New Testament Flashcards
Change in history at New Testament
Exile
Shift in political powers
Jewish id is fragmented
Lacks cohesiveness of Abraham’s line in Old Testament
New Testament shows a change from ______/______ religion to ________ religion
Temple/land
Book
2nd temple period is also known as the….
Hellenistic era
2nd temple period namesake
2nd temple in Jerusalem destroyed in 70AD and 135 AD
Hellenistic namesake
Greeky influence
Hellenistic v. Helenic
Hellenistic= Greeky, converse Hellenic= Greek, bow tie
Sources for understanding 2nd Temple Period
- Apocrypha
- Pseudepigrapha
- Dead Sea Scrolls
- Philo of Alexandria
- Josephus
Apocrypha
"Hidden" 15 books Catholics consider it to be part of canon 1st Maccabees Apocalyptic, prayers/psalms, testaments
New Testament “testament”
Like Deuteronomy
Rehearsal of law
Last major statement
Pseudepigrapha
"False writings" False in terms of attribution to authors Jewish writing in name of dead Jews Everyone know it Social commentaries
MVP of Pseudepigrapha and why
Enoch
Because ascended into heaven mysteriously
What Pseudepigrapha contains
Apocalypse
Expansions of bible
Testaments
A little bible interpretation
Importance of biblical interpretations
Bible becomes object of reflection
Dead Sea scrolls
Contemporary with time of Jesus
Found in cave, sold on black market (many not translated)
Influenced 1947 war/Israel’s independence
Types of documents in Dead Sea scrolls
- Biblical texts (1st collection)
- Bible interpretation (“pesharim”): authors give, calls to action, salvation only for God’s people
- Community rules
- Apocalypses