Test Study 2 (Matthew's Gospel) Flashcards
What religon was Jesus?
Jewish
What are the two names used in the Bible for the Jewish people?
Hebrews and Israelites
Who was Matthew?
Probably Christian convert from Jewish faith,
Who was Matthew’s audience?
Jewish Christians
What did Matthew was his audience to understand?
Matthew wanted Jewish Christians to know that believing in Jesus was not a break with Jewish tradition but a continuation of it.
What Empire ruled Palestine during Jesus’s time?
Roman.
Who was the ruler? at the time of Jesus’s birth?
King Herod.
Around what years was the Gospel of Matthew written?
85-90 A.D.
What is the mostly likely place Matthew’s gospel was written?
Antioch (Syria),
Does Matthew’s Gospel include an infancy narrative?
Yes
How does the Gospel of Matthew begin?
the Geneology of Jesus, showing how he is related to the traditional Jewish prophets/heros.
Why was it important for Jesus to shown as related to the Jewish past?
Because Matthew is trying to show Jesus as a continuation of the Jewish faith. And their denial of Jesus was the reason the ‘kingdom’ had not come with the new messiah (Jesus)
Who are the “Heirs to the Kingdom”?
The Jewish people thought that they wer the heirs to the kingdom of God.
Why did they believe they were the Heirs to the kingdom?
The Kingdom of God had been promised to them in the old testament.
