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Which Greek military leader conquered the Persian empire?
Alex the Great
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Four prohibitions imposed upon the Jews by Antiochus VI
temple sacrifices, cirumcision, TORAH, Judiasm
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What Jewish holiday celebrates the re-dedication of the Temple from Zeus to YHWH?
Feast of Lights - Hannukah
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Who is King Herod the Great?
renovates Temple, rededicates it to YHWH
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Who is King Herod Antipas?
son of Herod the Great, machiavellian ruler
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In what year did Rome overtake Jerusalem and destroy the Temple?
63-65 AD
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When did Jews and Christians finally separate?
year 100
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Among whom did Alexander the Great divide the empire?
Alexander's military generals
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What are the ways scholars probe the scriptures to discern the "historical Jesus"?
extra-biblical evidence, multiple asetation, continuity
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What are the three stages of biblical development?
historical, oral, written
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Which was the first gospel written?
Mark
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Which was the last gospel written?
John
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What theory attempts to explain the similarities between the synoptic gospels?
two-source theory
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What lies at the center of Mark's gospel?
passion prediction
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What is the alternating pattern of Matthew's gospel?
5 books, a-travel, b-teach
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What other book did Luke write?
Acts of the Apostles
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What are the names of the two "books" of John's gospel?
Book of signs, Book of glory
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What is the name of the community of disciples who produced John's gospel?
Jonannine community
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What other biblical books did the Jonannine community produce?
1, 2, 3, Letters of John & Revelation
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What is the "fufillment formula"? (Matthew)
in fufillment of...
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What is the Q-source?
hypothetical document of the actual spoken words of Jesus
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Who was for and against to circumcision?
for- Peter, against - Paul
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The first half of Acts of the Apostles concerns who and where?
Peter - Jerusalem
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The second half of the Acts of the Apostles concerns who and where?
Paul - Greek World
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To waht does Pentecost refer?
coming of the Holy Spirit
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What was Paul's former name?
Saul
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Mark's Gospel
- Rome
- Audience - loss/death/pain/escape death/Messiah
- Image - Suffering Messiah
- Charac - suffering/cross/death, urgency
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Matthew
- Antioch
- Audience - intellectual Jews
- Image - New Moses
- Charac - hightened righteousness, Old T. allusions, fufillment formula, teaching
- Struc - 5 books, a.b.
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Luke
- Greece
- Audience - disconnected, marginalized, 2nd class Xtians, foreigners
- Image - Spirit-filled Prophet (oracle)
- Charac - inclusive, pray a lot, spirit
- Struct - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 4 - Parables of the Lost
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John
- Jonannine Community
- Audience - Rome, persec., getting expelled from temple
- Image - Divine Man, God=Jesus
- Charac - signs, all knowning, all powerful, poetic, dualisn, symbolic, double entendre
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