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| List of authoritative books. |
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| The Torah, Prophets, and Writings |
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| What are the four Gospels? |
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| Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John |
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| "Same said". All agreed these books should be in the Bible(Romans, 1&2 Corinthians, Galations, Ephesians, Philipians, Colassians, 1&2 Thessalonians, and Philemon). |
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| "Spoken against". Not everyone agreed these books should be in the Bible. Some were accepted (Hebrews, James, Jude, 2 Peter, 2&3 John, and Revelation) and some were rejected (Acts of Paul, Shephard of Hermas, Epistle of Barnabas, and Didache). |
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| What are the three criteria for canons? |
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1. Doctrine: Does it agree with the rule of faith?
2. Use: Is it read in churches?
3. Apostolicity: Is it written by an apostle or an associate of an apostle?
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| Is the New Testament canon closed or open? |
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| Readings for a given Sunday in the church |
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| New Testament scripture founded by early church fathers |
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| How many texts of the New Testament do we have? |
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| Text written in CAPITAL letters |
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| Text written generally in all lower case letters |
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| Continuous writing with no punctuation |
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| Gods, Demi Gods, Daimonia |
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| Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible |
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| What was given to the Israelites on Mt. Sinai? |
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| How many laws are there in the Old Testament? |
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| Guidance, Direction, or Instruction |
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| The purpose of the laws of the Old Testament |
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| Set Israel apart from all people |
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| What happened in 587/6 BCE? |
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| The destruction of the Jewish temple |
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| Who was the King during the time of Jesus' birth? |
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| When the Babylonians conquered Israel in 587/6 BCE |
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| Was the Syrian ruler who decided to force Greek culture upon the Jews |
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| The day of sacrifice of sins for all people (Yom Kippur) |
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| Pharisees, Essenes, and Sadducees |
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| Jewish-Christian Adoptionists believed that Jesus was "adopted" by God at his |
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| Who established the first canon? |
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| When did scribes begin to make chapter-like divisions in the books of the New Testament? |
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| The Marcionites liked which particular Apostle? |
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| Which of the following thought Jesus' body was a phantasm? |
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| According to Jewish-Christian Adoptionists, Jesus was |
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| What did Gnostics believe happened at Jesus' baptism? |
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| The divine Christ entered Jesus' body |
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| How many original copies of the New Testament do we have? |
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| Most copies of the New Testament manuscripts come from what time period? |
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| The book of Revelation in written in what genre? |
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| The New Testament is written in what language? |
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| The Old Testament is written in what language? |
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| When a scribe "corrects" one passage to agree with another |
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| The Marcionites believed that Jesus came to save people from |
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| What Christian group lived in Palestine and taught that Christians should keep the law? |
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| Jewish-Christian Adoptionists |
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| Our earliest manuscripts of Paul's letters and full copies of the Gospels date back to |
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| Who is the earliest New Testament writer? |
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| Who were the authors of the New Testament gospels? |
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| We don't know. They are anonymous, |
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| How were the stories of the Gospels passed down? |
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| When was Matthew and Luke written? |
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| Were there any references to Jesus in Pagan literature during the first century of the Common Era? |
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| According to the Gospels, how many followers of Jesus were there after his crucificion? |
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| Eleven men and several women. |
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| What evidence did Christian believers most likely use in order to convert them? |
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| Examples of missionary sermons in the Book of Acts and some imitations of Paul's letters. |
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| How was the majority of Christian missionary taught? |
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| How could converts join the Christian community? |
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| By being baptized and receiving some rudimentary instruction. |
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| When did the spread of Christianity began to take notice? |
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| What language did Jesus speak? |
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| What language were Jesus' stories told in? |
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| Could any of the gospels have been taught by eyewitnesses? |
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| Around what region did Christianity first start to appear? |
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| Were stories about Jesus changed or made up? |
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| During what we?ek was Jesus crucified |
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| Who was the Roman governor during the time of Jesus' crucifixion? |
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| How many plagues did God bring upon the land of Egypt? |
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| What was the tenth-plague God ordered on Egypt? |
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| The death of every first-born human and animal in the land. |
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| What did God order to be painted or spread across the doorpost of each house in Egypt during the tenth-plague? |
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| The blood of a sacrificed lamb |
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| What were the Children of Israel told to do on the night of "passover"? |
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| Eat a quick meal in preparation for their escape. |
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| Who was sent to kill all of the first-born humans and animals throughout the land during the tenth-plague? |
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| Where was Passover celebrated? |
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| What animal was sacrificed in the Temple in celebration of the Passover? |
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| Which week-long celebration followed the Passover feast? |
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| Feast of Unleavened Bread |
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| What day begins the Jewish Sabbath? |
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| Which Disciple betrayed Jesus? |
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| Who condemns Jesus to death? |
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| In the Gospel of Mark, what time was Jesus crucified? |
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| In the Gospel of John, what time is Jesus crucified? |
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| In John's Gospel, where was Jesus at the time of the Passover feast? |
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| In the Gospel John, on which day was Jesus executed? |
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| The day in which preparations were being made to eat the passover meal. |
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| In the Gospel Mark, which day is Jesus executed? |
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| On the morning after the passover meal had been eaten. |
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| Which Gospel do scholars argue is more accurate with regards to the crucifixion of Jesus? |
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| Who identifies Jesus as "the lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world?" |
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| When did the Syrians conquer the Jews? |
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| Where was the majority of the Jews located after the Diaspora? |
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| Which Jewish sect did Jesus fight with most often? |
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| What was the intent of the Pharisees? |
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| Who gave definition to actual laws? |
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| What do most Christians think of the Pharisees? |
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| They are legalistic hypocrites |
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| Where was the most of the Pharisees' attention focused? |
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| Within the people and community |
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| What day is the Jewish Sabbath? |
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| Members of Jewish Aristocracy |
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| Jewish Council who decided local affairs |
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| Could the Sadducees condemn execution? |
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| Who were the Sadducees affiliated with? |
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| Why did the Sadducees get along with the Romans? |
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| The Roman Empire gave the Sadducees power |
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| Which Jewish sect ran the Temple? |
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| What biblical authority did the Sadducees except? |
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| According to the Essenes, what did you have to do to become a true Jew? |
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| Which Jewish sect do we identify with the Dead Sea Scrolls? |
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| How many Messiahs did the Essenes hope would come? |
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| Who expected a 40 yr battle betweent he children of light and the children of darkness? |
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| The Jewish sects consisted of Pharisees, Sadducees, and Essenes. Who is last Jewish Sect? |
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| Which Jewish sect carried out assassinations? |
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| What do many Jews blame the Fourth Philosophy for? |
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| Destruction of the Temple |
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| Which divine being led God's people out of Egypt? |
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