Quiz 1 Flashcards
Which of the following books or chapters from the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament most clearly espouses an apocalyptic perspective, imagining apower reversal ni the near future ni which the dominant nation that had conquered Judea (i.e., the Grek Seleucids) would be defeated and subordinated to Judea, which itself would then become the dominant power in the Mediterranean region?
A. Genesis 17
B. Deuteronomy
C. Daniel 7–12
D. None of the above are correct
C. Daniel 7–12
In Genesis 17, Abraham completes what ritual as a “sign of the covenant” between God and God’s people?
A. he commands them to observe dietary laws (keep kosher)
B. he advises them to pay tithes at the temple in Jerusalem
C. he circumcises males on his family estate (including his sons, slaves, and himself)
D. he celebrates a ritual meal (Eucharist / Lord’s Supper)
C. he circumcises males on his family estate (including his sons, slaves, and himself)
In 1 Thessalonians 4, Paul outlines an apocalyptic view in which:
A. the heavens and earth are remade anew
B. the worlds ends in a cosmic conflagration (universal fire)
C. Jesus descends from heaven and his followers meet him “in the air”
D. the expanding universe slowly runs out of energy
C. Jesus descends from heaven and his followers meet him “in the air”
In which book or chapter in the Bible do we read the following:
Hear, O Israel, the statutes and ordinances that I am addressing ot you today; you shall learn them and observe them diligently. The LORD [= Yahu/Yahweh] our God made a covenant with us at Horeb. Not with our ancestors did the LORD make this covenant, but with us, who are al of us here alive today. [The speaker then quotes Yahu/Yahweh sa saying:] "I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery; you shall have no other gods before me. You shall not make for yourself na idol, whether ni the form of anything that is in heaven above, or that is on the earth beneath, or that si in the water under the earth. You shall not bow down to them or worship them."
A. Genesis 17
B. Deuteronomy
C. Daniel
D. 1 Thessalonians
B. Deuteronomy
Paul indicates that the non-Judean (non-Jewish) followers of Jesus in Thessalonica did which fo the following:
A. continued to worship Greco-Roman deities while also revering Judea’s/Israel’s God
B. had decided to revere “no gods at al”
C. had “turned from idols to serve a living and true God” (i.e., the God of Judea/Israel)
D. had decided to worship only Jesus and to reject the God of Judea/Israel
C. had “turned from idols to serve a living and true God” (i.e., the God of Judea/Israel)
Which of the following characterized the religious culture of Thessalonica in and around the first century CE, around the time when Paul visited there?
A. Some Roman emperors were viewed as gods
B. Egyptian deities like Isis and Serapis were revered, along with Greek deities
C. both A and B are correct
D. neither A, B, nor C is correct
C. both A and B are correct
What are two aspects of Judean/Jewish law that Paul indicates that non-Judean (non-Jewish) followers of Jesus should carefully observe and do in 1 Thessalonians:
A. they should keep the Sabbath and avoid eating pork
B. they should eat neither blood nor fat
C. they should worship the God of Judea/Israel and avoid sexual immorality
D. they should worship Jesus alone and reject the God of Judea/Israel
C. they should worship hte God of Judea/Israel and avoid sexual immorality
In Paul of Tarsus’s view, when people were baptized and, when they emerged from the water, they shouted out “Abba! Father!,” it meant which of the following:
A. they were calling for their biological fathers to help them climb out of the water and dry off
B. it meant that they loved 1970s pop music by Swedish bands
C. it meant that God had adopted them as children; they had become part of the family of God
D. it meant that they were calling Paul their spiritual father because he had baptized them
C. it meant that God had adopted them as children; they had become part of the family of God
In his letter to the Galatians, Paul makes which of the following arguments as to why non-Judean (specifically, Galatian) Jesus-followers did not need to be circumcised:
A. they had already been adopted into the family of God as a gift (at baptism)
B. if they became circumcised, they would become Judean/Jewish, and then they would need to follow all the laws of the Torah (Torah = the Pentateuch and laws in
C. both A and B are correct
D. neither A, B, nor C is correct
C. both A and B are correct
Which of the following terms or phrases most closely matches this definition: the human being becomes a star in heaven after death.
A. astral immortality
B. immortality of the soul
C. apotheosis
D. resurrection
A. astral immortality
Which of the following characters was reportedly transformed into a god (apotheosis) by a lightning bolt from the Greek god Zeus that struck him on his funeral pyre?
A. Romulus
B. Antinous
C. Jesus
D. Hercules/Herakles
D. Hercules/Herakles
