NT Test 1 Flashcards
Know the order in which the different peoples ruled Israel (Greek, Roman, Maccabees, Egyptians, etc.)
Assyrian Babylonian Persian Greece Greece Maccabees Rome
What time period did people begin to associate Matthew the tax collector with the book named after him?
By AD 100
Know which genealogy is in Matthew
The genealogy of Jesus establishes His Jewishness (back to Abraham)
Abraham to David, David to the Exile, Exile to Jesus.
Know all of the horizontal and vertical zones in Israel
Vertical
i. Coastal Plain
ii. Shephelah
iii. Central Mountain Range
iv. Syrian - African (Jordan) Rift
v. Eastern Plateau
Horizontal
i. Upper Galilee (we/accesible)
ii. Lower Galilee (Jesus’ Home)
iii. Carmel and Jezreel (Baal)
iv. Negev (South/Dry) - Below the Dead Sea
v. Desert (Wilderness) - Peninsula
What does pericope mean?
in rhetoric, pericope is a set of verses that form one coherent unit or thought, suitable for public reading from a text, now usually of sacred scripture.
Where did Jesus tell women he would wait for the disciples?
Galilee
What is a synoptic gospel?
It means “seen together” Matthew, Mark, and Luke are from the same source work.
Know when the Maccabees ruled and who was the one who started their rise to power.
Judas Maccabeus(The Hammer) in 164 BC
Mark and Peter’s relationship
Mark was Peter’s interprete.
What is Matthew’s primary view of Jesus?
Emmanuel/Immanuel - “God With us”
Where was the book of Mark written?
Between 64 AD and 70 AD
What was the first Gospel written according to modern Scholars?
Mark
What is “Q” ?
The theorectical source material informing Matthew and Luke. It possibly refers to Luke’s research notes.
During Jesus life, how many sectionsof land was Palestine broken into?
4
Who said “there is nothing impossible to him who will try?
Alexander the Great
Which place was used for study and worship but could not perform sacrifices?
The synagogue
Who does “seperated ones” represent?
The Pharisees
What does Sadducees mean?
“To be righteous”
What was the name of the high priest who condemned Jesus?
Caiaphas
Which Gospel is the most clear, concise, and fast paced?
Mark
Which religious group was the most infulential in Jesus day?
Pharisees with the public, Sadducees in the Temple
A major theme of the Gospel of Matthew?
Jesus as King, Teacher, and Messiah
Accodrding to Matthew 6, what did Jesus teach when he referred to the birds of the air and the lilies of the field?
Worrying about life, trusting in God’s provision
In Matthew 18, in a parable about a servant who owed a great debt, why was the servant eventually turned over to the jailersto be tortured?
He did not forgive the one who owed him a great debt, after the master showed him mercy.
