Who is Jesus?
What term refers to the human person who lived in 1st-century Palestine?
What is Jesus of History?
These books tell the story of Jesus’ life, death, and resurrection.
What are the Gospels?
Who is the patriarch that begins Jewish history with God’s covenant?
Who is Abraham?
Which Gospel’s infancy narrative emphasizes Jesus as Savior of all nations?
What is Luke?
This word is better than “Kingdom” because it emphasizes God actively working in the world.
What is Reign?
What term refers to the divine figure Christians believe Jesus to be?
What is Christ of Faith?
Which Gospel is symbolized by a winged lion?
What is Mark?
What event in Egypt shaped Jewish identity and hope for liberation?
What is slavery in Egypt?
What event marks the start of Jesus’ public ministry and symbolizes repentance?
What is baptism?
Jesus called God this term, showing a unique, intimate relationship.
What is Abba / Father?
Name two primary sources about Jesus’ life and teachings.
What are the Gospels (MT, M, L, J)?
Name, in order, the stages of gospel development.
Jesus’ life events, oral tradition, written Gospels
What key event celebrates God freeing Israel from slavery?
What is the Exodus?
Give one difference between the baptism stories in the Gospels.
What is differences in focus: voice from heaven, dove descending, dialogue with John?
Jesus’ command to love included even this group.
Who are enemies?
Why are non-Christian sources (like Josephus or Tacitus) important for understanding Jesus?
What is they provide independent historical confirmation of Jesus’ existence?
Which Gospel emphasizes Jesus as the divine Son of God and expresses this conviction through poetic and symbolic language and stories?
What is John?
Name one way Jesus challenged Jewish social norms.
What is dining with sinners, touching lepers, teaching women, associating with outcasts?
Which temptation symbolized a test of Jesus’ desire for political power?
What is the temptation of the kingdoms of the world?
Sin prevents the Kingdom of God by damaging these relationships.
What are relationships with God and neighbor?
Explain one challenge historians face when trying to reconstruct the historical Jesus.
What is the Gospels were written decades after Jesus’ life, include theological interpretation, and may reflect the authors’ community needs?
Compare Matthew and Luke’s infancy narratives: how do they reflect the author’s audience and themes?
What is Matthew presents Jesus as the fulfillment of Jewish prophecy for a Jewish audience, Luke presents Jesus as Savior of all nations for a broader audience?
Explain why bread and wine were significant symbols in Jewish culture and how Jesus reinterpreted them.
What is bread symbolized sustenance and God’s blessing, wine symbolized joy; Jesus used them to symbolize his body and blood, transforming ordinary symbols into signs of the Kingdom of God?
Explain one way Jesus’ teaching was unique compared to other rabbis at the time.
What is he taught with authority, used parables, emphasized love and mercy over strict law observance, and reached out to marginalized groups?
Explain why the Kingdom of God is described as both “already” and “not yet.”
What is God’s reign has begun in Jesus’ ministry, but it will not be fully realized until people live it out and God’s justice is fully established?