NT Background
The language in which the New Testament was originally written
What is Greek?
The year when Athanasius wrote his 39th Festal Letter
What is 367 CE?
Jewish religious sect whose name is derived from "separated ones"
Who are the Pharisees?
Mark's gospel begins with this person
Who is John the Baptist?
According to John's gospel, this was in the beginning
What is the Word?
These are the synoptic gospels
What are Matthew, Mark, and Luke?
Leader of a rebellion against Antiochus IV
Who is Judas Maccabeus?
Jewish religious sect that controlled the Temple
Who are the Sadducees?
The name of sayings found in Matthew that begin, "Blessed are the..."
What are Beatitudes?
This "person" is described as the recipient of the gospel of Luke
Who is Theophilus?
This means "anointed one" in Greek; "Messiah" is its Hebrew translation
What is Christ?
This Jewish institution was developed in the exile, focusing on prayer and scripture reading
What is the synagogue?
The philosophical system that talks of the Logos
What is Stoicism?
Jesus asks the disciples, "Who do you say that I am?" at this place
What is Caesarea Philippi?
This man comes to Jesus "at night" in John's gospel
Who is Nicodemus?
In the "two-source theory" of gospel criticism, this source accounts for material shared by Matthew and Luke, but not in Mark
What is Q?
This man proposed a biblical canon that excluded the Old Testament and all Jewish New Testament texts
Who is Marcion?
Philosophical system that understands reality as existing in the realm of the forms
What is Platonism?
Theological emphasis that brackets Matthew's gospel
What is "God with us"?
Mary is depicted as this in the gospel of Luke (esp. in the Magnificat)
What is a prophet?
According to form criticism, this is the second step in gospel development
What is apostolic preaching?
This Roman historian refers to Jesus' death and the persecution of Christians by Nero
Who is Tacitus?
Palestinian sect that descended from those remaining after the fall of the northern Israelite kingdom in 722 BCE
Who are the Samaritans?
The Marcan practice of interrupting one story with another
What is intercalation?
John's gospel is framed by declaring that Jesus is this
What is the Lamb of God?