Vocab Flashcards
In the letters of Paul, the pep talk or the practical advice about Christianity
paranesis
After Paul leaves his community these people come in and tell the newly converted Christians that they actually do have to practice Covenant Law
Judaizers
Collection of Jesus’s sayings used by Matthew and Luke
Synoptic Sayings Source or Q
Mark, Matthew and Luke are these: meaning they see together
synoptic gospels
Teachers of covenant law
pharisees/rabbis
priests of Jerusalem temple, they were discreditted by cooperating with the romans
sadducees
“Logos”- reason, teaching, and revelation
The reason that runs through the universe
word
becoming flesh, from the latin “caro” or “carnis”
incarnation
Took control of Mesopotamia and Syria after Alexander the Great dies
Seleucids
66-70 AD, uprising of the Israelites against the Romans
The Jewish War
Sayings of what Jesus’s life fulfills, in Matthew
formula quotations
I am sayings
aretology
the 4 last things: resurrection, judgement, heaven, or hell
eschatology
oral commentary of covenant law written down
talmud
ritual meal which brings unity among a community; the body and blood of Christ symbolizing Jesus’s death and resurrection
eucharist
the place where Jews go to study and pray and practice covenant law
synagogue
the doctrine of the Holy Spirit
pneumatology
common greek that Alexander the Great instituted during his reign in the Hellenistic empire
koine greek
the doctrine/teaching of Christ
christology
the Gospel of John contrasts light/dark, above/below
dualism
The Holy Spirit as a counselor, helper and advocate
paraclete
the doctrine of God
theology
emporer who wants to be worshipped as a God and persecuted christians who refused to worship in his emporer cult
domitian
the changing of a source a little bit to fit what the writer is trying to stress or what he thinks is most important
redaction criticism
