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In the New Testament, Paul’s letters are arranged
From longest to shortest
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Determining the authenticity of a Pauline letter (or any other New Testament letter) is important for also determiningWhat message the author intended
The historical context of a letter
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Tradition says James was written by
Jesus’ brother
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How many of Paul’s letters are undisputed as authentically from Paul?
7
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Paul is known for his focus on
Jesus’ death and resurrection
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Some scholars dub Paul "the real founder of Christianity" beause
He transformed the message that Jesus preached into a message about Jesus
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When Paul speaks about the "gospel" in his letters he is mainly thinking of
A “dynamic force” that Paul calls “the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes” in Romans 1:16
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What characterization best describes the Corinthian congregation?
A fractious church with problems and divided loyalties
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When Paul writes to the Corinthians about "spiritual gifts" he teaches that
These gifts are given to individuals by the Spirit for the common good of all
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When Paul teaches about the Resurrection in 1 Corinthians 15 he is concerned
that some Corinthians interpreted it as a spiritual experience that could be had here and now
that the Corinthians understand that the whole person will be transformed from a perishable existence into an imperishable one
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With 1 Corinthians 13
Paul wants to demonstrate that, after talking about the many spiritual gifts, the virtue of agapē must infuse them all
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In his letter to the Galatians, Paul is so upset he leaves out what basic part of the letter?
The thanksgiving
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It appears that Paul writes to the Galatians as he does because his opponents there not only questioned his message but also
credibility and integrity
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Paul's opponents among the Galatians are often called Judaizers. These people
advocated a view of Christianity that insisted that those who wanted to follow Jesus must first become Jews because he was the Jewish Messiah from the God of Israel
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In advocating Freedom from the Law in Galatians Paul teaches that
the Law was a useful disciplinarian or guardian (paidagogos in Greek) for a time
Christians must have a faith like Abraham's before the Law even existed
Ironically, those who are "free in Christ" must be bound to one another as servants
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All of the following are true descriptions of Philippi except
Philippi became a thriving port city to rival Corinth
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The Christ Hymn in Philippians 2:6–11 is one of the earliest literary references to
Jesus’ preexistence
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The Christian doctrine of incarnation that is somewhat expressed in Phil 2:6-11 refers to
the belief that in Jesus God took on flesh and lived as a true human being
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What does Paul mean by “humility” in his letter to the Philippians?
Putting other people’s interests first
Acting out of love, not selfish ambition
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Most scholars think that 1 Thessalonians is Paul’s
First canonical letter written
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In addressing the Thessalonians, Paul frequently uses language that
is very familial in tone: e.g., "brothers & sisters," "nursing mother," fatherly advice.
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One of the chief issues Paul addresses in 1 Thessalonians is
the concern of the Thessalonian Christians over the fact that some of their number have died and so might miss the parousia of Christ
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Paul's response to the issue mentioned above was that
the dead as well as the living will all be caught up into the grand and glorious procession of the returning Christ
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Hebrews 7 claims that Jesus is a priest in the order of
Melchizedek
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Hebrews interprets suffering and shame to be
Forms of divine discipline
God’s way of teaching obedience
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James’s letter, more than any other New Testament letter, quotes
Jesus’ sayings
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The letter of James has a lot in common with what other kind of literature?
Wisdom literature
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Paul and James would agree that
Faith is realized in action
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The author of 1 Peter writes to people he calls
Exiles of the dispersion
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The doctrine that Christians have replaced or superseded Jews as the chosen people of God is called
Supersessionism
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Which of the following groups were not found living in Jerusalem at the time of Herod the Great?
Maccabees
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Apocalypticism refers to which of the following?
- A dualistic outlook
- A deterministic view of history
- A pessimistic view of the future
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The Hellenistic social world included which of the following?
- Increased religious syncretism
- Grotesque economic inequality
- Acute awareness of honor and shame
- Jews reading the Septuagint
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Pharisees
Believed in bodily resurrection
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Sadducees can generally be described as
Wealthy, politically well-connected men often associated with the Temple priesthood
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The term Gentiles refers to
Any nation other than the Jews
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This dynasty ruled the Jewish state established by the Maccabees for about a century prior to conquest by the Roman Empire in 63 BCE.
The Hasmoneans
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Old Testament books of disputed canonical status are called the
Apocrypha
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The time in Jewish history between the return from the Babylonian Exile (515 BCE) and the destruction of the Jerusalem temple (70 CE) is called
Second Temple Judaism
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What Seleucid ruler sought to impose Greek religion and culture on the Jews in the second century BCE?
Antiochus IV Epiphanes
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With respect to biblical studies, the term Diaspora refers to
Jews living outside of the Palestinian homeland
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Hermeneutics refers to
Philosophical reflection on the art of interpretation
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New Testament text criticism is a method of
Reconstructing the most likely original (but lost) text from later Christian manuscript copies.
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The New Testament writings are all
Written in Greek by authors who were Jews or at least familiar with Judaism
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Exegesis is
The explication of texts
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The New Testament is made up of all of the following except
Various scrolls
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Justin Martyr is known for being one of the first to
Describe early Christian worship and its use of Scripture and the "Memoirs of the Apostles."
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The word canon literally means
Rule or standard
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What academic discipline studies culture through comparative methods in terms of kinship relations, power structures, gender roles, economic systems, and education?
Sociological criticism
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This Christian who lived in the second century created a canon that consisted of only a form of the Gospel of Luke and a partial collection of Paul’s letters and excluded writings that were too oriented to Jewish tradition.
Marcion
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The earthly Jesus’ ministry was
- Jewish
- Rural
- Itinerant
- Public
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Jesus abides in believers and believers abide in Jesus. This is
An early Christian belief about the exalted Jesus
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Communicating with people through visions and prophecies is a characteristic of
The exalted Jesus
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The Lukan Jesus
Promises God will clothe his disciples with the Holy Spirit
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The Johannine Jesus differs from the other Gospel presentations of Jesus in that
John’s Jesus uses multiple metaphors especially to speak about himself.
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When Jesus preached “God’s kingdom is near” he was referring to
The present and future reign of God
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One main goal of New Testament study is
To understand each Gospel on its own terms
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Jesus preached
A message that antagonized religious leaders of his time
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Jesus argued with which of the following groups over ritual hand washing?
Pharisees
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Parables, proverbs, and prophetic acts characterize
Jesus’ teaching ministry
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