Test 2 Flashcards
The Gospel Mark was drawn from who’s firsthand accounts?
Peter
The Gospel Matthew targets what group of people?
Palestinian Jews
What is the whole premise of the gospel Matthew?
Shows Jesus as the fulfillment of Jewish hopes fro a Messiah
The Gospel Luke was probably written by…
A man who was not himself a Jew, nor an apostle
The Gospel Luke targets what group of people?
Gentiles, women, infirm, and societal outcasts
The Gospel John is written from what perspective?
An apostle “whom Jesus loved”, an eye witness account
How is John’s gospel unique?
It is more personal, interpersonal on the accounts of Jesus
Who is Nicodemus?
He was on the council of elders; thinks that you have to use good works to get to heaven
Who was the Smaritan Woman?
A woman whom Jesus talked to; she was stunned by this fact
“inappropriate”–samaritan and woman
The visual images and dichotomies in John’s gospel are?
Light/dark and earth/heaven
Palm Sunday may actually have been a…
Monday
Why is the donkey important in the entrace on “Palm Sunday”?
It is an animal of burden and peace
Fighting Parables in Jerusalem were targeted towards?
Leaders of Jerusalem
What are some examples of the “Fighting Parables”?
Object lesson of the fig tree, Parable of two sons, Parable of landowner, the king’s wedding feast…
How much of John’s gospel despicts one DAY in Jesus’ life?
one-third
What was the trial of Jesus?
The arrest; before Annas (ex-high priest) and Caiaphas and kangaroo court; Before the Sanhedrin; Before Pilate; Before Herod Antipas
What is a kangaroo court?
Court where the principles of laws and justcice are disregarded or perverted
How was Jesus humiliated?
Beaten & insulted; Publicly paraded; Crucifiction; Burial of the “prince of life”
All of his human life involved some sort of humiliation
Who helped Jesus carry his cross?
Simon Cyrene
Symbolic of us picking up our own cross and following him
What were the meanings of the crucifixtion to the different groups?
Romans
- Practice not allowed for citizens
- Only reserved for the worst enemies of the state and slaves
Jews
- Cast off from the love of God
- A great shame
Victim’s surviving family and friends
- Shame (publicly shamed)
What are the alternate scenarios?
Swoon Theory
Theft Theory
Hallucination Theory
Fabrication by Later Church Theory
Describe the four alternate scenarios
Swoon Theory
-Jesus passed out on the cross and guards mistaked him as dead
Theft Theory
-Jesus’ body is gone because it was stolen by people
Hallucination Theory
-The disciples were so overwhelmed with grief; psycological breakthrough; “his spirit live on in our hearts”
Fabrication by Later Church Theory
-made it up so they can get money and power
What is at stake with the gospels?
The cross–> Jesus is not bound to cross or grave
What does inclusio mean?
Phrase that happens at the beginning and end of a book
