Vocab
Term for a non-Jew
Gentile
There are this many non-Christian historical sources for the existence of Jesus
9
Names of the four Evangelists
Matthew, Mark, Luke, John
Scholars debate which Gospel was written first
Mark/Matthew
How many books are in the New Testament
27
Literally means "good news"
Gospel
Multiple non-Christian sources identify the Roman official under whom Jesus was crucified
Who is Pontius Pilate
A burial shroud that is believed to be that of Jesus
The Shroud of Turin
This criticism analyzes the genre of Biblical texts
Form Criticism
What are the two main senses of Scripture
Literal and Spiritual
Someone who proclaims the "good news" of the Gospel
Evangelist
The Jewish Historian who mentioned Jesus in his Antiquities.
Josephus
The second stage of the formation of the Gospels..
Oral Tradition (AD 30-50)
Synoptic means "seen together". Which of the Gospels in NOT a synoptic Gospel?
The language which Jesus spoke
Aramaic
The official list of books in the Bible
Canon
Writings that are not included in the Bible are called..
Noncanonical
Council which determined the Canon of Scripture
Council of Rome
The language in which the Gospels were written
Greek
Matthew wrote for a Jewish Christian audience and stressed that Jesus fulfilled prophecy in the OT. This is an example of which type of criticism?
Redaction
From a Greek term meaning “instruction by word of mouth.”
Catechesis
Name one other non-Christian historian who mentions Jesus in their writings, besides Josephus
Tacitus, Pliny the Younger
The date that the New Testament began to be written down..
AD 50
The type of Biblical criticism that compares the minor changes and mistakes the copyists made through the centuries
Textual Criticism
____________ sense of Scripture points to OT prophecies being fulfilled in Christ, while _____________ sense of Scripture points to our final destiny/Heaven.
Allegorical, anagogical