Quiz

Question 1

What is a “Gospel”?

Answer 1

Good news
Ancient biography
Political,Manifesto
Proclamation that Jesus is king when there already was a king

Question 2

Mathew

Answer 2

“Man teacher”

Records God’s teachings more than the others

Question 3

Mark

Answer 3

“Lion”
Shortest book, greatest sense of urgency
Gets to the point
Messianic secret

Question 4

Luke

Answer 4

“Ox”
Cares about the poor and women more than others
Teaches about life long Jesus

Question 5

John

Answer 5

“Eagle”

Is the highest of all the Gospels

Question 6

Synoptic Problem

Answer 6

Mathew, Mark, and Luke, are VERY similar but John is quite different
97% of Mark is in Mathew and 88% of Mark is in Luke

Question 7

Griesbach Theory

Answer 7

The idea that Mathew was written first, and that Luke used Mathew, and Mark used both Luke and Mathew

Question 8

Gospel of Mark

Answer 8

Only Mark calls it a Gospel
Anonymous
Likely written as early as 64-64C.E during Nero’s rule- just before the fall of Jerusalem based on Mark 13:14
Likely the author leaves out details of dates and authorship intentionally
- The idea of sophistication

Question 9

What is Mark about?

Answer 9

Conflicts surrounding the question "who is Jesus"?
Jesus VS Demons
Jesus VS Jewish authorities
Jesus VS Roman authorites
Jesus VS Family
Jesus VS Disciples

Question 10

Messianic Secret

Answer 10

Constantly orders people NOT to tell anyone (until after the Resurrection)

• “Son of Man”
• Jesus refers to himself as this

Question 11

Who is Mathew

Answer 11

Mathew the tax collector wrote the Gospel in Aramaic while Peter and John were founding the church in Rome
- The gospel was later translated into Greek by an unknown writer

Question 12

Critical Theory

Answer 12

The author is unknown
Written originally in Greek with a Jewish style by a gentile
used Marks Gospel
Theme of universalism and condemnation of Jewish nation and Jewish traditions
It is still reasonable to believe that it was the Apostolic Mathew who wrote the gospel

Question 13

When was Mathew written?

Answer 13

Most likely written after the fall of Jerusalem 70 C.E

75 C.E at the earliest but possible as late as 110 C.E

Question 14

Gospel according to Luke

Answer 14

Luke and Acts are written by the same author “Theophilus”
For Luke, Jesus’ ministry is one of Jubilee
Luke emphasizes prayer
Luke and the poor
Luke and women

Question 15

Gospel according to John

Answer 15

Born again
Temple
- Jesus cleanses the temple at the beginning and speaks of his body as the temple
Samaritan women
“I AM”
-The bread of life, the light of the world, the gate, the good Shepard, the resurrection and the life, the way, and the truth and the life, i am the true vine
Raising Lazarus from the dead (gospel switches to prepare for his crucification)
Jesus as KING