Test 1

Question 0

Who takes the world?

Answer 0

Alexander the Great

Question 1

When was the temple destroyed?

Answer 1

70 AD

Question 2

Who was in power when Jesus was born?

Answer 2

The Roman Empire

Question 3

Change continues - Greek cultures

Answer 3

Comfort, competition, conquest

Question 4

Herod the great

Answer 4

Paranoid people would steal the throne. Killed his kids and wife

Question 5

What becomes the new place of worship?

Answer 5

The synagogue

Question 6

5 vertical zones

Answer 6

Coastal plains, shephelah, central mountain range, Syrian-African (Jordan) rift, eastern plateau

Question 7

5 horizontal zones

Answer 7

Above (upper) Galilee (wet/inaccessible)
Beside (lower) Galilee (Jesus home)
Carmel and Jezreel (Baal)
Negev (south/dry) - below Dead Sea
Desert (wilderness) - peninsula

Question 8

4 seas

Answer 8

Mediterranean Sea
Sea of Galilee
Dead Sea
Red Sea

Question 9

3 continents

Answer 9

Africa
Asia
Europe

Question 10

2 lands

Answer 10

Land of honey 
- north- less space, more water,
Farmers
Life is predictable, noisy, congested, manageable 
Focus on e Extras, people as individuals
Nominal religion

Land of milk
More space, less water
Shepherds
Life is unpredictable, silent and lonely, exhausting
People focus on essentials, people in community
People are spiritual

Question 11

Fun and games in Israel

Answer 11

State supported coliseum Arenas and they were political overtones with mandatory attendance
Theatrical performances, public baths to socialize

Question 12

Death and burial in Israel

Answer 12

80% died before age 30

Celebration in the tomb

Question 13

Religion in New Testament

Answer 13

Graeco, Roman pantheon, emperor worship, mystery religions, occult, philosophies, Judaism, Christianity.

Question 14

Foundations of Judaism

Answer 14

Temple, Synagogue, Septuagint, Sanhedrin, high priests, scribes, Pharisees, Sadducees.

Question 15

Pharisees

Answer 15

Occurs 97 times in New Testament
Means separated ones
Emphasis of keeping the laws of purity, ritualism, fasted and tithed
Took literal being of “kingdom of priests”
Most liked
Considered most accurate interpreters of the law
Believe in immortality of the soul
Accept Old Testament Scriptures and also traditions
All is foreseen but freedom of choice is given
Nicodemus, Gamaliel, Paul

Question 16

Sadducees

Answer 16

Only mentioned 15 times in the New Testament
Means to be righteous
Wealthier but didn’t have support of people
Conducted temple worship and administration
Wanted to maintain priestly castes
Rejecting oral law
When temple was gone they were out of work
Don’t believe in resurrection of the dead

Question 17

Essenes

Answer 17

The Dead Sea sect
Merged out of discussed with the other two
They believed the other two became corrupt
Strict dietary law, life of celibacy
Lived near the Dead Sea

Question 18

Zealot

Answer 18

Zealous with the law

Question 19

Power structure shifts

Answer 19

Persian to Roman
Hebrew/Aramaic to Greek/Latin
Semitic culture to Hellenistic culture
Fertile Crescent is most important to Mediterranean is most important

Question 20

Memorized Bible verse

Answer 20

Jesus replied: “love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment.” Matthew 22:37–38

Question 21

Sanhedrin

Answer 21

Jewish “Supreme Court,” made up of 71 members of Pharisees and Sadducees

Question 22

One God

Answer 22

One people of God despite their spreading out. Tribal identities are gone, now just Jews.

Question 23

Development of the gospel

Answer 23

Gospels portrayed Jesus as extraordinary
Matthew: Emmanuel, God is with us
Mark: he is inaugurating the messianic age
Luke: he is God’s agent for redemption
John: the word, who was with God and was gone

Question 24

Kerygma

Answer 24

That which is preached. What is important enough about Jesus for everyone to remember

Question 25

The Kerygma of the early church (8 parts)

Answer 25

1. Jesus as fulfillment of prophecy
2. Jesus’ life and ministry
3. Jesus’ crucifixion
4. Jesus’ resurrection
5. Jesus’ exaltation
6. Gift of the Holy Spirit
7. Jesus’ return
8. Call to repentance

Question 26

Marcan hypothesis

Answer 26

Mark written first
Matthew and Luke took info From Mark and Q
Matthew, Mark, and Luke are history. John – interpretation of what’s happening

Question 27

Message: Jesus as Messiah (Matthew)

Answer 27

Fulfillment of old testament prophecy 
Interpretation of Old Testament law
Confrontation with Pharisees
Overall, he uses 60 prophecies
His audience is Jewish

Question 28

Jesus as teacher (5 discourses)

Chiastic structure of book

Answer 28

Teaching for present: sermon on Mount
The churches mission: sending out of disciples
Parables of kingdom: most important
The Church's life: terms of discipleship
Teaching for future: Oliver discourse

Question 29

Oliver discourse

Answer 29

Takes place on mount of olives
All about messiahs kingdom
Parables: 10 virgins, talents, sheep, goat

Question 30

Jesus as King

Answer 30

Key verse: Matthew 27:11 – "are you the king of the Jews?"
Keywords: King, kingdom, son of David
Visit of Magi
Temptation
Angels at his command
Woe to Pharisees

Question 31

Matthew distinctives

Answer 31

Genealogy of Jesus – In Luke, it brings to parents.
Dreams – because Jews put emphasis on dream
Jerusalem = “holy city”
Visit of Magi
Jesus paying taxes
People worship Jesus

Question 32

Matthew

Mark

Answer 32

Human

Lion

Question 33

2 themes of Mark

Answer 33

Jesus as servant

• no genealogy or birth
• Jesus’ occupation - mason/ carpenter
• no title “lord”
• shunned publicly
• still working after ascension

Busyness of Jesus

• intrusions on rest
• action, especially Jesus
• not teaching sections - on 4 parables
• reactions to deeds

Question 34

Mark distinctives

Answer 34

No chronological sequence
Doublets: Water, healings, bread
Triplets: seeds, opinions, disciples that fall asleep, denials of Christ, endings
- shortest
- vivid 
- 19 miracles 
- narrative 
- 4 parables