This is the Greek term for the four books that testify to the narrative of salvation through Jesus Christ.
What is Gospel?
100
Scholars believe that the audience of Mark were experiencing this.
What is persecution?
100
According to scholars, this is the primary audience of Matthew's Gospel.
Who are the Jewish-Christians?
100
According to scholars, these are the general audience of Luke's Gospel.
Who are the Gentile-Christians?
100
These are the general audience of John's gospel.
Who are the "philosophical Jews" (or Johannine community)?
200
This is the term for the traditional author of the Gospels.
What is Evangelist?
200
This is the general portrayal of Jesus in Mark. It is inspired by the themes of Isaiah, and most likely intended for the audience of Mark.
What is the SUFFERING SERVANT?
200
This is the general portrayal of Jesus in the Gospel of Matthew?
What is the "Jewish Superhero" (or New Moses)
200
This is the general portrayal of Jesus in the Gospel of Luke?
What is a "Universal Savior"?
200
This is the general portrayal of Jesus in the Gospel of John.
What is "the Word INCARNATE"?
300
General term to identify the non-Jew.
What is Gentile?
300
This term explains why the Synoptic Gospels look similar, suggesting as a hypothesis that Mark was written first, with Matthew and Luke essentially copying it.
What is Marcan Priority (Two-Source Theory)?
300
This is the major Jewish character that is compared to Jesus in Matthew, when referring to Herod's killing of the infants, young Jesus' escape to Egypt, and the presentation of the Beatitudes on a Mountain.
Who is Moses?
300
In general society two thousand years ago, their gender made them second-class citizens. To show Jesus as a universal savior, this gender would be prominent characters in Luke.
Who are women?
300
This fancy term philosophically refers to God's dynamic creative element. In fact, it becomes flesh in the opening chapter.
What is THE WORD (or LOGOS)?
400
Two Thousand years ago, the Jews in the Palestinian area were occupied by this great empire.
Who are the Romans?
400
This term describing a particular event of Jesus' life is noticeably absent in Mark, most likely for the sake of time. So he rushed through the main parts of Jesus' narrative.
What is THE INFANCY NARRATIVES?
400
This is the main Jewish character that Matthew's opening genealogy ultimately connects Jesus to. It goes all the way to this Jewish Father of Faith. It certainly affirms Jesus' Jewish identity.
Who is ABRAHAM?
400
This is the general term used to name the major event of God's angel Gabriel making the announcement of Jesus' birth to Mary.
What is the Annunciation?
400
This is the general starting point of John's Gospel to demonstrate that Jesus is God. In fact, the verse was used to counter the Arian heresy (they said Jesus was 'created', a time that he was not)
What is THE BEGINNING OF TIME?
500
Two thousand years ago, the Jews were hoping for this "anointed one" to deliver them from the Romans.
What is the MESSIAH?
500
This is the first major event about Jesus' narrative in the Gospel of Mark.
What is the Baptism of Jesus?
500
According to the Gospel of Matthew, Jesus was born in this GENERAL thing. It is intended to demonstrate his connection to the Davidic Covenant.
What is a House (or House of David)?
500
Every Christmas story has these characters that bring extravagant gifts to Jesus, but Luke leaves them out to show Jesus' humble connections for the "universal" audience. They are replaced with shepherds to serve Luke's narrative purpose.
Who are the Three Kings (or MAGI)?
500
This phrase is the opening of John's Gospel.
What is "In the beginning was the Word, the Word was with God, and the Word was God." (1:1)