Final Exam Flashcards
Diaspora
From the Greek, meaning “dispersion.” Any place Jews lived that was not the land of Palestine or Eretz Israel; After the failed Bar Kochba revolt in 135 C.E. Judaism essentially became a diaspora religion.
Tarsus of Cilicia
Birth place of Paul. was “no mean city” Center of Hellenistic culture. Popular philosophers and rhetoricians preached in its streets.
Structure of Paul’s letters
(1) an opening formula (praescriptio), (2) a thanksgiving section, (3) the body of the message, and (4) a concluding formula.
Chloe
1 Corinthians 1:10, 11 - She was the head of the household where Paul stayed and learned about the issues with the Early Church
Authentic and Inauthentic letters of Paul
authentic Pauline epistles whose authorship is rarely contested: Romans, 1 and 2 Corinthians, Galatians, Philippians, 1 Thessalonians, and Philemon. Several additional letters bearing Paul’s name lack academic consensus: Ephesians, Colossians, 2 Thessalonians, 1 & 2 Timothy, and Titus. Scholarly opinion is sharply divided on whether the former two epistles are the letters of Paul; however, the latter four - 2 Thessalonians, as well as the three known as the “Pastoral Epistles” - have been labeled pseudepigraphical works by most critical scholars
Corinthian Correspondence
1st and 2nd Corinthians. Could possible have as many as 6 letters which have been lost.
Factionalism
the state or quality of being partisan or self-interested.
A letter of reconciliation
2 Corinthians 5:11-21 ?
Eschatology
Any understanding of the “end” of history; the term derives from the Greek eschatos, which means “last” or “end.”
“In Christ” and “new creation”
2 Corinthians 5:17
Christological confession
Peter’s confession of Jesus and his identity Luke 9:18-50
Christological hymn
A. Hymns
- Philippians 2:6-11
- Colossians 1:15-20
- Hebrews 1:2b-4
- John 1:1ff
Jerusalem conference and Jerusalem compromise
historians and theologians to a Christian Apostolic Age council that was held in Jerusalem and dated to around the year 50 AD
Galatians 1:15-16
15 But when God, who had set me apart before I was born and called me through his grace, was pleased 16 to reveal his Son to me,[a] so that I might proclaim him among the Gentiles, I did not confer with any human being,
1 Corinthians 11:17-34
abuses of the Lord’s supper, The institution of the Lord’s Supper, partaking of the Supper Unworthily
1 Thess. 4:13-18
The coming of the Lord
The Christ-event
The incarnation. Used by those who think of revelation as a historical event instead of a disclosure of the nature and attributes of Christ.
Antioch Incident
Gal 2: 11-14 - a dispute between Peter and Paul
Justification by Faith
salvation by faith alone, not by works
Grace
“the love and mercy given to us by God because God desires us to have it, not because of anything we have done to earn it”, “the condescension or benevolence shown by God toward the human race”. It is understood by Christians to be a spontaneous gift from God to man — “generous, free and totally unexpected and undeserved” — that takes the form of divine favor, love, clemency, and a share in the divine life of God
Vice and Virtue catalogues
The catalogue form was extremely popular with everyone in 1st century Hellenism.[citation needed] Plato wrote the earliest catalogue. They could easily be adapted for a range of philosophies and ethics. Philo, a hellenized Jew, also wrote several. There is surprisingly little difference between the Christian and non-Christian catalogues. The longest list is in the Epistle to the Galatians and every item is common among pagan catalogues except one. Catalogues vary by size, content, and style. There was, apparently, little interest in Christians for creativity, systemization, or completeness. Their primary function, therefore, was to show that Christian morality should approximately conform to the well accepted morality of Hellenism. Therefore, the catalogues should not be considered creedal or specifically Christian
Redemption
the action of saving or being saved from sin, error, or evil and the action of regaining or gaining possession of something in exchange for payment, or clearing a debt
Midrash
is the body of exegesis of Torah texts along with homiletic stories as taught by Chazal (Rabbinical Jewish sages of the post-Temple era) that provide an intrinsic analysis to passages in the Tanakh.
Paidagogos
a tutor i.e. a guardian and guide of boys. Among the Greeks and the Romans the name was applied to trustworthy slaves who were charged with the duty of supervising the life and morals of boys belonging to the better class. The boys were not allowed so much as to step out of the house without them before arriving at the age of manhood.
Hagar and Sarah
Abraham’s wife and Sarah’s servant - both produced boys for an heir to Abraham.
Salvation
deliverance from sin and its consequences, believed by Christians to be brought about by faith in Christ
Righteousness of God and reconciliation
2 Cor 5:17-21 - (21) God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
Diatribe
a forceful and bitter verbal attack against someone or something.
