Final Quiz Flashcards
Tarsus of Cilicia
Birthplace of Paul. Center of Hellenistic culture. Mystery cults flourished there.
Structure of Paul’s letters
Salutation: sender, addressee, greeting Prayer of thanksgiving Body Moral exhortation (paraenesis) Conclusion: Final greetings and farewell
Chloe
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Authentic letters of Paul
Romans 1&2 Corinthians Galatians Philippians 1 Thessalonians Philemon
Inauthentic letters of Paul
Written by Pauline school 1&2 Timothy Titus 2 Thessalonians Colossians Ephesians
Corinthian correspondence
Oral-diatribal style
Rhetorical questions
Uses stock examples
Factionalism
Corinthians tended to define themselves by their differences and form groups based on allegiance to a particular apostle
A letter of reconciliation
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Eschatology
Any understanding of the end of history
“In Christ” and “new creation”
Focus on living in Christ and not the world
Gospel overtook his life and he is a new creation
Diaspora
Any place Jews lived that was not the land of Palestine. After 135, Judaism became a diaspora religion
Christological confessipn
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Christological hymn
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Jerusalem conference & compromise
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Galatians 1:15-16
Persecuted the church
“God set me apart before I was born and called me”
Church did not call him
1 Cor 11:17-34
Abuses at the lords supper
1 Thessalonians 4:13-18
Fear for those who have already died before JX came
Those who die will rise first & “meet in the air”
The Christ-event
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Antioch incident
Confronts Perer/Cephas for not being straightforward about the truth of the gospel
Justification by faith
Resolves the circumcision debate
Grace
Saved by grace through faith
Vice and virtue catalogues
Virtues: life of the spirit
Vices: life of the flesh
Dualistic
Redemption
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Midrash
“To seek”
Forms of biblical interpretation beyond literal/historical
Paidagogos
A guardian and guide of boys
Hagar and sarah
Contrast between slavery and freedom
Cross brought freedom
Adoption of Gentiles as heirs to Abraham and children of God
Salvation
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Eschatology in Galatians and Romans
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Righteousness of God and reconciliation
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Diatribe
A form of discourse and Paul imagines a person talking with him
Rhetorical questions
Romans 7 good example
“The weak and the strong”
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
Soteriology
Study of salvation
The gospel gives salvation
Comes by faith
The Law in Romans
Strict observance is for the weak
Following Torah fails to grant God the freedom to speak in new ways (317)
Jesus is the law
Romans 1:16-17
Theme/thesis of Romans
The gospel is the power of God and brings salvation to the entire world
Romans 3:21-31
“In the now moment “
Thesis restated
Eight principles for the theological interpretation of scripture
Chalcedonian principle Catholic Communal Canonical Coherence Charismatic Conversion Constructive
Chalcedonian priciple
Scripture is gods means of telling gods story
Catholic principle
Scripture written for all gods people In all ages and places
Communal principle
Church is the proper location for interpretation of scripture.
Canonical principle
What role the text plays in the canon as a whole
Charismatic principle
Interpretation is a work of the spirit
Conversion principle
Scriptural interpretation
2 different methods of interpreting revelation
End times vs faithful endurance
Social-historical context of pastoral letters
Hellenistic dualism is compromised. The xsen household now represents the societal and cultural ideal
Historical criticism
Diachronic method across time
