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Final Quiz Flashcards

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Tarsus of Cilicia

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Birthplace of Paul. Center of Hellenistic culture. Mystery cults flourished there.

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Structure of Paul’s letters

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Salutation: sender, addressee, greeting 
Prayer of thanksgiving 
Body
Moral exhortation (paraenesis)
Conclusion: Final greetings and farewell
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3
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Chloe

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4
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Authentic letters of Paul

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Romans
1&2 Corinthians 
Galatians
Philippians 
1 Thessalonians 
Philemon
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5
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Inauthentic letters of Paul

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Written by Pauline school
1&2 Timothy
Titus
2 Thessalonians
Colossians
Ephesians
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Corinthian correspondence

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Oral-diatribal style
Rhetorical questions
Uses stock examples

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Factionalism

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Corinthians tended to define themselves by their differences and form groups based on allegiance to a particular apostle

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A letter of reconciliation

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9
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Eschatology

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Any understanding of the end of history

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10
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“In Christ” and “new creation”

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Focus on living in Christ and not the world

Gospel overtook his life and he is a new creation

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Diaspora

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Any place Jews lived that was not the land of Palestine. After 135, Judaism became a diaspora religion

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12
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Christological confessipn

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Christological hymn

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14
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Jerusalem conference & compromise

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15
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Galatians 1:15-16

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Persecuted the church
“God set me apart before I was born and called me”
Church did not call him

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16
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1 Cor 11:17-34

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Abuses at the lords supper

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17
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1 Thessalonians 4:13-18

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Fear for those who have already died before JX came

Those who die will rise first & “meet in the air”

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18
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The Christ-event

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19
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Antioch incident

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Confronts Perer/Cephas for not being straightforward about the truth of the gospel

20
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Justification by faith

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Resolves the circumcision debate

21
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Grace

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Saved by grace through faith

22
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Vice and virtue catalogues

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Virtues: life of the spirit
Vices: life of the flesh
Dualistic

23
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Redemption

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24
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Midrash

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“To seek”

Forms of biblical interpretation beyond literal/historical

25
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Paidagogos

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A guardian and guide of boys

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Hagar and sarah

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Contrast between slavery and freedom
Cross brought freedom
Adoption of Gentiles as heirs to Abraham and children of God

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Salvation

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28
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Eschatology in Galatians and Romans

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29
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Righteousness of God and reconciliation

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30
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Diatribe

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A form of discourse and Paul imagines a person talking with him
Rhetorical questions
Romans 7 good example

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“The weak and the strong”

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Weak- Strict observance of law and judge those who are less observant
Strong: kingdom of God is not a matter of observance and allows for diversity of practice

32
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Soteriology

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Study of salvation
The gospel gives salvation
Comes by faith

33
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The Law in Romans

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Strict observance is for the weak
Following Torah fails to grant God the freedom to speak in new ways (317)
Jesus is the law

34
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Romans 1:16-17

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Theme/thesis of Romans

The gospel is the power of God and brings salvation to the entire world

35
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Romans 3:21-31

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“In the now moment “

Thesis restated

36
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Eight principles for the theological interpretation of scripture

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Chalcedonian principle
Catholic
Communal
Canonical
Coherence
Charismatic
Conversion
Constructive
37
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Chalcedonian priciple

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Scripture is gods means of telling gods story

38
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Catholic principle

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Scripture written for all gods people In all ages and places

39
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Communal principle

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Church is the proper location for interpretation of scripture.

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Canonical principle

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What role the text plays in the canon as a whole

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Charismatic principle

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Interpretation is a work of the spirit

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Conversion principle

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Scriptural interpretation

43
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2 different methods of interpreting revelation

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End times vs faithful endurance

44
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Social-historical context of pastoral letters

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Hellenistic dualism is compromised. The xsen household now represents the societal and cultural ideal

45
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Historical criticism

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Diachronic method across time

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