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| What is the junior service requirement? |
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| What are a few major themes of the Old Testament? What did God promise Abraham. |
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| Everything that God created was good. Monotheism Moses and the Israelites. God promised Abraham many descendants. |
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| What are some of the core beliefs of Judaism? |
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| 1)God exists, and God is the creator. |
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| What are the 3 categories that the old testament is divided into? |
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| Historic, Poetic, and Prophetic |
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| What are the major transformations to the covenant between the Old and New Testament? |
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The People Israelites all followers of Jesus
Slaves to Egypt sin
Saved by the blood of the lamb Jesus, Lamb of God
Law Letter of the Law Law of Love
(10 Commandments) (Beatitudes)
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| What are the 10 Commandments? |
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1) Only 1 God
2) Do not use lords name in vein
3) Keep Holy the Sabbath
4) Honor Father and Mother
5) You Shall not Kill
6) You shall not commit adultery
7) You Shall not steal
8) You shall not bear false witness
9) You Shall not covet your neighboors wife
10) You Shall not covet your neighboors goods |
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| What religions claim Jerusalem as their holy city? |
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| Judaism, Christianity, Islam |
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| What are the remnants of the Temple called? |
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| What is the Dome of the Rock? |
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| Where the Muslims believe Abraham almost sacrificed Ishmael, and where Muhammad ascended into heaven. |
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| What town did Jesus live in? |
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| What nearby province contained people considered outcast because they intermarried? |
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| What province was Jesus born in and also was where he died? |
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| What city held the Temple |
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| The highest court of justice and the supreme council in ancient Jerusalem. |
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| Distinguish between chromos and kairos time? |
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Chronos- quantitative sequence or measurement of time passed.
Kairos- God chosen time; qualitative time that could disrupt the normal flow of tradition, habits, methods, and ways of thinking. |
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| What are the 6 major groups within Judaism? Be able to describe each. |
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Pharisees- Well educated religious leaders.
Sadducees- Small group of wealthy and powerful chief priests and elders/members of the high court of israel, believed in strict interpretation of the Torah/managed temple.
Scribes- Scholars who interpeted and taught the Law/associated with P's and S's. Responsible for writing and keeping records as many people were illeterate.
Essenes(not mentioned by name in the Bible)- Monastic group that htought Jews had become too lax in following God/Torah and withdrew to the desert.
Zealots- Militant roup for Jewish independence/thought compliance wit hRome was blasphemous/Disliked by many other groups for the violence they brought on especiall the destruction of the Temple that basically only the Pharisees survived.
Great Majority Poor majority of the Jewish population most linked with Jesus' ministry. |
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| The highest court of justice and the supreme council in ancient Jerusalem. |
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| What group is not mentioned by name in the bible? |
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| What were the different social classes? |
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Ruler (Caesar)- Major government leaders
Governor (Herod)- Appointed by rulers to control smaller territories
Merchant (Zecchaeus) Traded/Sold Goods
Peasant (Simon Peter) - Overtaxed farmers and fishermen/usually worked other's land
Artisan (Joseph)- Bartered the goods they created
Unclean (Lepers)- Sick, beggars, or bandits. |
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| Differentiate between Exegesis and eisegesis. |
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Exegesis (to lead out of) critical interpretation/ explanation of a literary (bible passage based on objective analysis of historical setting meaning of key concepts and literary forms chosen by the author
Eisigesis (to lead into) Interpretation of subjective, non-analytical reading. Inject own ideas into the text. |
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| What was family life like back then? |
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- Made food, clothing, furniure, and tools.
- Property was handed down by generation
- Torah rules governed family relationships
- Marriages were arranged
- Homes were a place to learn and experience faith
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| What was the status of women like? |
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- Lowly place in society-inferior to men
- Considered property and too weak to follow religous requirements of the law.
- Men were allowed to divorce wives but it was next to impossible for women to initiate.
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| Who was Herod the Great? What did he do? |
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He was a ambitious, paranoid, violent, and the puppet of Rome. He rebuilt the temple, executed a wife, three sons, and several other relatives (was married 10x).
Attempted to kill Jesus and ordered the massacre of all male infants in Bethlehem. |
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| Son of Herod "the Great" who went on to have John the Baptist beheaded and handing over Jesus to Pilate. |
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| The peace that existed between nationalities within the Roman Empire. |
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| means common dialect in greek. |
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| What is the edict of Milan? |
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| Christians were persecuted in 313. |
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| What emperor was the worst in terms of persecuting Christians? |
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| What does synagogue mean? |
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| How many men did it take in a town to build one? |
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1. House of prayer where scripture was read and Yahweh was worshipped
2. Place of discussion for leagal settlements
3. Local school |
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| What number Temple was it in Jesus' time? When was it destroyed? |
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| third one during Jesus. Completed in 64 AD, and destroyed 6 years later by the Romans in the First Jewish Revolt. |
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| Who could enter the holy of holies and when? |
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| Only the high priest could enter and only on Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement) |
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| What does the passover celebrate? |
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| Celebrated liberation of the Jews from Egypt (captivity) |
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| What is the pentecost? When is it celebrated |
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| Celbrated 50 days after Passover and commemorated the giving of the Law to Moses. |
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| AKA Boooths- Fall harvest celebration- Jews built huts out of branches to recall the time Jews spent in the wilderness and approached the temple in procession waving branches and praising God. |
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| What does Hanukkah commemorate? |
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| means dedication, 8 days around December that commemorates the temples rededication after Macabee brothers lead a revolt, the oil lasted in the candles for eight days despite the lack of oil. |
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| high holy days, Jewish New Year |
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| (ram's horn) remind people to repent and reflect |
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| Day of Atonment, occurs 10 days after Rosh Hashanah, Considered to be the day god decides each persons fate for the year-Day of Fasting |
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| What does purim commemorate? |
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| Wueen Esther saving the Jews from annihlation |
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| What are the 3 things C.S. Lewis said Jesus could be? |
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Differentiate between the Jesus of History and Christ of Faith |
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Jesus of History we concretely know about Jesus
Christ of Faith- what we believe about Jesus regarding his identity as GOD. |
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| Who were Seutonius and Tacitus? |
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Seutonius was a Roman biographer- talke about how the jews were expelled from Rome.
Tacitus was a Roman historian who wrote about Pointius Pilate and that it occurred during Tiberius' reign |
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| Who was Pliny and Josephus? |
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mentioned the rapid spread of Christianity and of the custom of Christians celebrating the Eucharist on a "fixed day of the week"
Jewish historian who wrote the Jewish antiquities. mentioned John the Baptist and Pointius Pilate putting Jesus to death. |
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| Why are there no pictures of Jesus? |
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| Because graven images were forbidden |
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| What is the name Jesus a hebrew form of? |
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| What does the word Emanuel mean? |
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- The Word of God, made incarnate in Jesus Christ.
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How many books are in the Old testament?
How many books are in the New testament? |
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A Greek version of the Hebrew Bible (or Old Testament), including the Apocrypha, made for Greek-speaking Jews in Egypt in the 3rd and 2nd centuries bc and adopted by the early Christian Churches
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| Writings or reports not considered genuine. |
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| What are 3 requirements that canon writing needed to meet? |
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| What are two examples of non-canonical books? |
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Gospel of Thomas
Gospel of Judas |
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What are 6 types of biblical literary forms? Give an example for each. |
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Historical Accounts-Accounts written to reveal God's activity in the world. Ex:Chronicles, Kings, and Acts.
Parables- Short stories told to answer a question or illustrate a point. ex: prodigal son, the sower
Letters- Messages addressed to early Christians by the Apostles and their followers. ex: The letters of Pau
Apocalyptic LIterature- Describes the destruction of evil and the coming of God's reign. Ex: Book of Revelation
Psalms and canticles- Poems and prayers once sung. ex: Psalms |
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