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Final Exam Flashcards

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What are psalms?

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  • The Psalter, in Hebrew- Tehillim (“praises”)
  • Israel’s hymns
  • A way to pray in specific ways
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Different types of psalms

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  • Hymns
  • Individual thanksgiving
  • Communal thanksgiving
  • Individual lament
  • Communal lament

Also orientation, disorientation, and reorientation

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Who are many of the psalms attributed to?

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David

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How many books of the Psalms are there?

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5 books (150 individual psalms)

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Who is the author of Proverbs?

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Solomon (except for 30 &31)

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Content of Proverbs

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Wisdom literature (fear of the Lord is wisdom)

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Personifications

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Lady Wisdom - created by God before Creation

Dame Folly - villain, the adulteress

Proverbs 31 Woman

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What is a Proverb

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A short poetic saying that conveys a general truth

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How Proverbs ends

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Ode to a Capable Wife which tries to get men to appreciate strong women in their life / women are wiser than men

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Content of Job

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Righteous man gets favorable life taken away, conversation with 3 friends, God restores his favor to Job

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Theodicy

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dealing with the goodness of God in an evil world

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The books of the Five Megillot

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Megillot = Scrolls

Ruth, Song of Songs, Ecclesiastes, Lamentations, Esther

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Authorship of Five Megillot

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Song of Songs and Ecclesiastes are by Solomon

By tradition, Lamentations is attributed to Jeremiah

Ruth and Esther are by unknown authors

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Content of Ecclesiastes

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Life is pointless, just live in the moment

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Content of Song of Songs

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love poetry

interpreted allegorically by Jews and Christians (God & Israel and Christ & the church)

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Content of Lamentations

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fall of Jerusalem to Babylon in 587 BC

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Content of Ruth

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Faithful daughter in law from Moab goes back to Bethlehem with Naomi

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Content of Esther

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Queen Esther saves the Jews from annihilation by Haman

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Daniel

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post exilic prophet, Jews supposed to become Babylonian, Daniel interpreted dreams, “Son of Man” is prophesized

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Ezra

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Revives Judaism post exile, most instrumental in re-observing the Law

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Nehemiah

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cup bearer to the Persian king that was in charge of rebuilding the wall in Jerusalem

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Content of Chronicles

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retelling of Samuels and Kings

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Cyrus the Great

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king of Persia who conquered Babylon and allowed Jews to return from exile and go back to their homeland (this decree changed the world)

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Intertestamental Period

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succession of empires: Babylon, Persia, Greece, Rome

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Alexander the Great

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conquers Persia, his kingdom is divided into 4, Antioch takes over Judea and orders execution of Jews, leads to Maccabees revolting (Hanukkah)

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Hasmonean Dynasty

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Jewish Dynasty that ruled after Maccabeean revolt for about 100 years before Rome took over

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Jewish writings

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Septuagint, the apocrypha, and the pseudepigrapha

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Sepuagint

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Jewish writing - Greek translation of the Old Testament

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29
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Jewish sects

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Pharisees and Sadducees

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30
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Pharisees

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sect of the people; believed in the whole Tanakh and resurrection
believed in a lot of the same things Jesus did, but they criticized him for the amount of time he spent with tax collectors and sinners

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Sadducees

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Priestly sect that liked Roman rule; only believed in the Torah; did not believe in the resurrection

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32
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What are the Gospels

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Biographies of Jesus’ life

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33
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Names of the Gospels

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Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John

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34
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Synoptic Gospels

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Matthew, Mark, and Luke

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35
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What does “synoptic” mean?

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They are three books telling the same basic story

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36
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Priority of Mark

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assumption that Mark was written first before the others (John was probably written last)

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37
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Birth and life of Jesus

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Born of the virgin Mary in Bethlehem, grew up in the city of Nazareth in Galilee

38
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John the Baptist

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prophetic figure similar to Elijah, baptizes Jesus

39
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Jesus’ baptism

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John baptizes Jesus, the Holy Spirit enters Jesus, and his ministry begins from that moment

40
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Jesus’ ministry

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about the Kingdom of God (Heaven) and God’s reign coming to earth
His ministry lasted 3 years

41
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What was the Passion Week

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The week leading up to Jesus’ death

42
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Jesus’ sign-acts

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There were three that took place during Passion Week: riding into Jerusalem on a donkey, demonstration in the temple, and the Eucharist (thanksgiving with the bread and wine)

43
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What is a parable

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a statement or saying with dual and deeper meaning

44
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Importance of parables in Jesus’ ministry

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they concealed the truth to reveal the truth

45
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Mary Magdalene

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one of the disciples, she was the first person Jesus revealed himself to after the resurrection

46
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Judas

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One of the twelve; betrayed Jesus for 30 pieces of silver

47
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Peter

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Leader of the twelve; denied Jesus three times

48
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OT texts relating to Jesus’ self-understanding

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Daniel 7, 13, and 14; Isaiah 53

49
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“Son of Man”

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It comes from Daniel’s prophesy and is what Jesus refers to himself as

50
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What does Christ mean

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Christ = Messiah = Anointed One

51
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Author of Acts

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Luke

52
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Content of Acts

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beginning and mission of the early church; work of Jesus through the Holy Spirit; how a Jewish sect (Christianity) became a Gentile religion

53
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Pentecost

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When the Holy Spirit comes down on the apostles and they preach to convert more Jews; birthday of the Church

54
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Stephen

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first martyr of Christianity; stoned to death

55
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Cornelius

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first Gentile convert to Christianity

56
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Saul/Paul

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originally tried to destroy the church; on the road to Demascus he saw the light

57
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Jerusalem Council

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The church had a controversy over Gentiles becoming Christians – they determined circumcision was not necessary to be Christian (main advocate being James brother of Jesus)

58
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Paul’s missionary journeys

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He took 3 journeys, on the 4th he was arrested and sent to Rome

59
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How does Acts end

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Paul is placed under house arrest in Rome for 2 years

60
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Paul’s view of God

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God is one in the trinity; God created the world through Christ

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Paul’s Christology

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Christology = teachings of Christ;

To Paul, Jesus is the Wisdom of God, Jesus was pre-existent, and Jesus is the Last Adam

62
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Shema

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God is one

63
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Paul: Humanity’s plight

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World is fallen under Sin’s influence (idolatry is the root of all sin as it is rebellion against God)

64
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Paul: Atonement

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Christ’s death is the way God defeats Sin and Death

65
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Sin and Death

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defeated by God through Christ’s death

66
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Paul’s Gospel

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good news: Christ died for our sins, rose from the dead, and is Lord over all

67
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Salvation

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Justification
Sanctification
Redemption
Reconciliation
Glorification
68
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Justification by faith

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grace through faith geven as a gift, faith apart from works; being declared righteous = acquitted of guilt/forgiven of sins

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Paul’s view of the Torah

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It’s Scripture, but it changed because of Christ; Torah was given to Israel as a “tutor,” but because of Christ, we no longer need the tutor to learn from; there’s still a role for Torah to play, it’s fulfilled by the love commandment

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Paul’s view of Israel

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to be part of the Church, one must have faith in Christ, being Jewish no longer equals being one of God’s chosen people – faith in Christ makes one part of God’s people; olive tree metaphor

71
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“Works” (Paul)

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We are justified by faith apart from works, but we are saved FOR good works

72
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Paul’s Ethics

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fulfill law, love your neighbor, participation in Christ and Christ’s death, we are constantly dying with Christ

73
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Household Codes

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Relationships between: Husband & Wife, Parents & Children, and Masters & Slaves

74
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Significance of Romans

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most comprehensive book of Paul’s theology - his magnum opus

75
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Situation in Galations

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Gentiles were Judaizing first to become Christians – Paul emphasizes justification apart from works

76
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Grace

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unmerited favor

77
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Faith

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trusting/believing in Christ

78
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Hope

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certainty that God will fulfill his promises to resurrect the dead and glorify the church

79
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Paul’s view of the Holy Spirit

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receiving the Holy Spirit is the seal of salvation

80
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Content of James

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book of Jewish wisdom, quotes from Jewish ministry

Justification by faith AND works

81
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Content of Hebrews

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superiority of the New Covenant over the Old Covenant, Jesus is the perfect sacrifice;

Jesus is the high priest (only book to say this)

82
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Author of Hebrews

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anonymous

83
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What is the New Covenant?

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It was prophesied in Jeremiah; Christianity is the New Covenant

84
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Content of 1 Peter

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Takes John’s born again theology and Paul’s teachings and uses Isaiah 53’s Jesus is the perfect sacrifice

85
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Content of 2 Peter

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Jude rewritten, false teachers, delay of the second coming of Christ

86
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Content of 1 John

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Problem with docetism (people denying Jesus came in the flesh), love writing – God is love

87
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Johanine Literature

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The Gospel of John, 1-3 John, Revelation

88
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Content of Revelation

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eschatology, highly figurative language

89
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Authorship of Revelation

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John

90
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Eschatology

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end of time

91
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Ending of Revelation

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New heavens and new earth – borrowed from Isaiah

92
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Content of Jude

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false teachers (Jude says he’s the slave of Jesus and the brother of James)

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