Mid Term Flashcards
How much do the Gospels have in common with Greco-Roman works known as bio?
They have much in common
In contrast to Luke-Acts, what is John’s emphasis of the Holy Spirit’s role as the
fulfillment of prophecy?
In John the Holy Spirit is a Paraclete who will mediate the presence of the father in Jesus’ place
What role, if any, do Greco-Roman sources outside the New Testament have? Do they provide an additional information beyond what we learn from the New Testament Gospels?
They provide little additional information and provide little help in understanding Jesus outside the nt gospels
What does form criticism study?
It attempts to determine and analyze the oral traditions which lie behind our written sources
What two key Old Testament figures is Matthew’s genealogy is structured around.?
Abraham and David
What does form narrative criticism study?
Literary analysis which treats the gospels as a story
According to the text, is the longer ending of Mark’s Gospel (Mark 16:9-20) authentic.
No, they were likely added by a later copiest
Where was the Ptolemaic empire, dominating Palestine from 323-198 B.C., centered?
In Egypt with Alexandria as the capital
Who was the leader, nicknamed “Maccabeus,” who became leader of the Maccabean revolt after the death of his father Mattathaias?
Judas, son of Matthias
Who dominated the Sanhedrin in Jesus’ day?
Saducees
Of the two famous rabbis, who had the stricter, more restricted view of divorce?
Shammai, only for unfaithfulness
Most people in the Roman Empire were from what “class?”
Poor class, with most being farmers, Shepherds, craftsman, and merchants
What is the comparison between the number of miracles in Mark’s Gospel versus the other three Gospels?
Emphasizes on Jesus’ authority in the miracles
What is the Targum?
Aramaic paraphrases of an expansions on scripture
The majority of the community to which Matthew was writing was from what nationality?
Jewish
What is Chiasm?
Inverse parallelism in which a series repeats itself in reverse order
Which Gospel(s) tells us anything about Jesus’ childhood?
Luke - Jesus is debating with the scribes in the tempple
Which is the only Gospel relating that at the transfiguration, Jesus, Moses, and Elijah were discussing Jesus’ coming “departure” or exodus in Jerusalem?
Mark
What is Redaction criticism?.
Examines how the gospel writers edited and compiled their sources to develop certain theological themes and purposes
When does this text favor a date for the Gospel of John to have been written?
In the late first century
What is the second century movement that taught salvation came through secret knowledge of a person’s true spiritual identity?
Gnosticism
- Whose Gospel places an emphasis on Jesus as the savior for all people
Luke
- What is a “redactor?
Editor
- At Jesus’ entrance into Jerusalem, whom did the crowds welcome him as? (one of Matthew’s favorite titles for the Messiah, appearing nine times).
Son of David
- Whose Gospel has a larger number of Aramaic words than the other two Synoptics?
Mark
- In the Gospels where are places of revelation?
Mountain tops and deserts
- Whose Gospel has the reversal of fortunes as a prominent theme?
Luke
- What aristocratic group of Jewish religious leaders arose from the supporters of the Hasmonean dynasty?
Saducess
- A key structural characteristic in Matthew’s Gospel, there are how many blocks of discourse material (speeches)?
5
- Who advocated the violent overthrow of the government?
Zealots
- The first half of whose Gospel presents Jesus as the mighty Messiah and Son of God, who acts with authority and power while the second half of this Gospel portrays Jesus as the Messiah of suffering and sacrifice?
Mark
- The parable of the wicked tenant farmers in Mark alludes to the parable of the vineyard found in which prophet’s writings?
Matthew
- The healing of Jairus’s daughter is an example of which Gospel writer’s concise style?
Matthew
- At what two significant events does a voice from heaven addresses Jesus in Mark?
Jesus baptism
Transfiguration
- What setting refers to the world of human relationships in which a narrative occurs?
Social-cultural setting
- According to the text, what is the central theme of the two-volume work, Luke-Acts?
Gods end time salvation predicted by the prophets has arrived through the coming of Jesus the messiah the savior of the world and his salvation is nw going forth to the world
- What is the Greek translation of the Hebrew Old Testament called?
Septuagint
- After John’s initial prologue, what is the first (of two) key section concerning?
Jesus’ signs and miracles
- How many “signs” are there in John’s “Book of Signs?”
Eight
- What is the Jewish Feast celebrating the Maccabees victory over their Syrian oppressors?
Hanukkah
- What does it mean to read the Gospels “vertically?”
Following the story from top to bottom, beginning to end
- Luke’s most significant contribution to the gospel resurrection narratives is what?
The episode of the Emmaus disciples
- What are some unique characteristics of the Gospel of John?
John is unique in style and vocabulary and 90% is unique
- Who probably established the Qumran community that produced the Dead Sea Scrolls?
Essenes
- What are the characteristics of the Gospel of Matthew?
Lively expansive style with lots of details, shorter, and concise
- In Mark’s Gospel, who was the first human character to comprehend Jesus’ role as the suffering Son of God?
The centurion at the cross
- According to the text, what are the two main portraits controlling Matthew’s Christology?
- Jesus as the messiah, the fulfillment of gods promises
2. Jesus as Immanuel, the presence and wisdom of god
- Which Gospel is considered to have been written first by most NT scholars?
Mark
- According to the text, what background does John draw from when he uses the term
Logos (“Word”) in John 1?
Roots in both Judaism and Hellenistic philosophy and which stresses Jesus’ identity as the self revelation of god
- In reference to the text, what does “Synoptic” mean and what are the Synoptic Gospels?
Synoptic meaning viewed together
Matthew Mark and Luke
