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Mid Term Vocab List Flashcards

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Gnosticism

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A religious movement which claimed adherents gained salvation through secret knowledge of their true heavenly origin

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Canon

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Those books viewed by the church as authoritative and so fit to be included in the Bible. Protestant, Roman Catholics, and Orthodox Christians agree on the twenty- seven books of NT canon, though differ on whether to include the Apocrypha in the OT canon

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Pericope

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A short, self contained Gospel episode such as a miracle story, a parable, or a pronouncement story which may have originally circulated as an independent unit of oral tradition

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Sitz im Leben

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A German phrase meaning “setting in life” referring to the original cultural and historical contexts in which an episode or a narrative arose

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Evaluative Point of View

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The values, beliefs, and worldview which the reader is expected to adopt in order to judge the events and characters of a narrative

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Implied Readers

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An imaginary person who responds appropriately to the strategy of a narrative text

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Plot

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The progress of a narrative; the sequence of events which move the story from introduction, to conflict, to climax, to conclusion

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Story Time

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The actual passage of time in the narrative world of a text

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Narrative Time

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The manner in which story time is portrayed, in terms or order, speed, and duration

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Round Characters

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Complex and often unpredictable narrative characters with multiple traits

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Flat Characters

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Simple, one dimensional, and predictable characters in a narrative

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Static Characters

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Characters in a narrative who remain the same throughout the story

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Dynamic Characters

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Characters who develop and change in the course of a narrative

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Chiasm

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Inverse parallelism,a concentric pattern in which a series of things repeats itself in reverse order

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Inclusio

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A “bookend” structure in which the narrator identifies the boundaries of a section by placing a similar statement or episode at the beginning and end

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Intercalation

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Can also be called “sandwiching”. Similar to inclusio, except that one episode is inserted (intercalated) into the middle of another

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Hellenization

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The spread of Greek culture and language, whether by coercion, force, or natural appeal.

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Diaspora

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“Dispersion”, a reference to Jews living outside Israel.

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Herod the Great

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The Idumean (Edomite) ruler who gained the throne of Israel after the Roman conquest of Palestine and ruled 37-4 BC

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Caesar Augustus (Octavian)

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(63 BC-AD 14) The first true emperor of Rome;ruler of the Roman Empire at the time of Jesus’ birth

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Pontius Pilate

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The Roman prefect or governor of the Roman province of Judea from AD 26-36, during the time of Jesus’ ministry

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Herod Antipas

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The son of Herod the Great and tetrach of Galilee and Perea between 4 BC and AD 39 during the period of Jesus’ ministry

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Pax Romana

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A Latin term meaning “Roman Peace” and referring to the period of relative peace and stability established by Caesar Augustus

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Caiaphas

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Jewish high priest from AD 18-36, and so the high priest during Jesus’ public ministry

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Scribes

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Experts in the law of Moses

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Sadducees

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A religious and political party in the first century Judaism made up mostly of the priestly leadership and aristocracy.

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Pharisees

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A religious and political party in the first century Judaism which strictly adhered to purity laws and the law of Moses, both the written law and oral traditons

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Mishnah

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The earliest of the rabbinic writings, put into written form AD 200, composed of the rulings of the rabbis on a wide range of issues related to the application of Torah to everyday life

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Talmud

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The complete body of Jewish oral traditions, including the Mishnah, the Tosefta and Gemara

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Targums

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Aramaic paraphrases and expansions of Scripture

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Hillel

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(60 BC- AD 20) One of the most important rabbis of the Second Temple period. The House (or “school”) of Hillel developed seven rules of interpretation which shaped the course of rabbinic interpretation after the destruction of Jerusalem. Hillel’s interpretations of the law are generally less strict than the rival school of Shammai.

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Shammai

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(first century BC) The house (or “school”) founded by Shammai was the first major academy of Jewish sages. It generally favored a more restrictive interpretation of the law than its rival school, the House of Hillel.

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Honor and Shame

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Critical values in first century Mediterranean culture, honor and shame relate to gaining or losing status and esteem from others in the community

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Patronage

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A system common in societies with strict social distinctions, whereby a client provides honor, loyalty, and obedience to a more powerful patron or benefactor in return for favors of some kind.

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Confession of Peter

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A key transitional passage in the Synoptic Gospels (Mark 8:27-31), as Peter acknowledges that Jesus is the Messiah, and Jesus begins speaking about his upcoming death

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Olivet Discourse

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Jesus’ message to the disciples given on the Mount of Olives concerning the destruction of the temple and the end of the age (Mark 13)

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Theophilus

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The addressee in both Luke and Acts. He was probably the patron who sponsored the writing of the Gospel and acts

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Nazareth Sermon

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The Sermon Jesus gives in the beginning of his Galilean ministry. It set the stage for the rest of the Gospel by demonstrating Gods concern for Gentiles and foreshadowing Israels rejection of her Messiah

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Gospel for the Outcast

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Another name for Lukes travel narrative or journey to Jerusalem (9:51-19:27), which presents the many stories and parables which stress Gods love for the lost

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Zacchaeus Episode

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Represents the climax of Luke’s travel narrative and responds to Jesus’ message of Gods love for the lost and the need for faithful stewardship after Jesus’ departure

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Paraclete

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A description of Jesus to the HS in the farewell discourse the “mysteries” and nature of the kingdom of God (Mark 4; Matthew 13;Luke 8)

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Theophany

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The appearance in visible form of God, or a god, to a human being

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Ontological Equality

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A phrase meaning “equality of essence of being.” While equal to God the father in being, Jesus lived in functional subordination to him.

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