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lecture 3 & 4 Flashcards

1
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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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2
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agrapha

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Greek for “non written”

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3
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ex. of agrapha

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sayings of Jesus not in the gospel

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4
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pseudepigrapha

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false teaching - bear names of disciples rather than actual authors

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5
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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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6
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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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7
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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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8
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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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10
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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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12
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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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13
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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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14
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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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17
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Roman empire

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  • 168BC-476AD
  • iron
  • dragon
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18
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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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19
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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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20
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Alexander the Great

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  • leopard beast
  • conquered Greece
  • Hellenism placed before ancient world
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21
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Hellenism

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alluring way of life - Greek thought and life

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22
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4 generals of Alexander

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  1. Cassander
  2. Lysimachus
  3. Seleucus
  4. Ptolemy
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23
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Cassander

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Macedonia and Greece

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24
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Lysimachus

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Thrace and NW Asia Minor

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25
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Seleucus

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Asia Minor and Syria to India

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26
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Ptolemy

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Egypt and Palestine

27
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did the Jews experience hardship or freedom under Ptolemies’ rule?

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freedom

28
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Antiochus Ephiphanes

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son of Antiochus the Great, ruled as King of Syria from 175-163 BC

29
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what did Antiochus Ephiphanes put on his coins

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“these Ephiphanes”
“God Manifest”

30
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what kind of lifestyle was Antiochus Ephiphanes devoted to

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Hellenic life - sought to obliterate all cultural/religious identity in Judea

31
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what did Antiochus Ephiphanes do to the Jews

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  • marched into Palestine, plundered the temple in Jerusalem, stopped sacrifices, erected sacrifice for swine
32
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Modin incident in 167

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  • representative of Antiochus killed by aged priest Mattathias, who refused to offer heathen sacrifices
  • began rebellious movement
  • joined by Hasdim
33
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Herod’s sons

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  1. Philip
  2. Antipas
  3. Archelaus
34
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Philip

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northwest of Sea of Galilee

35
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Antipas

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Galilee/Perea, closest to Jesus

36
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Archelaus

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Judea, Idumea, Samaria
- began rule w/ massacre of the Jews

37
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4 sects of Judaism

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  1. pharisees
  2. sadducees
  3. essenes
  4. zealots
38
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where did pharisees originate from

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Hasidim - pious ones

39
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are pharisees liberal or conservative

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conservative - traditional

40
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how did the pharisees first appear

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orthodox party

41
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the sadducees were the party of the ____________

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aristocracy

42
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were the sadducees liberal or conservative

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liberal - modernism

43
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the sadducees denied the _____________

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resurrection

44
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what did the sadducees believe in?

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secular interest of the nation, political and economic prosperity, success

45
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where the Essenes conservative or liberal

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very conservative - seclusion

46
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what kind of environment did the essenes live in

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monastic

47
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what discovery is associated with the essenes

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Dead Sea scrolls

48
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there is a similarity between the essenes and what Biblical figure?

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John the Baptist

49
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who were zealots followers of

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school of Shammi - involved in politics

50
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were the zealots for or against romans

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fiercely against

51
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which disciple was a Zealot?

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simon

52
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pharisees _____ ___________ to the old ways

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go back

53
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sadducees _____ ___________ to the new ways

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go ahead

54
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essenes ____ _______ of the cities

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go out

55
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zealots _____ _________ the Pagans

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go against

56
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to pharisees: religion is not ___________

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external

57
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to sadducees: religion does not change to ______________________

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accommodate modern times

58
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to essenes: religion is not _______________________

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geographic separation

59
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to zealots: neither is religion _____________________

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social activism

60
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what kind of messiah did the zealots want

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military

61
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what kind of messiah did the pharisees want

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miraculous

62
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what kind of messiah did the sadducees want

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materialistic

63
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what kind of messiah did the essenes want

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monastic

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