New Testament Exam 1

Date of the conquest of Palestine by Alexander the Great

333-332 BC

Greek kingdom which rules Palestine 300-198 BCE

Ptolemies

Greek Kingdom which rules Palestine 198-142 BCE

Seleucids

Year in which the Maccabean revolt began

167 BC

Family of independent Jewish kings who rules over Palestine 142-63 BCE

Hasmoneans

Date of Roman annexation of Judea

63 BCE

Roman general who annexed Judea

Pompey

Ruled as king of the Jews 40-4 BCE

Herod

Emperor of Rome 27-14 BCE

Caesar Augustus

Son of Herod, ruled Judea 4 BCE to 6 CE

Archelaus

Son of Herod, ruled Galilee and Perea 4 BCE to 39 CE

Antipas

Roman governor over Judah 26-36 CE

Pontius Pilate

Commonly proposed date of the crucifixion of Jesus

30 CE

Grandson of Herod who ruled the Jews 41-44 CE

Agrippa

Date of the first destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans

70 CE

T/F More Jews lived outside of Palestine in the Diaspora than inside Palestine

True

3 Primary languages used in Greco-Roman world during NT

Latin, Greek, Aramaic/Hebrew

T/F Social classes were sharply stratified in pagan society in Greco-Roman world

True

T/F Jewish society reflected less stratification than pagan society

True

T/F In Roman society concern for honor was the highest thing

True

T/F In NT world, everyone was religious

True

T/F With exception of Judaism, all religions were polytheistic

True

T/F Religion was a way of securing life in the here and now

True

T/F Doctrine / belief, along with ethics played virtually no role in the religion

True

T/F Basic tolerance was a central tenant of Greco-Roman belief

True

Two primary religious institutions of Judaism in the 1st century CE

Synagogue and Temple

Jewish sect made of non-priests, sought to strictly obey Mosaic law

Pharisees

Jewish sect made of priestly decensdants, disappeared after the destruction of the temple

Sadducees

Jewish sect which withdrew from mainstream Judaism because they believed the Temple was polluted by corrupt priesthood, of priestly descent, espoused an apocalyptic mindset

Essenes

Legal panel in Jerusalem, highest Jewish court

The Sanhedrin

Individuals attracted to Jewish belief, but did not convert to Jerusalem

God-fearers

How many books in New Testament

27

T/F Number and sequence of books in NT is the same for Protestant and catholic beliefs

False

The early church arranged the books into what four groups?

Gospel, History, Letters, Apocalyptic

The current order of the Pauline and General letters seems to have been drawn up roughly according to _______. The longest being _____ and shortest being ______

Length, First, Last

The books of the NT were written within a period of somewhat less than______

100 years

Number of literary genres found in NT

4

Number of gospels in NT

4

Meaning of Gospel

Good News

Genre represented by Acts

History

Number of NT books in the form of letters

21

Genre represented by the last book of the NT, Revelation

Apocalyptic

T/F Jesus left literary remains

False

Information regarding Jesus’ word and works came from his _____ and their _____

Disciples, followers

3 synoptic gospels

Matthew, Mark, Luke

Region of Jesus’ public teaching

Galilee

The letters were written to churches to provide further _____ in the Christian faith and to correct certain______ and _____

Instructions, abuses, disorder

T/F The present titles of the letters were not part of the OG documents

True

Original language in which NT books were written

Koine Greek

T/F Noticeably different grades of this common Greek are found in NT documents

True

3 existing sources of information for the knowledge of the text in NT

Greek manuscripts, early transcripts, quotes from ecclesiastical writers

Total number of extant Greek manuscripts of the NT

5000

Causes which resulted in variants of existing manuscripts of NT

Unintentional errors and deliberate alteration

T/F The great majority of variant readings in the manuscripts of the NT are inconsequential

True

Greek word meaning stalk or reed, which could be used to measure

Canon

The scripture of early Christians

Old Testament

The first Christian leader to list the 27 books as exclusively canonical, in 367 CE

Athanasius

Two tests of canonicity perhaps most frequently applied to early Christian writings

Apostolic authorship and general harmony