THL 237 Final Exam Study Set
Questions And Answers
/. Historical criticism - Answer-✅Studies a text in its original historical setting.
/.Textual criticism - Answer-✅Compares manuscripts to reconstruct the earliest text.
/.Source criticism - Answer-✅Investigates written sources behind a text.
/.Form criticism - Answer-✅Studies prewritten oral forms and their settings.
/.Redaction criticism - Answer-✅Examines how editors shaped sources for their
theology.
/.Narrative criticism - Answer-✅Analyzes plot, characters, and themes within the final
story.
/.Synoptic problem - Answer-✅Explains the literary relationship among Matthew, Mark,
and Luke.
/.Markan priority - Answer-✅View that Mark was written before Matthew and Luke.
/.Two-source hypothesis - Answer-✅Matthew and Luke used Mark plus a sayings
source.
/.Q source - Answer-✅Hypothetical sayings source used by Matthew and Luke.
/.Triple tradition - Answer-✅Material shared by Matthew, Mark, and Luke.
/.Double tradition - Answer-✅Material shared by Matthew and Luke.
/.M material - Answer-✅Content unique to Matthew.
/.L material - Answer-✅Content unique to Luke.
/.Harmonization - Answer-✅Attempting to blend gospel differences into one account.
/.Canon - Answer-✅Authorized collection of scriptures for a community.
/.Septuagint - Answer-✅Greek translation of Jewish scriptures widely used in the
Second Temple Period.
/.Torah - Answer-✅God's instruction or teaching for Israel.
, /.Covenant - Answer-✅Binding relationship with obligations between God and Israel.
/.Election - Answer-✅God chooses a people without earned merit.
/.Promise - Answer-✅One-sided divine commitment, often preceding covenant duties.
/.Covenant obedience - Answer-✅Keeping Torah as Israel's loyal response.
/.Covenant blessings - Answer-✅Flourishing tied to covenant faithfulness.
/.Covenant curses - Answer-✅Loss and exile tied to persistent covenant violation.
/.Day of Atonement - Answer-✅Annual ritual dealing with sin and impurity.
/.Gleaning laws - Answer-✅Leaving leftovers for the poor.
/.Resident alien laws - Answer-✅Protecting foreigners living among Israel.
/.Food laws - Answer-✅Holiness practices restricting certain foods.
/.Holiness - Answer-✅Separation and loyalty to God expressed socially.
/.Justice - Answer-✅Structuring society to protect the vulnerable.
/.First Temple - Answer-✅Jerusalem temple associated with Solomon.
/.Second Temple - Answer-✅Rebuilt temple after exile; stood until 70 CE.
/.Destruction of Second Temple - Answer-✅Roman destruction in 70 CE.
/.Second Temple Period - Answer-✅Roughly 500 BCE to 70 CE.
/.Babylonian exile - Answer-✅Deportation and displacement of Judah's elite.
/.Return from exile - Answer-✅Rebuilding community and temple in Judea.
/.Diaspora - Answer-✅Jewish communities living outside Judea.
/.Synagogue - Answer-✅Jewish gathering place for prayer and teaching.
/.Pharisees - Answer-✅Jewish group emphasizing interpretation and purity.
/.Sadducees - Answer-✅Temple-associated elite with a conservative scripture view.
/.Essenes - Answer-✅Separatist movement with strict communal discipline.
Questions And Answers
/. Historical criticism - Answer-✅Studies a text in its original historical setting.
/.Textual criticism - Answer-✅Compares manuscripts to reconstruct the earliest text.
/.Source criticism - Answer-✅Investigates written sources behind a text.
/.Form criticism - Answer-✅Studies prewritten oral forms and their settings.
/.Redaction criticism - Answer-✅Examines how editors shaped sources for their
theology.
/.Narrative criticism - Answer-✅Analyzes plot, characters, and themes within the final
story.
/.Synoptic problem - Answer-✅Explains the literary relationship among Matthew, Mark,
and Luke.
/.Markan priority - Answer-✅View that Mark was written before Matthew and Luke.
/.Two-source hypothesis - Answer-✅Matthew and Luke used Mark plus a sayings
source.
/.Q source - Answer-✅Hypothetical sayings source used by Matthew and Luke.
/.Triple tradition - Answer-✅Material shared by Matthew, Mark, and Luke.
/.Double tradition - Answer-✅Material shared by Matthew and Luke.
/.M material - Answer-✅Content unique to Matthew.
/.L material - Answer-✅Content unique to Luke.
/.Harmonization - Answer-✅Attempting to blend gospel differences into one account.
/.Canon - Answer-✅Authorized collection of scriptures for a community.
/.Septuagint - Answer-✅Greek translation of Jewish scriptures widely used in the
Second Temple Period.
/.Torah - Answer-✅God's instruction or teaching for Israel.
, /.Covenant - Answer-✅Binding relationship with obligations between God and Israel.
/.Election - Answer-✅God chooses a people without earned merit.
/.Promise - Answer-✅One-sided divine commitment, often preceding covenant duties.
/.Covenant obedience - Answer-✅Keeping Torah as Israel's loyal response.
/.Covenant blessings - Answer-✅Flourishing tied to covenant faithfulness.
/.Covenant curses - Answer-✅Loss and exile tied to persistent covenant violation.
/.Day of Atonement - Answer-✅Annual ritual dealing with sin and impurity.
/.Gleaning laws - Answer-✅Leaving leftovers for the poor.
/.Resident alien laws - Answer-✅Protecting foreigners living among Israel.
/.Food laws - Answer-✅Holiness practices restricting certain foods.
/.Holiness - Answer-✅Separation and loyalty to God expressed socially.
/.Justice - Answer-✅Structuring society to protect the vulnerable.
/.First Temple - Answer-✅Jerusalem temple associated with Solomon.
/.Second Temple - Answer-✅Rebuilt temple after exile; stood until 70 CE.
/.Destruction of Second Temple - Answer-✅Roman destruction in 70 CE.
/.Second Temple Period - Answer-✅Roughly 500 BCE to 70 CE.
/.Babylonian exile - Answer-✅Deportation and displacement of Judah's elite.
/.Return from exile - Answer-✅Rebuilding community and temple in Judea.
/.Diaspora - Answer-✅Jewish communities living outside Judea.
/.Synagogue - Answer-✅Jewish gathering place for prayer and teaching.
/.Pharisees - Answer-✅Jewish group emphasizing interpretation and purity.
/.Sadducees - Answer-✅Temple-associated elite with a conservative scripture view.
/.Essenes - Answer-✅Separatist movement with strict communal discipline.
