New Testament Flashcards

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Change in history at New Testament

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Exile
Shift in political powers
Jewish id is fragmented
Lacks cohesiveness of Abraham’s line in Old Testament

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New Testament shows a change from ______/______ religion to ________ religion

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Temple/land

Book

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2nd temple period is also known as the….

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Hellenistic era

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2nd temple period namesake

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2nd temple in Jerusalem destroyed in 70AD and 135 AD

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Hellenistic namesake

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Greeky influence

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Hellenistic v. Helenic

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Hellenistic= Greeky, converse 
Hellenic= Greek, bow tie
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Sources for understanding 2nd Temple Period

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  1. Apocrypha
  2. Pseudepigrapha
  3. Dead Sea Scrolls
  4. Philo of Alexandria
  5. Josephus
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Apocrypha

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"Hidden" 
15 books 
Catholics consider it to be part of canon
1st Maccabees 
Apocalyptic, prayers/psalms, testaments
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New Testament “testament”

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Like Deuteronomy
Rehearsal of law
Last major statement

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Pseudepigrapha

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"False writings"
False in terms of attribution to authors 
Jewish writing in name of dead Jews
Everyone know it 
Social commentaries
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MVP of Pseudepigrapha and why

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Enoch

Because ascended into heaven mysteriously

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What Pseudepigrapha contains

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Apocalypse
Expansions of bible
Testaments
A little bible interpretation

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Importance of biblical interpretations

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Bible becomes object of reflection

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Dead Sea scrolls

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Contemporary with time of Jesus
Found in cave, sold on black market (many not translated)
Influenced 1947 war/Israel’s independence

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Types of documents in Dead Sea scrolls

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  1. Biblical texts (1st collection)
  2. Bible interpretation (“pesharim”): authors give, calls to action, salvation only for God’s people
  3. Community rules
  4. Apocalypses
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What Jews believe was key to Old Testament

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Bible interpretation

“Peshar exegesis”

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Philo of Alexandria

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Wrote commentaries of best of Greek and Jewish cultures

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Josephus

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History of Jews from creation to contemporary

He was hired by Romans so from roman point of view

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Best resource for understanding 2nd Temple Period

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Josephus

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Cyrus

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Called “messiah” in Old Testament
Messiah= anointed one
Let Jews go home

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530BCE

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Jews rebuild temple after Cyrus lets them go home

Reconstitute temple ways

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Battle of Gaugamela

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331BCE
Alex the G beats Persia for good
Macedonians (Greek hipsters) own everything from Greece to India to North Africa

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323BCE

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Alex the G dies
Generals divide kingdom in four
- equals world turmoil
- Ptolemis and Selucids fight over Israel until 167BCE

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Alex the G’s goal befor death

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Est. “City of the world” in Babylon

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167BCE

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Jews fed up with purity movement
Mad someone else (Seleucid King, Antiochus Epiphanese IV) was determining their fate
Political and celestial powers v. Israel

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Antiochus Epiphanese IV

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Seleucid King
Believed he was god
Stole Jewish gold
Spread pigs blood on temple defeated in 167 by judas macabaes

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Hamonean kingdom

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Est. By Judas macabaes
Core value= purity
Gave Jews political autonomy for about 100yrs

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63BCE

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Romans ruin the Independence Party
Focused all religion symbols at Septomonia
Est. Border kingdom by Palestine with mercenary troops in control
Est. Pax Romana

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Pax Romana

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Immunity for roman citizens out of fear of Rome’s power

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Main source/cause of roman power

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Ability to administrate
(Alex the G could not)
Big brother
Good cities could report to senator/first man of Rome/Caesar

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Roman engineering

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Aqueducts 
Roads with drain system 
Bath houses/hot water
Sewage systems 
Postal system (because roads and communication)
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70AD

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Jews fail to kick out Romans

Romans destroy temple

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MVP symbol of roman power

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Crucifixion

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Alex the G’s influences

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  1. First multiculturalist
  2. Myopic about religion (wanted to #integrate all religions into 1)
  3. Wanted 1 government
  4. Imposed 1 language (koine)