NBST 515 (NBST 515)

Which genre typically contains cosmic conflict, symbolic language, and revelatory experiences on the part of the author? - CORRECT ANSWER Apocalypse Which letter uses familial language to describe the Church? - CORRECT ANSWER 1 John? The "walk to Emmaus" occurs only in which Gospel? - CORRECT ANSWER Luke Which of the four Gospels is typically considered to be the earliest written? - CORRECT ANSWER Mark Which approach to the Synoptic problem considers Matthew as the earliest of the Gos...

Preterist - CORRECT ANSWER Someone who believes all or almost all of Revelation is about events in the first century A.D. (early church), for original audience Historicist - CORRECT ANSWER Revelation shows the sequence of church history in chronological order (ancient times to modern) Futurist - CORRECT ANSWER All of Revelation's events have yet to happen Idealist - CORRECT ANSWER Shows ongoing struggle between good/evil, no real historical reference Premillennialism - CORRECT ANSWER Ch...

Significant event that occurred in 410 AD - CORRECT ANSWER Rome had fallen to Alaric's Goths. Roman pagans blamed Christians, who had been in favor of Constantine. In the wake of such, Augustine wrote City of God. Whether full canonical acceptance of Hebrews took place more quickly or more slowly than the other New Testament writings. - CORRECT ANSWER More slowly - it struggled. The two primary reasons Paul is widely rejected as the author of Hebrews. - CORRECT ANSWER Language is differe...

Five main eras of the Second Temple Period. Be sure to know the time frame for each era. - CORRECT ANS Babylonian (606-539). Persian (539-331). Greek (331-167): Ptolemaic (320-198) and Seleucid (198-167). Jewish Self-Rule (167-63). Roman (63BC - AD70). Three crises experienced by the Jews that resulted from the Bab. captivity. - CORRECT ANS Dissolution of the monarchy, loss of central sanctuary, proximity to Gentiles. Most likely period of time in why synagogue emerged. - CORRECT ANS Ba...

Mark's dates - CORRECT ANS 40-60 AD Matthew's dates - CORRECT ANS 80-100 AD (consensus view). But probably before 70 AD per tradition. Luke's dates - CORRECT ANS Late 50s/early 60s John's dates - CORRECT ANS 90 AD in Ephesus Hebrews' dates - CORRECT ANS 40-60 AD (Clement quotes it in 95 AD) James' dates - CORRECT ANS Between late 30s and early 60s 1 Peter's dates - CORRECT ANS 64-66 AD 2nd Peter's dates - CORRECT ANS Before 68 AD (latest date suggested for Peter's martyrdom) J...

Josephus - Jewish Antiquities - correct answer The first-century non-canonical author who made two references to Jesus. Also be sure to know the name of the work that contains these references. Babylonian Talmud - "He then went and raised Jesus incantation" - correct answer Jewish source that includes a reference to Jesus' resurrection. Did not - just attributed them to sorcery - correct answer Whether or not opponents of Christianity during the second century typically denied that J...

Significant event that occurred in 410 AD - correct answer Rome had fallen to Alaric's Goths. Roman pagans blamed Christians, who had been in favor of Constantine. In the wake of such, Augustine wrote City of God. Whether full canonical acceptance of Hebrews took place more quickly or more slowly than the other New Testament writings. - correct answer More slowly - it struggled. The two primary reasons Paul is widely rejected as the author of Hebrews. - correct answer Language is di...

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' ...

Author of Hebrews - correct answer Originally believed to be Paul; almost definitely not Paul (Hebrews 2:3). Unknown. Place Hebrews was written. - correct answer Unknown Recipients of Hebrews - correct answer Unknown Introduction to Hebrews - correct answer Discussion of how Jesus is higher and better than angels (arguing for divinity of Jesus). Date of Hebrews - correct answer Likely before AD 70 (as present-tense reference to Temple worship insinuating it was written befo...

intertestamental period - correct answer about 400 BC to 1 AD 2nd temple period - correct answer 530 BC to 70AD Gnosticism - correct answer material word is evil and said Jesus could not have been a person - correct answer taught that pleasure (in the sense of happiness, not necessarily sensual pleasure) was the chief good in life. This led to an advocacy of "hedonism," the pursuit of pleasure as a matter of ethical principle. Stoicism - correct answer taught the dutiful a...