Origins Sporigins
Ancient copies of the NT were written on these types of ancient paper
papyri
This is the person who writes the text
the author
This is the issue that Paul is dealing with in his letter to the Galatians
circumcision
This is the set of rules by which ancient Jewish people lived
the Jewish law/The Law/the Torah
In this year, the temple in Jerusalem was destroyed
70 CE
Before the printing press, how were copies of the NT copied?
by hand
This is the product of an author
the text
In his first letter to the Corinthians, Paul rebukes the congregation for allowing this illicit relationship
incest/son and mother-in-law
On this day, ancient Jews abstained from working
the sabbath
Jesus was born in this ancient city
Bethlehem
This scholarly practice sorts through ancient manuscripts and determines the best and most accurate Greek text of the New Testament
textual criticism
This is the person who reads the text
the reader
Paul’s letter to the Ephesians contains this set of rules of families in the ancient world
household code
This was the practice of removing the foreskin from a boy child
circumcision
Jesus’s ministry was primarily focused in this north Judean region
Galilee
Early copies of the NT were combined in this ancient kind of book
codex
This is the thing inside the author’s head which we may or may not have access to through the text they have written
authorial intention
For Paul, what invisible force connects all believers in Christ together
the Holy Spirit
These Jewish leaders were teachers as well as opponents of Jesus
Pharisees/Sadducees
The NT as a whole concerns this messianic figure
Jesus of Nazareth
The books of the NT were included because of orthodoxy, catholicity, and this third -icity
apostolicity
A sermon, movie, tv-show, or video game of a New Testament story is called this
a reception
This is the practicing of writing in someone else’s name
pseudepigraphy
These are the Jewish scriptures that NT writers like Paul followed
the Old Testament/Hebrew Bible
These two cultures were the dominant Mediterranean cultures during the time of Jesus’s life
Greek and Roman