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Test 1 Flashcards

1
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Alexander the Great

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Conqueror who spread Greek language over the world

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2
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Amme ha-arets

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The masses, the common people

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3
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Apocalyptic

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Visionary writing dealing with end times

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4
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Apostolicity

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Written by or under influence of an apostle

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5
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Aramaic

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Common language of Judea

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6
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Cannon (know exact definition)

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Accepted set of books of the Bible

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7
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Diaspora

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Jews scattered outside Palestine

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8
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Diatribe

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Rhetorical questions with answers following

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9
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Epicureans

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Thought pleasure to be the supreme good

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10
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Essenes

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Strict, self-exiled religious community

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Exegesis (know exact definition)

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Study to determine meaning in original text

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12
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Greek religion

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Polytheism

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13
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Hasmonean dynasty

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Ruled an independent Jewish kingdom

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14
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Hellenization (know exact definition)

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Forcing Greek culture and religion on conquered peoples

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15
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Hermeneutics (know exact definition)

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How to read and interpret the Bible

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16
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Herod the Great

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Most significantly shaped opening years of New Testament

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17
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Herodians

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A political party

18
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Interpretive framework

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Presuppositions, believes, and attitude

19
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Koine

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Common Greek

20
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Maccabean war

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Struggle for Jewish freedom

21
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Papyrus

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Earliest surviving copies of the New Testament

22
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Parchment

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Leather on which later copies of the new New Testament are written

23
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Pharisees

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Pious Jews emphasizing both written and oral law

24
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Scribes

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Jewish scholars and interpreters of the law

25
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Sadducees

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Priestly aristocracy

26
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Samaritans

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Mixed race

27
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Sanhedrin

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Jewish Supreme Court

28
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Septuagint

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Greek translation of the Old Testament

29
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Stoics

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Virtuous knowledge, desire should be suppressed

30
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Synagogue

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Center of study in teaching of the Torah

31
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Roman religion

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Emperor worship

32
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Textual criticism (know exact definition)

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Scholarly reconstruction of the original text

33
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Titus

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Conqueror who destroyed Jerusalem

34
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Variants

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Errors in the manuscript

35
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Vespasian

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Sent to restore order in Judea but became emperor

36
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Five adverbs that tell how we should read the Bible

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Systematically
Thoughtfully 
Prayerfully 
Recreationally 
Devotionally
37
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Test for Canonicity

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  1. use of the books by the Church in general
  2. question whether an apostle wrote or did not write a book was part of the debate
  3. this consensus of orthodox faith or the canon of truth, and it was the ultimate court of appeal for keeping books out of the canon
  4. evidence of divine inspiration
38
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Inspiration

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the energy of the Holy Spirit through which Holy men were qualified to receive religious truth and to communicate it to others without error

39
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Description of synagogue worship

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  1. Worshipers always sat facing toward Jerusalem
  2. Scribes and Pharisees faced the congregation
  3. Formal services were conducted every Sabbath morning as well as feast days
  4. Service was ended by a priestly benediction or prayer
40
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Literary genres of the new testament

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Narrative, letter, apocalyptic

New Testament Lit. Tests (2 decks)

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