62CE)
 Released from captivity around 62 CE
 Imprisoned again then executed in Rome, 64-65 CE

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Which of Pauls letters are not debated for Authorhsip?

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1 & 2 Thessalonians
1 &2 Corinthians
Romans

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Which Pauline letters are debated for Authorship?

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•	Galatians 
•	The “Prison Epistles”
o	Ephesians
o	Philippians
o	Colossians
o	Philemon
•	The Pastoral Epistles 
o	1 & 2 Timothy 
o	Titus
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What is the central questions for the first century Jews?

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Who are God’s true people?

What marks them out?

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Why is Romans the most influential letter out of Pauls writings?

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 Written by Paul
 He did not know the group of believers personally
 Purposes and occasion
• Either for the roman church or Pauls own agenda

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Main themes of Romans?

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God’s righteousness and faith

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What does the phrase “pistes Lesou Christous” mean?

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Faith of Jesus Christ

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Occasion and Purpose of Galatians

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  • The church leaders have being to teach that circumcision is necessary for justification
  • These false teachers criticize Paul because he lacks proper apostolic credentials, calls him a people please, and takes shortcuts on the Demands of the Gospel. They stress the need for Torah observance
  • Paul responds by saying the life of the Spirit is extremely significant.
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What books are the General Epistles or Catholic Epistles?

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	James
	Jude
	1 &2 Peter
	Hebrews*
	1, 2 & 3 John
28
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Why are the called the general epistles?

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Because there is no specific audience

29
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Why are they called the Catholic Epistles?

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Because Catholic means “general, or universal”

30
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What links the General Epistles together?

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 Authorship of the Jerusalem pillars
• Peter, John, James, and Judah
 Audience is more towards a mature audience
 Heaps of persecution and suffering and of false teachings
 Awareness of the community of Faith

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Common themes in the General Epistles?

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  • Churches preaching and identity is rooted in the OT
  • Suffering tests and refines genuine faith
  • Faith is characterized by perseverance, love, obedience and transformation
  • Jesus is central
32
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Which book is not shaped as an epistles but is part of the General Epistles?

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Hebrews

33
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Who wrote Hebrews?

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Some believe Paul wrote Hebrews but this is wide debated. There is good evidence that Apollo’s wrote the book

34
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When was Hebrews written?

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Between 60-90CE

35
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Which book bridges the Pauline and Catholic Epistles?

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Hebrews

36
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Who wrote the books of James?

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Widely accepted authorship of James, Jesus’ half brother. Though alternatively would be pseudepigrapha

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Themes of the book of James?

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 Ethical teachings and imperatives.
 Application of Jesus’ teaching, discipleship
 Following Jesus is not just about right theology it’s about right practice: faith without works is dead

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Who wrote 1 & 2 Peter?

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Widely accepted authorship of Simone-Peter, Jesus disciple. But authorship of 2 Peter is debated.

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Primary focus of the Petrine Letters?

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Gods Hoyle people in the face pf suffering

40
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Who are the Petrine letters addressed to

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Asia Minor

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What are themes in the Petrine Letters?

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 Describes the church as a redeemed and royal people.
 Urges people to love up to what / who God has called / made us to be
 Believers are reminded that Jesus died for them, will return and complete work of new creation

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Who is the Author of 1, 2, & 3 John?

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Traditionally authorship by John, son of Zebedee, the “beloved disciple”. But this is also widely debated

43
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Provenance of the Johannine Letters?

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Linked to the church of Ephesus

44
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Which is the longest, and not considered an epistle what of the Johannine Letters?

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1 John

45
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Which Johannine letters are the brief and considered epistles?

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2 & 3 john

46
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What are the themes of 1 & 2 John?

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Deals with false teachers and denying the incarnation

47
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What is the theme of 3 John

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Deals with the matter of usurpation leadership

48
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Centrality of the Johannine Letters?

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power of the love of God

 Following Jesus means walking in the light, loving one another and rejection temptations

49
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Who wrote the book of Jude

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The Brother of Jesus, also know as Judah. Not 100% sure.

50
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Purpose of the Book of Jude?

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Warning against false teachings and presevere

51
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Which book emphasizes the important of holding fast to the common faith?

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The book of Jude

52
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Who wrote the book of Revelation?

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Self identifies as John

53
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Date of the book of Revelation?

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During the reign of Domitian, 96 CE

54
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Provence of the book of Revelation

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Island of Patmos, during Johns Exile

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Recipients of the book of Revelation?

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The seven churches

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What genre is Revelation?

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 Apocalyptic
• Revelatory lecture with a narrative framework, in which a revelation is mediated by an otherworldly being to a human recipients disclosing a transcendent reality which is both temporal, insofar as it envisages eschatological salvation, and spatial insofar as it involves another, supernatural world

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Revelation as a prophecy

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 Revelation is not to be relegated to distant future

 God’s intervention as already begun in Jesus, but complete fulfillment is yet to come.

58
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Revelation as an apocalypse

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 Norm under suffering, it uses symbolism and imagery to encourage believers by revealing Gods dominion over both judgment and salvation

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Revelation as a letter

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 The writing is occasioned by the specific situation of Churches addressed

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Themes of Revelation: what was

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  • Gods crucified messiah defeated Satan, and has been vindicated and ascended into heaven
  • Satan no longer making accusation, wages war on messianic community but us unable to succeed.
  • Satan now concentrates defeating the church
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Themes of Revelation: what will be

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  • Satan will continue to with through Rome and its local client kings
  • The church mist follow the path of its Lord
  • Church mist remains faithful and not give in
  • God will judge the stare for its wickedness and be destroyed
  • Complete judgement will come
  • Leading to a new creation

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