NT Final Flashcards
After Antiochus issued his decrees forbidding Jewish religious practice, a rural Jewish priest from Modiin, Mattathias the Hasmonean, sparked a revolt against the Seleucid Empire by resuing to worship the Greek gods. What was the name of the revolt?
Maccabean Revolt
This son of herod the Great had a rule that was characterized by peace and rebuilding Panias, naming it Caesarea in honor of Caesar Augustus.
Philip
The title, __ meant ‘chief’ or ‘governor’ and was slightly higher in prestige than the title tetrarch.
Ethnarch
Books written during the interestamental time were called __, a term that originally meant “hidden,” because they did not possess the same religious authority as the books of the Old Testament.
apocryphal
This group had a highly developed view on angels and demons, recognized the Hebrew scriptures as the supreme authority in religion, and believed in the immortality of the soul as well as the resurrection of the body.
Pharisees
This group numbered about 4,000, often refrained from marriage, and did not participate in the animal sacrifices at the temple in Jerusalem.
Essenes
This group became known in the gospels as lawyers, teachers, or experts in the Mosaic Law. One of the most famous in the Old Testament was the priest Ezra
Scribes
The leading doctrine of __ is the view that true reality is found, not in the objects of sense, but in the “idea” or “dorm” that lies behind each class of objects.
Platonism
This Philosophical belief, founded by Zeno, encouraged the development of religious and moral fiber and taught that one’s whole duty is to live in accordance with the Logos.
Stoicism
This philosophical school led by Antisthenes, a pupil of Plato, taught a simplicity of life that all could follow.
Cynicism
Matthew, Mark, and Luke are known as the __ gospels
Synoptic
This gospel is sometimes described as the ”social gospel” because it depicts humanitarian concern.
Luke
This gospel was evidently written for a Gentile reading public and is concerned more with what Jesus did that what Jesus said.
Mark
The gospel of __ seems to tell the narrative of Jesus’ birth from Joseph’s point of view, and the gospel of __ seems to tell the narrative of Jesus’ birth from Joseph’s point of view.
Matthew; Luke
This man wrote rough garb, was fearless in his rebukes directed towards both kings and the multitudes, and baptized Jesus in the Jordan River.
John the Baptist
Immediately after his Baptist, Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by __.
The Devil
Which of the following is not one of the seven last words of Christ while on the cross?
I am hungry
This form of teaching utilized by Jesus was formerly defined as “an earthly story with a heavenly meaning”
Parable
The Lord’s prayer is found where in the Bible?
Matthew 6:9-13 and Luke 11:2-4
According to the author, Palestine is a relatively large country, comprising over 100,000 square miles.
FALSE
Philip was a son of Herod the Great and his rule was one of peace
TRUE
The title ethnarch meant ‘chief’ or governor’ and was slightly higher in prestige than the title tetrarch.
TRUE
Latin was the official language of the conquerors and was used by the governors as well as by the soldiers of the Roman army.
TRUE
John the Baptist baptized Jesus in the Jordan River.
TRUE
According to Metzler, the title “Messiah” is Latin for Kingdom of God.
FALSE
Jesus never spoke in parables.
FALSE
One of Luke’s interest in writing Acts is to show that there is no activit of the Holy Spirit in the founding and growth of the church.
FALSE
About 3/5 of the book of Acts is made up on the reports of speeches and sermons of early Christian leaders.
FALSE
There are 80 days between the resurrection and the ascension of Jesus Christ.
FALSE
As applied to the New Testament, “canon” refers to the standard list of books recognized by the Christian churches as divinely inspired and therefore normative and authoritative.
TRUE
The earliest non-Christian witness to the historicity of Jesus Christ is the Jewish historian Pliny the Younger
FALSE
The Synoptic gospels are Matthew, Mark, and Luke.
TRUE
The term apocryphal originally meant “hidden.”
TRUE
The word Pharisees is generally interpreted to mean “the separated ones.”
TRUE
The leading doctrine of Platonism is the view that true reality is found, not in the objects of sense, but in the “idea” or “form” that lies behind each class of objects.
TRUE
Paul received religious instruction from the famous Jewish teacher
Gamaliel
This missionary companion of Paul wanted to take his cousin john mark, however, Paul felt that John mark was not dependable.
Barnabas
This city, visited by paul on his third missionary journey, was one of the more influential cities on the roman provine in asia, had an open aire theater that seased 24,500 spectators, and had a temple of the goddess artemis.
Ephesus
This man, an amanuensis or secretary for paul added his own greeting in romans 16:22
Tertius
Paul’s Jewish name:
Saul
This brief letter, written by paul was about a slave by the name of onesimus who had run away.
Philemon
Which of the following is not considered to be one of pauls pastoral letters?
Philipians
Who wrote Hebrews?
Unsure
What form of literature is the book of revelation?
Apocalyptic
After studying internal feautures it appears that the book of revelation was written at the close of the reign of which emperor?
Domitian
Which of the following was not one of the seven churches in Aisia Minor that john wrote to in Rev 2-3?
Rome
Which word means the collection of books that are reveiced as divinely inspired and therefore authoritative for faith and life?
Canon
Last book in New Testament
Revelation
Which letter was written from Babylon a cryptic reference to rome
1 Peter
Which book compares the priesthood of Christ to that of melchizedek a priest king of salem mentions in the old testmanet Hebrews.
Hebrews
