NBST515 (NBST515)

Which genre typically contains cosmic conflict, symbolic language, and revelatory experiences on the part of the author? - Apocalypse Which letter uses familial language to describe the Church? - 1 John? The "walk to Emmaus" occurs only in which Gospel? - Luke Which of the four Gospels is typically considered to be the earliest written? - Mark Which approach to the Synoptic problem considers Matthew as the earliest of the Gospels? - Griesbach/ Two-Gospel Theory The only Gospel to allude...

Distinguishing characteristics of 1 Peter - Authorship: the apostle Peter Audience: regions of modern Turkey Dating: mid-60s at the latest Written to exiles and dispersed (possibly Gentiles) facing persecution and suffering Distinguishing characteristics of 2 Peter - Authorship: Simeon Peter Audience: Gentile believers? Writing is very similar to synoptic Gospels Dating: probably c. 65 AD Distinguishing characteristics of Jude - Authorship: Jude, servant of JC and brother of James. Auth...

Josephus - Jewish Antiquities - The first-century non-canonical author who made two references to Jesus. Also be sure to know the name of the work that contains these references. Babylonian Talmud - "He then went and raised Jesus incantation" - Jewish source that includes a reference to Jesus' resurrection. Did not - just attributed them to sorcery - Whether or not opponents of Christianity during the second century typically denied that Jesus performed miracles. Tacitus - Annals - Rom...

Synoptic Gospels - Matthew, Mark, and Luke J.J. Griesbach - Creator of the term: "Synoptic Gospels" Matthew (Order of Writing) - Traditionally considered to be the first Gospel written (Irenaeus, Clement, & Origen) Mark (Order of Writing) - Modern scholars believe this to be the first Gospel written Q - A supposed document that (along with Mark) influenced the creation of Matthew and Luke in the Two-Source Theory Form Criticism - Argument against the miracles and spiritual emphasis of ...

Distinguishing characteristics of 1 Peter - Authorship: the apostle Peter Audience: regions of modern Turkey Dating: mid-60s at the latest Written to exiles and dispersed (possibly Gentiles) facing persecution and suffering Distinguishing characteristics of 2 Peter - Authorship: Simeon Peter Audience: Gentile believers? Writing is very similar to synoptic Gospels Dating: probably c. 65 AD Distinguishing characteristics of Jude - Authorship: Jude, servant of JC and brother of James. Auth...

Which genre typically contains cosmic conflict, symbolic language, and revelatory experiences on the part of the author? - Apocalypse Which letter uses familial language to describe the Church? - 1 John? The "walk to Emmaus" occurs only in which Gospel? - Luke Which of the four Gospels is typically considered to be the earliest written? - Mark Which approach to the Synoptic problem considers Matthew as the earliest of the Gospels? - Griesbach/ Two-Gospel Theory The only Gospel to allude...

Significant event that occurred in 410 AD - Rome had fallen to Alaric's Goths. Roman pagans blamed Christians, who had been in favor of Constantine. In the wake of such, Augustine wrote City of God. Whether full canonical acceptance of Hebrews took place more quickly or more slowly than the other New Testament writings. - More slowly - it struggled. The two primary reasons Paul is widely rejected as the author of Hebrews. - Language is different from that in Paul's Letters - from vocab a...

Five main eras of the Second Temple Period. Be sure to know the time frame for each era. - Babylonian (606-539). Persian (539-331). Greek (331-167): Ptolemaic (320-198) and Seleucid (198-167). Jewish Self-Rule (167-63). Roman (63BC - AD70). Three crises experienced by the Jews that resulted from the Bab. captivity. - Dissolution of the monarchy, loss of central sanctuary, proximity to Gentiles. Most likely period of time in why synagogue emerged. - Bab. exile Whether idol worship became...

Preterist - Someone who believes all or almost all of Revelation is about events in the first century A.D. (early church), for original audience Historicist - Revelation shows the sequence of church history in chronological order (ancient times to modern) Futurist - All of Revelation's events have yet to happen Idealist - Shows ongoing struggle between good/evil, no real historical reference Premillennialism - Christ returns after the judgment in Revelation, but before a literal 1,000 ye...

Author of Hebrews - Originally believed to be Paul; almost definitely not Paul (Hebrews 2:3). Unknown. Place Hebrews was written. - Unknown Recipients of Hebrews - Unknown Introduction to Hebrews - Discussion of how Jesus is higher and better than angels (arguing for divinity of Jesus). Date of Hebrews - Likely before AD 70 (as present-tense reference to Temple worship insinuating it was written before the Temple's destruction) Key concept of Hebrews - Jesus as high-priest in order of M...