The Rise And Influence Of New Testament Literature Flashcards
What leaders began to carry the concept of logical reasoning to all parts of the world
Alexander the Great
Philo of Alexandria was the first to do what (20Bc-50CE)
Reconciliation between faith and logic in his writing and the Greek translations of the tanakh
Philo brought myth and logic together(through Hebrew test, Ptolemy, Philadelphus and Plato) by
Stating there’s a difference between the essence of deity and the acts of the deity
The essence of a God remains unknowable, power and acts must be interpreted by man & thought of scripture at metaphoric was made by who
Philo with similarity to the concept of Plato
Who moved away from polytheism and tried to unify faith and politics
The Romans who were attracted to philos attempts & influenced Christian text
How long has the messiah been in existence before the New Testament canon
1200 years
How long has the archetypal structure of a messianic character been in existence
2500 years
Concept of a messiah can be interpreted from what
Hebrew text in over 300 places
How did the writers of Hebrew text begin to prophesied of one day being redeemed by a savior
Cultural circumstance or driven interactions
The farthest of these prophesied appear in Genesis but abundance began to appear where
Deuteronomy edits in 8th-7th century BC through Jeremiah Ezekiel &; Isaiah
the end of world and coming of a savior spread after the Babylonia captivity and
Became the first version of Hebrew text (400bc)
Last year of 1st century BC there’s was a conflict between Hellenism and traditional Judaism Because why
Hellenization semiotics in Palestine under the rule of Jewish kinda looked seats from the traditions of the religion for other philosophic guidance
Who was born who resented the Roman occupation, knew Hellenistic &; traditional Jewish theology. Grew up in Galilee in Nazareth
His name is Jesus
Some thought Flavious Josephis as historic authentically of Christ but
Through theological lexicographically it shows that the text where altered by Christian interpolation
Christ is attributed to gnostic traditions due to what
Nature of combined archetypal structures
Fist accounts of the Christ story where Paul and other gnostic leaders in
51CE-58CE
When was the earliest canonized gospel of mark and earliest gnostic gospel Thomas
60-70CE &; 52-60CE
Who was a Roman citizen and Hebrew and came from the tribe of Benjamin
Saul of tarsus, the first harsh persecutor of Christian followers
While hunting Christians Saul had a vision on his way to Damascus, where he was blinded and convinced to convert to Christianity. Then Cured by Ananias &; begins missionary work through the Mediterranean is seen in what book
The book of art
Saul changed his name to Paul and began to write letters to various cultures and christian moment leaders through the Mediterranean but does mention what
Doesn’t mention the concept of virgin birth
Multi versions of the life of Jesus in many communities made it difficult cohesiveness in what year
50CE
Town Antioch, a local Jesus movement turned into a full religion cause Saul of tarsus
To lead under the name Paul the apostle to coordinate the stories of Jesus and make it cohesive
Jesus was transformed into a divine being instead of just a teacher and prophet in what lit
The letters of Paul saying Jesus was at the right hand of God
66-73 CE destruction of the 2nd temple during the Romain-Jewish war a diaspora of no central control for both cultures caused what
Hebrew local rabbis to be able to write and respond the questions of faith & allowed for rising Christian faith w/out oppression of Jewish leadership
Following theological traditions of the 12 disciples who would’ve been the only one literate
Matthew the tax collector
Text analysis give evidence that the original works were transcribed decades after the literally event using the name of disciples by who
Writers who felt inspired to describe the life of Christ or apostles born out of time
Who called the council of Jerusalem in 50-52 CE
Paul and early Jesus movement leaders
What did the meeting focuse on
If they would let Gentiles in along with Jews and weather or not to keep the Jewish laws
Who thought all should be welcomed and not follow the rules of mosaic law
Paul
What were the results of the council
Abandonment of temple worship
Opened of religion to all
Circumcision not necessary
Jesus existed in material and spiritual form ( beginning of division of gnostic and Ignostic)
Ignatius of Antioch began to use the decisions of the council in his own writings and believed what
That Jesus had only appeared in the spiritual form rather than both
Letters of ignitions stated for the first time in church history that any version of the gospel must contain the mentions of what (100CE)
Virgin birth
Role of Pilate
Jesus being seed of David
All other versions were corrupted
As the western and middle eastern world moves into the Hellenistic age (4th-1st century BC) what happened
Greeks extorted more control over the cultural element of society
By the middle of 2nd century what ideologies where too great to ignore
Gnostic Christian and Ecclesiastical
Who began to construct their own philosophic concepts of what a Christian canon should contain
Major leader of the new religion in the Mediterranean cites
In who were most influential to the collection and early development of the cannon
Valentimus of Alexandria Justin of Samaria Irenaeus Marcion of sinope Clement of Alexandria
Who argued that gnostic Christians practiced heresy
Irenaeus
Who argues that Christians owed no allegiance to the Jewish God & Jesus was only spirt
Marcion
What events did the great debate create
1st version of New Testament
Great division of Catholic & marcionite church’s & persecution of gnostic followers
What religion began to threaten the already crumbling Roman Empire in 3rd century
Christianity
Who saw the danger of the growing religion & what did he do
Empower Constantine and in 313 CE made the edict if Milan
What is the edict of Milan
Basically legalized Christianity throughout the empire
What is the myth of Constantine’s decision to make Christianity legal
Most his soldiers where Christian who fought at the battle of Milvan bridge
After the victory what did Constantine order the Christians to do
Hold their services on Sunday and honor the birth of Christ on December 25
By 324 what did Constantine order after being tired of the disagreement of cannon and worship
All leading church officials to meet in the concuil of Nicea and establish one center all belief system
Who did Constantine aurthozied to develop a text that would represent the central history of the New Testament
Bishop Euseunius of Caesaria
What was Euseubius deeply concerned within the text
Contradictions between church history and gnostic traditions
Fear contradictions what would did Eusebius do
Used various texts to construct his work ecclesiastical history destroy many of the original gnostic concepts
Euseubius began a series of revisions to the Origen version of Christian cannon in Greek and eventually became what
The cannon for all of the eastern churches but still contain non contradicting gnostic passages
When did the first western version of New Testament text accrue
382 CE
Who where giving the job to revise the compilations of Euseubius New Testament to Latin
Bishop of Rome and Jerome of Dalmatia given by Damascus
What would become the standard version for all translators that followed
The Latin version with all elements of Gnosticism removed
What version is know as vulgate
The Latin version
aka the western version of canonic text until the 16th century
