Patterns Ssem. 2 unit 1 vocab

Saudecees

Jewish priests from the temple with lots of political and religious power. Connected with the Romans. Very rich.

Pharisees

Strict followers of the 613 laws. Wealthy. They criticize Jesus on his interpretations.

Zealots

Anti-Roman nationalists. Tried to rise up against the Romans but failed

Messiah

Means “anointed one”. Jesus is the Messiah.

Q source

Hypothetical source of Luke and Matthew along with Mark. Believed to be a book of sayings from Jesus.

Synoptic

The gospels of Luke, Matthew and Mark which all have a similar style. It is believed that Matthew and Luke were sourced from Mark and a lost Q source.

Incarnation

Means “to become flesh”. During the incarnation Jesus becomes truly human while remaining truly God.

Hanukkah

7 day Jewish holiday.

St. Paul

An early Christian leader; Paul of Taursus, wrote many letters to early churches

Babylon

exiled the Jews, destroyed the 1st temple

Persians

ended the exile and helped rebuild the second temple

Greece

Tried to erase Jewish religion by putting states of their own gods in the temple

Macabees

Leaders of the Jewish rebel army that took control of Judea from the Greeks

Rome

The mean empire during the time of Jesus

Gospels

the first 4 books in the New Testament devoted to the life and teachings of Jesus

acts

The book of the New Testament that tells the story of the early Christian community after the Resurrection and Ascension of Jesus. Written by Luke.

Letters from St. Paul

Letters written by st Paul to early Christian communities

other letters

letters of advice to early Christians written by people other then Paul

revelations

the last book of the Bible

Mark

Thought to be the first gospel written a source for Matthew and Luke

Matthew + Luke

Two of the synoptic Gospels. Scholars believed that they sourced some of their material from both Mark and the Q source.

John

One of the Gospels, but NOT a synoptic. It has a different style than the others