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why is the history of the gospels so important?

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  • Christianity depends entirely on history
  • concern for trustworthiness of Biblical accounts
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agrapha

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Greek for “non written”

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ex. of agrapha

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sayings of Jesus not in the gospel

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pseudepigrapha

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false teaching - bear names of disciples rather than actual authors

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Cornelius Tacitus

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secular historian in 61-117 AD that wasn’t a big fan of Christians

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what was significant about Cornelius Tacitus

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has most significant reference to Christ - discusses Nero’s burning of Rome

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Flavius Josephus

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Jewish historian in 1st century who wasn’t a believer
- writings were principle source for Jewish history

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what was significant about Flavius Josephus

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  • writings gave NT background
  • Antiquities XVIII, 3, 3 references Christ’s death and resurrection
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Mishna

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oral traditions that circulated Judaism between 200 BC - 200 AD

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There are over _________ Greek manuscripts, ___ of which are over _________ years old

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  • 5,000
  • 40
  • 1,000
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More than ___________ Lectionaries contain the greater part of the text of gospels

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1,300+

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There are ____ versions of the Greek manuscripts in ancient languages, and innumerable _________________ by early church fathers

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  • 15
  • quotations
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4 great empires of Daniel

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  1. Babylon
  2. Persia
  3. Greece
  4. Rome
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Babylonian empire

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  • 605-539 BC
  • gold
  • lion
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Persian empire

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  • 539-331 BC
  • silver
  • bear
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Greek empire

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  • 331-168BC
  • brass
  • leopard
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Roman empire

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  • 168BC-476AD
  • iron
  • dragon
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the silent years

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the 400 years between epoch of Ezra and Nehemiah and the birth of Jesus

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for more than a century after the rebuilding of the temple, the Jews lived quietly by the principles of ___________________

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the Mosaic Law

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Alexander the Great

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  • leopard beast
  • conquered Greece
  • Hellenism placed before ancient world
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Hellenism

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alluring way of life - Greek thought and life

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4 generals of Alexander

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  1. Cassander
  2. Lysimachus
  3. Seleucus
  4. Ptolemy
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Cassander

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Macedonia and Greece

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Lysimachus

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Thrace and NW Asia Minor

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Seleucus
Asia Minor and Syria to India
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Ptolemy
Egypt and Palestine
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did the Jews experience hardship or freedom under Ptolemies' rule?
freedom
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Antiochus Ephiphanes
son of Antiochus the Great, ruled as King of Syria from 175-163 BC
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what did Antiochus Ephiphanes put on his coins
"these Ephiphanes" "God Manifest"
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what kind of lifestyle was Antiochus Ephiphanes devoted to
Hellenic life - sought to obliterate all cultural/religious identity in Judea
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what did Antiochus Ephiphanes do to the Jews
- marched into Palestine, plundered the temple in Jerusalem, stopped sacrifices, erected sacrifice for swine
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Modin incident in 167
- representative of Antiochus killed by aged priest Mattathias, who refused to offer heathen sacrifices - began rebellious movement - joined by Hasdim
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Herod's sons
1. Philip 2. Antipas 3. Archelaus
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Philip
northwest of Sea of Galilee
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Antipas
Galilee/Perea, closest to Jesus
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Archelaus
Judea, Idumea, Samaria - began rule w/ massacre of the Jews
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4 sects of Judaism
1. pharisees 2. sadducees 3. essenes 4. zealots
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where did pharisees originate from
Hasidim - pious ones
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are pharisees liberal or conservative
conservative - traditional
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how did the pharisees first appear
orthodox party
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the sadducees were the party of the ____________
aristocracy
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were the sadducees liberal or conservative
liberal - modernism
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the sadducees denied the _____________
resurrection
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what did the sadducees believe in?
secular interest of the nation, political and economic prosperity, success
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where the Essenes conservative or liberal
very conservative - seclusion
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what kind of environment did the essenes live in
monastic
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what discovery is associated with the essenes
Dead Sea scrolls
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there is a similarity between the essenes and what Biblical figure?
John the Baptist
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who were zealots followers of
school of Shammi - involved in politics
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were the zealots for or against romans
fiercely against
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which disciple was a Zealot?
simon
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pharisees _____ ___________ to the old ways
go back
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sadducees _____ ___________ to the new ways
go ahead
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essenes ____ _______ of the cities
go out
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zealots _____ _________ the Pagans
go against
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to pharisees: religion is not ___________
external
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to sadducees: religion does not change to ______________________
accommodate modern times
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to essenes: religion is not _______________________
geographic separation
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to zealots: neither is religion _____________________
social activism
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what kind of messiah did the zealots want
military
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what kind of messiah did the pharisees want
miraculous
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what kind of messiah did the sadducees want
materialistic
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what kind of messiah did the essenes want
monastic

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