quiz #2

Question 1

why is the year 70 CE so important?

Answer 1

• Jewish uprising against Rome failed
• Rome destroyed Jerusalem Temple

Question 2

which religion did most authors of the New Testament belong to?

Answer 2

Judaism

Question 3

what was the “default” hermeneutical lens to study the Bible with?

Answer 3

Historical Criticism

Question 4

which lens:
“Looks for the monetary and power relations in and behind texts, and analyses characters according to their role in class struggle or in oppression of those who do most of society’s labour”

Answer 4

marxist criticism

Question 5

which lens:
“Looking for the ART and DESIGN in a text. Allusion, simile, metaphor, theme, structure, beauty.”

Answer 5

Literary Criticism

Question 6

which lens:
“Looking for whether a text tries to dictate certain ways of living as normative and others as abhorrent. Provides deliberately playful or provocative readings by looking between the lines and exploring marginalised characters.”

Answer 6

queer criticism

Question 7

which lens:
“Looks for oppression and/or liberation in texts, not only in terms of one criterion (such as gender) but in terms of the many intersecting systems of domination, including mobility, class, race, religion, gender, orientation, wealth, nationality, and health”

Answer 7

intersectional feminist criticism

Question 8

which lens:
“Looking for where the texts stands in relation to empire and how it responds to colonisation – does it colonise, does it resist the colonizer, or is it in between? Is it canonical and standard to read? Or is it at the margins of what is considered worth reading?”

Answer 8

postcolonial criticism

Question 9

which lens:
“Looks for the women characters and/or gender dynamics in a text. Tries to uncover lost women’s voices, seek positive female role models, and call out misogyny in texts. Assumes that women are full humans deserving of equal rights.”

Answer 9

Traditional Feminist Criticism

Question 10

which religion:
belief in a clear division between good and evil

• detailed angelology and demonology
• eschatology (time is linear and moving toward a climactic end, an ultimate battle between good and evil)
• an afterlife
• a judgement in the afterlife (heaven and hell)

Answer 10

Zoroastrianism

Question 11

what were the ruling empire’s in chronological order? (theres 6)

Answer 11

1. Assyrian
2. Babylonian
3. Persian
4. Greek
5. Diadochi
6. Roman

Question 12

What does the word “canon” derive from?

Answer 12

measuring rod

Question 13

The earliest collections of Christian documents were very probably small collections of what?

Answer 13

Pauls Letters

Question 14

who argued for only having 4 gospels?

Answer 14

Irenaeus of Lyons

Question 15

how many books are in the New Testament canon?

Answer 15

27

Question 16

what are some impressions that Jesus may have had about him during his lifetime?

Answer 16

• charlatan
• rabbi
• magician
• exorcist
• healer
• prophet
• messiah