NBST 515 Test 1 exam 2023/2024 with 100% correct answers

Summarize (we will be writing about) the metanarrative of Scripture outlined in class - correct answer 1. God before everything else 2. Creation Story (Genesis 1:2, Job 38:1-7, Isaiah 45:18) 3. Fall of Man (Gen 3, 6): the snake falls, then Adam & Eve 4. God's Covenants with Man 4a. Abrahamic- Genesis 15:5- "your offspring will be as numerous as the stars" - the promise of the land Canaan 4b. Israelite- Exodus 6: Freedom from being slaves to the Egyptians, God will be the Israelites' God 4c. Davidic- 2 Sam 7, 1 Chr. 17:11-14, 2 Chr 4d. New Covenant- 5. Christ/Kingdom 6. New Creation Recognize (Multiple Choice, T/F) the significance of the major leaders of the Greek - correct answer 200-142 BCE ● Ptolemy I takes Jerusalem peacefully, then is brutal ● Ptolemy II: connected with translation of the Hebrew OT to Greek (Septuagint) ● Antiochus III: overtakes Judea from Ptolemies ● Antiochus IV: desecrates the Temple and builds an altar to Zeus Recognize (Multiple Choice, T/F) the significance of the major leaders of the Hasmonean - correct answer Hasmonean ● Judas "The Hammer" Maccabaeus: leads the Maccabean Revolt against the Seleucid Empire and cleanses the Temple. Recognize (Multiple Choice, T/F) the significance of the major leaders of the Roman empires. - correct answer Roman ● Pompey: overthrows Jerusalem in 63 BCE. ● Antipater: became the governor under authority of Julius Caesar. Father of Herod the Great. ● Herod the Great: succeeded Antipater. Build cities and expanded the Jerusalem Temple. ● Herod Antipas: son of Herod the Great. Had John the baptist beheaded. Tetrarch over Galilee and Perea. Most mentioned in NT. Jewish Sects - correct answer Maccabean and Zealots Essenes Pharisees Sadducees. Recognize (Multiple Choice, T/F) the major differences between the Jewish sects. - correct answer Five Jewish sects during the time of Jesus. ● The view of the Maccabean and Zealots was that of expectation for the messiah's kingdom to be military rule. This view is encountered in the Gospels directly. The zealots wanted Holy War. ● The Essenes as McKnights puts it, believed in holy withdrawal. They isolated themselves from the problems of the times. Associated with the Qumran community and the literature of the Dead Sea Scrolls. ● The Pharisees sought answers through their devotion to Torah, and only Torah! They did not use any of the Old Testament other than Law.[1] The over the top approach of following the Law came from their belief that it would be their obedience that would bring about the Messiah. ● And then there were the Sadducees. The least popular of the groups, they are represented as having sought cooperation with Rome over confrontation. Did not believe in the doctrine of the resurrection of the dead. According to Wright & Bird (130), it's the Sadducees who only followed the Pentateuch. I believe the Pharisees did adopt other OT texts, which is why they believed in a resurrection of the dead (unlike the Sadducees.) Summarize (we will be writing about) the major focus of the New Perspective. - correct answer The New Perspective objects to the idea that second-temple Judaism primarily offered a works based message of salvation. Argues Paul was not combating legalism or works-righteousness in his writing, but was opposing other notions, such as: ● Nationalism & ethnocentrism ● Politics and power ● Forcing gentiles to adopt a Jewish identity