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Teachers of the Torah
Hippocrates
More concerned about laws than anything else |
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Temple priests
Very politically influenced
Focus in Jerusalem controlling temple system |
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Preservers of "Dead Sea Scrolls"
Fled city for desert
Strict dietary laws
Celebrated with secret meals
Concerned with the apocalypse |
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Seek political power and freedom
Radical and anti-Roman
Lead Jewish Rebellion |
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Had political power
Supported Herod, Israel and Pharisees
If it benefited Rome, they believed it |
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Felt they were the “true Jew” and wanted nothing to do with Jews
Temple in Mt. Garrison
Separatists; anti-sematic |
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Anyone not Jewish
“God-Fearers”
Gave life to Christian church |
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"Total Unity/Peace”
Rome brought stability to the entire world |
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Good vs. Evil
God vs. Satan
Light vs. Dard |
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Free will and tranquility
Pleasure is the ultimate goal of life |
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World is coming to an end and we are all going to be judged
Deterministic view “God has a plan” |
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Virtue is the highest calling
Logic and reason control emotion
Everything is predetermined
“what goes around, comes around” |
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Radical authenticity
Denied shame
Extremely independent |
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Inclusively polytheistic
Secret societies
To be Christian, had to know the ‘code’ |
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Belief in spirit world
Spirits can possess people and animals
Exorcisms |
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Oracles
Fortune/ fortune tellers
Found in book of Paul |
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Worldview
-Anything material is evil
-Spirit is good
-Claimed to have knowledge of God
-Believed man was originally spirit
-“soma sema” = “body is a tomb” |
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| Gnostic Christianity (after 1st century) |
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| Christ is the spiritual redeemer who brings secret knowledge |
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| Who were the 3 dominate political influences on new testament? |
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Defined as “measuring reed or standard”
-Early people did not accept without evaluation and debate
-Relationships had meaning in the development
-Authors did not know they were writing scripture
-Written in Greek |
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| Development of the Cannon |
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-Leader writes a letter or gospel
-Community reads aloud in worship together with Torah, prophets and psalms
-Communities copy and share writings with other churches
-More churches copy and share writings
-Churches begin to collect some writings to read together with Torah
-Leader begin to list important writings |
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Explanation of the text
Systematic process by which person arrives at a reasonable meaning for biblical passages |
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Philosophical reflection on the process of interpretation
Ability to interpret the bible
Literally, morally, symbolically, mystically etc. |
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| Name 5 Images and Titles for Jesus |
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Alpha and Omega
Bread of Life
Christ/ Messiah
Emmanuel
God
King of Kings
Lamb of God
Lord of Lords
Rabbi
Savior (of the World)
Son of God
Son of Man
The Way
The Truth
The Life
The Vine |
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Tax Collector
Jew writing to Jewish culture |
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Fishermen, known as Peter’s interpreter
Jew writing to Roman culture |
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Doctor
Gentile writing to other gentiles (the downcast and hopeless) |
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Youngest disciple closest to Jesus
Jew writing to the general public |
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“Seeing together”
Matthew, Mark and Luke seem to be seeing Jesus together from similar view
Overlapping material with parallel structures, style, tone and perspectives |
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"Two-source hypothesis”
-Mark written first
-Matthew and Luke use Mark as a source
-Matthew and Luke use a second (hypothetical) source of Jesus’s saying (known as Q)
-Matthew and Luke, independently, used their own oral sources to complement written sources |
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“Two-gospel hypothesis”
-Matthew written first
-Luke used Matthew
-Mark condensed Matthew and Luke into one writing |
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| What are the 4 Styles in the book of Matthew? |
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1. Doubling characters and events
-2 blind men
-2 sayings of divorce
-Jesus sitting of 2 donkeys
2. Jesus shows less human weakness
3. Fulfillment of Scripture citations
4. Five “Great Speeches” Jesus gives
-Sermon on the Mount
-Jesus’ instruction to disciples
-7 parables about the Kingdom of God
-The Church
-Olivet (“end times”) |
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| Date when Mark was written |
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65-73 CE
In Rome during this time, Emperor Nero was persecuting Christians
After death of Paul, Peter and other Christians in Rome |
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| Author of the book of Mark |
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John Mark (known as just Mark)
“Peter’s interpreter”
Cites Hebrew scriptures as word of God |
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Matthew
-Addresses that Jesus was the fulfillment of prophecy
Mark
-Uses the term ‘immediately” and writes with a sense of urgency |
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| What makes the book of John so different (90% not in other gospels) |
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1.John’s focus is on who Jesus is, while the other 3 focus on God’s kingdom
2.Jesus is the messenger and the message
3.Noted for his abundant use of Symbolism
-I AM statements
-Dualism: light/dark and life/death |
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| Christian doctrine that God became a human being in the person of Jesus Christ |
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| literary device in which one story or narrative is inserted into the middle of another |
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| First 5 books of the bible of Hebrew Bible; law of Moses |
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| Key themes of the book of Acts |
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1. God controls history
2. God keeps promises
3. God is faithful to Israel
4. Mission extends to Gentiles
5. Jerusalem at center
6. Generosity to poor
7. Jesus’ presence
-By Holy Spirit
-In preached word
-In lives of followers
-In use of Jesus’ name
8. Salvation
-Jesus is Lord and Christ
-Present liberation
9. Spirit’s power and presence |
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