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QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
NBST 515-001
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 acceptance of one's fate—a form of
fatalism—as determined by impersonal reason ruling the universe. People were enjoined to
face their destiny "stoically," that is, without emotion.
Cynicism - CORRECT ANSWER purpose of live is to live in virtue in agreement with
nature
ptatonism - CORRECT ANSWER the theory that numbers or other abstract objects are
objective, timeless entities, independed of the physical world and of the symbols used to
represent them
syncretism - CORRECT ANSWER combining of different religions, cultures, or
schools of thought
, emperor worship in Rome - CORRECT ANSWER roman cult, continuation of
hellenistic worship of the ruler, Emperor worship provides especially important background
to the book of Revelation
Sanhedrin - CORRECT ANSWER Jewish court
burnt offering - CORRECT ANSWER offered twice daily and completely consumed
by fire
peace offering - CORRECT ANSWER an offering presented as a thanks giving to God
sin offering - CORRECT ANSWER could be fine flour or a proper animal
Targum - CORRECT ANSWER an ancient Aramaic paraphrase or interpretation of the
Hebrew Bible
Mishnah - CORRECT ANSWER method of teaching by presenting topics in a
systematic order
Midrash - CORRECT ANSWER an ancient commentary on part of the Hebrew
Scriptures, attached to the biblical text
apocalyptic literature - CORRECT ANSWER A genre of revelatory literature with a
narrative framework, in which a revelation is mediated by an otherworldly being to a human
recipient
apocalypticism - CORRECT ANSWER A pattern of thought or a world view
dominated by the kinds of ideas and motifs found in apocalypses: other worlds (heaven, hell),
otherworldly beings, supernatural intervention in world events, apocalyptic eschatology,
divine retribution beyond death
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
NBST 515-001
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 acceptance of one's fate—a form of
fatalism—as determined by impersonal reason ruling the universe. People were enjoined to
face their destiny "stoically," that is, without emotion.
Cynicism - CORRECT ANSWER purpose of live is to live in virtue in agreement with
nature
ptatonism - CORRECT ANSWER the theory that numbers or other abstract objects are
objective, timeless entities, independed of the physical world and of the symbols used to
represent them
syncretism - CORRECT ANSWER combining of different religions, cultures, or
schools of thought
, emperor worship in Rome - CORRECT ANSWER roman cult, continuation of
hellenistic worship of the ruler, Emperor worship provides especially important background
to the book of Revelation
Sanhedrin - CORRECT ANSWER Jewish court
burnt offering - CORRECT ANSWER offered twice daily and completely consumed
by fire
peace offering - CORRECT ANSWER an offering presented as a thanks giving to God
sin offering - CORRECT ANSWER could be fine flour or a proper animal
Targum - CORRECT ANSWER an ancient Aramaic paraphrase or interpretation of the
Hebrew Bible
Mishnah - CORRECT ANSWER method of teaching by presenting topics in a
systematic order
Midrash - CORRECT ANSWER an ancient commentary on part of the Hebrew
Scriptures, attached to the biblical text
apocalyptic literature - CORRECT ANSWER A genre of revelatory literature with a
narrative framework, in which a revelation is mediated by an otherworldly being to a human
recipient
apocalypticism - CORRECT ANSWER A pattern of thought or a world view
dominated by the kinds of ideas and motifs found in apocalypses: other worlds (heaven, hell),
otherworldly beings, supernatural intervention in world events, apocalyptic eschatology,
divine retribution beyond death
