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| Philippians, Philemon, Colossians and Ephesians |
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| harsh, displeasure, judgemental |
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| Paul's great love for the Thessalonian Christians, sanctification, apocalyptic hope |
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| means the process whereby previous tradition is interpreted anew and brought to bear on the present situation |
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| What were the important claims of Ephesians? |
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| God's plan of salvation and instructions for living in the world |
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| high presit, now Jesus is superior to Melchizedek |
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| What is the major claim of Hebrews? |
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| press on toward perfection |
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| What was Paul's relationship with the Philippians and the Thessalonians? |
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| he was in good standings with both congregations, took aid from philipians and loved the thessalonians |
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| Relationship between the book of james and Paul's writings |
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| different from paul's letters, not like a letter, and uses execellent greek |
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| Paul's use of the letter from the Corinthians in 1 Corinthians |
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| He used it to respond to as if responding to each part of the letter sent to him. |
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| Instructions in 1 and 2 Peter |
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| privileges and values of the Christian calling, obligations and responsibilities of the Christian life, ethical meaning of suffering as a Christian |
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| comdenations of false teachers, defense of the parouisia doctrine, writers aposolistic authority and eschatological purpose |
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| abusive or violent language used to attack, blame, or denounce somebody |
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| Relationship between the Pastorals and Paul's undisputed letters |
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| the pastorals most closley resemble Paul's undisputed letters |
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| Theme/topics of the pastorals |
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| warnings against heresy, importance of adhering to established church tradition, attacking false teachings, qualifications for church officers, role of women, the Hebrew Bible as the standard for religious orthodoxy, salutation, qualifications for Christian ministry, Christian behavior in an ungodly world |
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| Topics/Situations addressed in Colossians |
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| correct false teachings, Paul stresses the suppremacy of Christ over all |
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| Major Theme and Teachings of the book of James |
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| offers the New Testament's only definition of religion, respect for the poor |
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| Paul wrote 1 Corinthians in response to _______________. |
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| Situation in the letter to Philemon addresses |
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| accepts slavery while stressing that Christian unity supercedes social class |
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| we are all called to be the leaders of our communities |
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| Christ is superior to everything. |
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| Paul’s struggle in Philippians |
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| Paul is imprisoned and torn between wishing to live for the sake of his friends and leaving this world to be with Christ |
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| was a prominent church leader in Ephesus in 100 C.E. |
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| Doctrinal dispute apparently reflected in 1 John |
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| light and darkness (stay away from darkness), love and hate (everyone who loves is one of God) |
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| this world/age will come to an end in which God will destroy the world, judge the wicked, vindicate the righteous, and raise the faithful to a blessed existence in heaven |
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| Approaches to the book of Revelation |
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| intended to change the audiences behavior |
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| believed in oral Torah and the written Torah -- the 5 books of Moses |
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| numerous Jewish religious writings that date from approximately 300 BCE to 70 CE |
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| a modern collection of ancient writings essential for understanding Christian origins |
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| herod's palaces and fortified palace on a plateau |
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| were Monk-like and celibate |
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| Formation of the New Testament Canon |
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| numerous Christian textx were composed in the first and second centuries. As these texts were used by Christians in teaching and worship, some came to be regarded as scripture and some did not. |
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| 4 Gospels, Acts, Catholic Apistles, Paul's letters, Johns' apocalypse, Diadache, Shepherd |
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| looks at the way the author took from sources |
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| you look at the story and as a timeline |
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| similarities and differences discovered in Matthew, Mark and Luke |
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| the theory that Jesus hushed people when he performed miriacles so as to keep from drawing big crowds. |
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| writing as another person |
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| began at Alexander the Great's death, they began to have a Cosmopolitan perspective, koine was the common language of the people, buildings built during this period were gymnasiums and theaters, education was coming about |
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| The gospel proclaimed by Paul came through divine revelation |
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| Righteousness, Sanctification, Justification in Romans |
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Righteousness - holding up God's deal
Justification - being set in a right relationship with God by God's saving devinity
Santification - God's call to lead a holy life |
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| Eschatology of 1 and 2 Thessalonians |
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| Jesus is going to rescue us from the wrath that is coming, and the second Rebellion and Lawless |
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| Overreaching theme of Matthew’s Gospel, according to class lecture |
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| the right way to be a Jew is to follow Jesus |
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| Hometown – Tarsus - was beheaded in Rome during Nero's reign |
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| nativity story, Jesus in the temple at the age of 12, Good Samaritan, trial before Herod, annunciation, Gabriel |
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| Jesus turns water to wine, Jesus gets visited by woman at the well |
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| End of the great jewish revolt |
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| The contents of the New Testament were formalized |
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| First persucutor of christians, executed james, peter, and paul, blamed for the great fire and he blamed the christians |
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| 3 Lists: Undisputed, Disputed, Pseudonymous (Harris, p. 316 [327 in 5th edition]) |
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| Docetism (as defined in class) |
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| the heavenly spirit, Christ, came down on Jesus at Nazareth (spirt = good, physical = bad) |
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| Relationship of docetism to the Gospel of John and the letters of John |
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| 1 John says every spirit confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God. This is contradicting to what docetism is. |
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