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Liberty University NBST 515: New Testament Orientation I Questions And Answers Liberty University NBST 515: New Testament Orientation I Questions And Answers

Pseudonymous - pseudepigrapha is made of two words, from pseudos meaning false and graphein meaning write Righteousness/righteousness of god - (1) the righteousness that god produces (subjective genitive), transforms believer; (2) god's own attribute of righteousness (possessive genitive), refers to his divine justice in eschatological judgment; (3) the righteousness imputed by god (genitive of source), god declaring sinners righteous on the basis on their faith Justification - the actio...

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...

Distinguishing characteristics of 1 Peter - Authorship: the apostle Peter Audience: regions of modern Turkey Dating: mid-60s at the latest Written to exiles and dispersed (possibly Gentiles) facing persecution and suffering Distinguishing characteristics of 2 Peter - Authorship: Simeon Peter Audience: Gentile believers? Writing is very similar to synoptic Gospels Dating: probably c. 65 AD Distinguishing characteristics of Jude - Authorship: Jude, servant of JC and brother of James. Auth...

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...

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' ...

NBST 515 Exam 3 LATEST QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ALREADY PASSED A+ 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 r...

Distinguishing characteristics of 1 Peter - Authorship: the apostle Peter Audience: regions of modern Turkey Dating: mid-60s at the latest Written to exiles and dispersed (possibly Gentiles) facing persecution and suffering Distinguishing characteristics of 2 Peter - Authorship: Simeon Peter Audience: Gentile believers? Writing is very similar to synoptic Gospels Dating: probably c. 65 AD Distinguishing characteristics of Jude - Authorship: Jude, servant of JC and brother of James. Auth...

Preterist - Someone who believes all or almost all of Revelation is about events in the first century A.D. (early church), for original audience Historicist - Revelation shows the sequence of church history in chronological order (ancient times to modern) Futurist - All of Revelation's events have yet to happen Idealist - Shows ongoing struggle between good/evil, no real historical reference Premillennialism - Christ returns after the judgment in Revelation, but before a literal 1,000 ye...