James Flashcards
The crown of life is primarily a reward for enduring hardship and persecution.
True
Protreptic Discourse is a general call to a life of virtue.
True
Religion for many Jews was largely a matter of purification for divine encounter.
True
Joy is primarily a feeling of happiness.
False
The repetition of a word at the beginning of a sentence is epanaphora.
True
Who healed a rabbi’s son by interceding in prayer?
Hanina ben Dosa
What is the term used in the old Greek for Israelites living among the Gentiles?
Diaspora
The truth that we are all broken sinners is called
Concupiscence
The early church did not confess their sins to one another.
False
Hippocrates believed all sickness was caused by sin.
False
Who, other than James, uses the term Gehenna in the New Testament?
Jesus
The language of hatred is covenantal.
True
Merchants enjoyed good reputations in the first century.
False
Jesus ben Sirach had a high view of physicians
True