Jesus the Christ: Fall 2016 Final Exam Study Guide – Flashcards
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Biblical Exegesis
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Critical interpretation and explanation of biblical text
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Exegete
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Biblical scholar who attempts to interpret biblical texts
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Moral Truth
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Truth that deals with goodness or evil of human acts
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Literary forms
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Various types of writings determined by their literary technique, content, tone, and purpose.
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Sociohistorical Criticism
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Method that enables us to analyze text by examining the culture and world in which the text was written
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Analogy of Faith
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The coherence of individual doctrines with the whole of Revelation. In other words, as each doctrine is connected with Revelation, each doctrine is also connected with all other doctrines.
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Apocalyptic Literature
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Literary form that uses events and dramatic symbolic language to offer hope to a people in crisis
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Ideological Criticism
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Method by which we analyze text by examining how our own worldview shapes our interpretation of Scripture.
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Literary Criticism
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Method by which we examine a text by looking at its genre, plot, character and symbolism.
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Senses of Scripture
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Literal and spiritual senses; the spiritual senses are the allegorical, the moral and the anagogical
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Parousia
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Greek word meaning "arrival" or the second coming of Christ.
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Quelle
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Also called the Q Source, a theoretical collection of ancient documents of the teaching of Jesus shared among the early followers of Christianity.
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Synoptic Gospels
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Mark, Matthew and Luke
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Son of Man
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Messianic title lifted from the Book of Daniel
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Didache
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A word that means "teaching" that described oral teaching to those who had already accepted Jesus
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Scribes
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Ones associated with the Pharisees and Sadducees, skilled copyists, letter writers and interpreters of the Law.
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Kerygma
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Greek word meaning to "proclaim." Usually used to announce the Gospel.
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Messiah
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Anointed one
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Sanhedrin
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The supreme council of the Jews
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Apocrypha
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Writings about Jesus not accepted as part of the canon of scripture.
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Jesus genealogy traced back to Adam
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Luke
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Symbol is a Man
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Matthew
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Jesus genealogy traced back to Abraham
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Matthew
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Jesus is placed in a manger
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Luke
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Jesus is the New Moses and Teacher of the New Law
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Matthew
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Jesus is merciful, compassionate and concerned for poor and marginalized.
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Luke
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Written about AD 80.
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Matthew
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Written primarily for Jewish Christians
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Matthew
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Sources were Mark, Q and L-Source
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Luke
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The angel Gabriel appears to Zechariah to announce the birth of John
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Luke
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Gospel of John has nothing to do with the synoptic gospels
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false
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In the Gospel of John, Jesus is divine, not human
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false
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The Gospel of John emphasizes Jesus divinity
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true
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The Gospel of John promotes hatred of and discrimination of Jewish people
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false
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The Gospel of John begins with a poem
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true
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The Gospel of John contains signs not miracles.
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false
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The Gospel of John was written during a time of great turmoil and transition in the early Christian community
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true
