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Final Exam Study Guide Flashcards

1
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What two key Old Testament figures is Matthew’s genealogy is structured around?

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Abraham and David

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What does form narrative criticism study?

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It treats the Gospel as a story

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Who dominated the Sanhedrin in Jesus’ day?

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Sadducees

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Most people in the Roman Empire were from what “class?”

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Lower Class

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What is the comparison between the number of miracles in Mark’s Gospel versus the other three Gospels.

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More miracles

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Which Gospel(s) tells us anything about Jesus’ childhood?

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Luke

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Which is the only Gospel relating that at the transfiguration, Jesus, Moses, and Elijah were discussing Jesus’ coming “departure” or exodus in Jerusalem?

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Luke

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Whose Gospel places an emphasis on Jesus as the savior for all people.

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Luke

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9
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What is a “redactor?”

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An Editor

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Whose Gospel has a larger number of Aramaic words than the other two Synoptics?

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Mark

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The healing of Jairus’s daughter is an example of which Gospel writer’s concise style?

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Mark

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At what two significant events does a voice from heaven addresses Jesus in Mark?

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Baptism and Transfiguration

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What is the Greek translation of the Hebrew Old Testament called?

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Septuagint

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14
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Who probably established the Qumran community that produced the Dead Sea Scrolls?

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The Essenes

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15
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Which Gospel is considered to have been written first by most NT scholars?

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Mark

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In reference to the text, what does “Synoptic” mean and what are the Synoptic Gospels?

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Viewed together

Matthew, Mark, Luke

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17
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According to John Dominic Crossan, what did Jesus heal or cure?

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Illness

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18
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What was the basic premise of the history of religions school?

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Religious growth is evolutionary, all religions go from simple to complex

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Who authored - The Quest for the Historical Jesus?

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Albert Schweitzer

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Who was likely the most influential New Testament scholar of the 20th century?

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Rudolf Bultman

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During what period was Historical Criticism first applied to the Bible?

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Enlightenment-17th and 18th Century

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Where have the most radical attacks on the historical Jesus in recent years (1980-90s) come from?

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Participants of Jesus’ Seminar

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Which “criteria of authenticity” claims that a saying of Jesus is authentic if it appears neither in the teaching of Judaism nor in the teaching of first-century Christianity?

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Criterion of Dissimilarity

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24
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Is there evidence in John’s Gospel of an eyewitness accounts?

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Yes

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25
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According to the text, did the Gospel writers feel at liberty to paraphrase, interpret or rearrange the words of Jesus or the events of his life?

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Yes

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26
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What is the relationship do biases and presuppositions have with the writing of history?

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It is impossible to have an unbabsis historian

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Would most New Testament scholars assert that in most cases we have the exact words of Jesus?

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No

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28
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Do all four Gospel writers follow chronological order as they report events?

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No

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29
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How might most of the alleged contradictions between John and the Synoptics be explained? (particular themes)

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Contradictions

  • Length of ministry: 1 yr v. 2 or 3 (counted by Passovers mentioned)
  • Cleansing temple: Syn at end of ministry, John at start
  • Relationship of Lord’s Supper and Jesus’ death to passover
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30
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What was likely the language Jesus spoke?

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Aramaic

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31
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Which Gospel reports three Passovers?

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John

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32
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Which Gospel is famous for abbreviating accounts?

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Matthew

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33
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Which Gospel is the most interpretive of the Gospels?

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John

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34
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What is the concept of General Trustworthiness as it relates to the Gospel writers’ reliability?

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If the writer is generally reliable and given the benefit of the doubt

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35
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Do all translations involve some level of interpretation?

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Yes

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36
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How did the Jewish authorities treat the “prophets” and “messiahs” arising prior to Jesus?

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Reject and Crushed

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37
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How was the Pharisees’ piety and spiritual devotion received by people?

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They were admired

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38
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How well known was John the Baptist in Palestine?

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Very well known

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39
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What was Jesus’ central message concerning?

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Kingdom of God

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40
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Which Gospel provides us with the most information concerning the length of Jesus’ ministry?

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John

41
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What are the two most likely dates for the year of Jesus’ crucifixion?

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AD 30 to AD 33

42
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Who feared that a revolt from John the Baptist’s preaching would bring the Roman-legions and spell disaster for the temple.

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Jewish leaders

43
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Which act of kindness was Mediterranean culture founded on?

A

Reciprocation

44
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What date did the pagan feast of Saturnalia typically fall on?

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December 25

45
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Joseph’s occupation, traditionally translated “carpenter,” might have him working with what materials? (More than wood)

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Masonry, clay, metal, brick, stone, etc

46
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Is there any information about Jesus’ childhood given in the Gospels.

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Yes

47
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From whose perspective is Luke’s birth narrative is told?

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Mary

48
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Who ordered the census, requiring Joseph and Mary to return to Bethlehem

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Caesar Augustus

49
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Archelaus was whose son?

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Herod The Great

50
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What familial relationships would most Roman Catholic theologians have said are shared between Jesus & His siblings? (following the interpretation of Jerome)

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Cousin

51
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Which Gospel provides the only biblical account from Jesus’ childhood?

A

Luke

52
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In which Old Testament book is Bethlehem prophesied as the birthplace of the coming ruler?

A

Micah

53
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The Gospels report that Jesus had how many brothers?

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Four

54
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Did John the Baptist ever have doubts that Jesus was the Messiah?

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Yes

55
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Who asked Herod for the head of John the Baptist

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Salome on behalf of her mom Herodias

56
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Why was Herod’s marriage to Herodias such a problem for John the Baptist?

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That was his brothers wife. Because Philip wasn’t dead yet

57
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Which Gospel provides information concerning the early life of John the Baptist?

A

Luke

58
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Some speculate that John the Baptist may have had contact with which monastic community?

A

Qumran

59
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John the Baptist’s ministry was across Jordan from what territory?

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Samaria

60
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What are the most undisputed historical events of Jesus’ life?

A

Baptism and Crucifixion

61
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By what means did John the Baptist die?

A

He was beheaded

62
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Why did Herod Antipas have John the Baptist beheaded?

A

Salome pleased Antipas for her mom Herodias and so she requested Johns head and Antipas went with it

63
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Does Hebrew poetry normally rhyme?

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No

64
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According to the text, when Jesus speaks of blessings for the “poor,” which poverty is He referring to?

A

No money, literal poverty

65
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What was the “tradition of the elders”?

A

Oral law transcribed in the rabbinic writings

66
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What is the relationship between the study of miracles to scientific investigation and historical research?

A

Miracles are outside the realm of scientific inquiry but can be studied historically

67
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When the disciples of John the Baptist ask Jesus on behalf of John if he is the “coming one”, what did He say?

A

Report back and see

68
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The most significant philosophical opposition to the miraculous came from which eighteenth century philosopher?

A

David Hume

69
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Who was the Jewish charismatic rabbi, whose prayers for rain were reportedly answered?

A

Honi

70
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According to the text, what was the primary purpose for Jesus’ healings and exorcisms in the Synoptic Gospels?

A

To reveal the power of the Kingdom of God

71
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The accounts in the Gospels where Jesus raises people from the dead are best understood as what or by what term?

A

Resuscitation

72
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Under whose authority did Jesus heal someone, or to cast out demons?

A

Under his own authority

73
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Who is considered the most prominent of the disciples?

A

Peter

74
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Who was the first of the apostles to be martyred?

A

James

75
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Traditionally, who is believed to be the youngest of the apostles?

A

John the Apostle

76
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The phrase “Our Lord Comes!” is translated from which Aramaic phrase?

A

Maranatha

77
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What was Jesus’ favorite title for himself?

A

Son of Man

78
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The Old Testament predictions concerning God’s salvation and the Gentiles took two distinct streams in Judaism. With which did Jesus identify?

A

Salvation to all nations, Israel is to be a light to all nations

79
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The Greek word amēn comes from a Hebrew word meaning

A

Confirmed or Verified

80
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According to most contemporary scholars today, who must have played some role in Jesus’ death - the Romans or the Jewish authorities?

A

Both

81
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The evidence confirms that Jesus was executed by the Romans under what charge?

A

Sedition

82
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Historical evidence confirms that in Jesus’ day, the charge of blasphemy could be made against someone for doing/saying what?

A

Taking the Lords name in vain, insulting religious leaders, idolatry

83
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How did the Jews carry out capital punishment?

A

Stoning

84
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How did the Romans carry out capital punishment?

A

Crucifixion

85
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According to the Mishnah, when/where was the Sanhedrin NOT allowed to meet?

A

At night, evening of Passover, at high priest house

86
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Jesus was first sent to whom? (the former priest)

A

Annas

87
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During the Passion week, Jesus found the money changers in what part of the Temple?

A

Court of Gentiles

88
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What location did Jesus carry His cross to? (where he was crucified)

A

“The place of the skull”

89
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Know the Events of the Passion Week

A

Sunday- entrance into Jerusalem
Monday- cleansing temple and curse of fig tree
Tuesday- withering of fig tree seen by disciples, temple controversies, and Olivet discourse Wednesday- nothing
Thursday- Last supper, betrayal and arrest, and trial before annas and caiaphas
Friday- morning trial by Sanhedrin, trail before Pilate and Herod, crucifixion and burial Sabbath- rested in tomb
Sunday- resurrection and ascension

90
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What would virtually no credible historian today deny about Jesus’ life/death?

A

That he was crucified by the romans, was buried in the tomb of Joseph of aromatherapy, had silky smooth skin,

91
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Is there a well developed theology of the resurrection in the Old Testament?

A

No

92
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In what way is the Jewish claim that the disciples stole the body (Matt. 28:11-15) indirect evidence for the resurrection?

A

The body was gone

93
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What group did not believe in the afterlife or the resurrection of the body?

A

Sadducees

94
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The women were told to tell the disciples to go where?

A

Galilee

95
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Which Gospel recounts Jesus’ appearance to two disciples as they were traveling to Emmaus?

A

Luke

96
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Where did the disciples receive the Great Commission?

A

Galilee

97
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Which writer, who provides the earliest written testimony of the resurrection, claims that more than 500 people saw Jesus alive?

A

Paul

98
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According to the Gospels, Jesus was buried in whose tomb?

A

Joseph of Arimathea

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