NEW TESTAMENT 1 (FIRST EXAM)

WHAT WERE THE SILENT YEARS?

FROM THE CLOSING OF THE OT CANON UNTIL GABRIEL SPEAKS TO ZECHARIAH (LUKE 1:13) IS AROUND 400 YEARS

DESCRIBES THE INTERTESTAMENTAL PERIOD, WHEN PROPHETIC REVELATION HAD CEASED BETWEEN THE CLOSE OF THE OT AND THE OPENING OF THE NT

WHY IS THE BOOK OF DANIEL IMPORTANT?

THE BOOK OF DANIEL PROVIDES A ROADMAP TO THE INTERTESTAMENTAL PERIOD

WHAT ARE THE MAJOR INFLUENTIAL EMPIRES

PERSIANS

GREEKS

ROMANS

ASSYRIANS

WHAT TWO THINGS DID THE GREEKS DO

IMPLEMENTED THE LINGUA FRANCA OF KOINE GREEK

SPREAD HELLENISM OR GREEK CULTURE

WHAT WERE THE JEWISH PARTIES

SADDUCCEES

ESSENES

PHARISEES

ZEALOTS

THE WORD TESTAMENT HAS ITS ORIGIN IN THE LATIN TERM TESTAMENTUM WHICH MEANS COVENANT

THE NEW TESTAMENT HAS 27 BOOKS

CANON DEVELOPED FROM THE GREEK MEANS THE STANDARD OF MEASURE THAT SETS THE MEASUREMENT FOR EVERYTHING ELSE

PRINCIPLES OF CANONCITIY

EVERY NT BOOK MUST BEAR APOSTOLIC AUTHORITY

THE CHURCH DID NOT DECIDE WHICH BOOKS WERE CANONICAL, BUT RECOGINZED WHICH BOOKS WERE INSPIRED

GOSPEL IS FROM THE GREEK WHICH MEANS GOOD NEWS

THE GOSPELS ARE NOT COMPLETE BIOGRAPHIES OF JESUS, BUT ARE ACCURATE THEOLGICAL ACCOUNTS

MATTHEW: JESUS IS THE MESSIANIC KING

MARK: JESUS IS THE SUFFERING SERVANT

LUKE: JESUS IS THE SAVIOR OF THE WORLD

JOHN: JESUS IS THE MESSIANIC SON OF GOD

THE SYNOPTIC GOSPELS

MATTHEW, MARK, AND LUKE

MEANS THEY OVERLAP IN MATERIAL

THE SYNOPTIC PROBLEM

THE QUESTION OF HOW TO EXPLAIN THE MAJOR SIMILARITES AND DIFFERENCES BETWEEN MATTHEW, MARK, AND LUKE