GPS 110 Exam review

define EOS

greek word for GOD

Atheist

no God

monotheistic

one God

Polytheism

many Gods

Agnostic

uncertain about God

what is a Samaritan

biracial villager

how many chapters in the Old Testament

39

Old testament main chapter points

• poetry

• prophecy

• history

• law

how many chapters in the New Testament

27

4 genres of the New Testament

• biographies

• history

• letters

• apocalypse

Incarnational

to take the flesh of something else 

types of tests in Ryken

1. strength

2. resourcefulness

3. mental

4. moral

Reincarnational

to come into another body

Parable

analogy or comparison

Discusses poetry in the Bible

deeper understanding using synonyms, synthetic, esthetic

define simile

comparing using like or as

define metaphor

word applied to object and thus giving analogy

what are the three types of parralism

1. synonymous

2. antithetical

3. synthetic

what are the types of Psalms

1. lament

2. praise

3. worship

4. nature

define lament

sorrow or worry

types of interpretation

• history

• genre

• library aspects

• science

• georgraphy

• analogia scriptura

• grammer

True or False- The first book of the Bible is Genesis

True

the patriarch referred to so many times in Gensis is whom

Abraham

True or False- Abraham is popular amoung jews and muslims

True

the flood happened in whose time

Noah

who led the jews out of their Egyptian slavery

The Chinese creator goddess that we read about

Nuwa

True or False- from the African stories, we learned that oral histories and oral stories are very important among many tribes in Africa

True

The Sodom and Gomorra issue in Sydney gay parade was centered on the actions of which person

Fred Niles

True or False-Hagar and her son Ishmael were examples of outcast

True

what are the seven terms of Genesis

1. Flood

2. chaos

3. Abraham

4. fall

5. nation

6. creation

7. conflict

Who was Abraham’s first son and who was his mother?

Ishmael; his mother was Hagar, Sarah’s servant.

What religion traces its roots to Ishmael?

Islam – Ishmael is seen as the ancestor of the Arab people.

Who was Abraham’s son with his wife Sarah?

Issac

What religion traces its roots to Isaac?

Judaism

Who were Isaac’s sons?

Esau and Jacob

God renamed Jacob what

Israel

Jacobs descendants are the

12 tribes of Israel

Jacobs starts what religion

Christianity

the league of nations also known as

the 12 tribes

what are the types of test

1. hero/protagonist

2. resourcefulness

3. mental

4. moral

True or false- In the Cherokee story animals were involved

True

define personification

make it out to have people traits

define antithetical parallelism

contrasts two parallel lines to emphasize a point

True or false Ishmael was aberhams second son

False

who were Abrahams 2 sons

Ishmeal and Issac

what three religions derive from aberham

• Judaism

• islam

• Christianity

Synthetic parallelism

pair of lines that expand on the first line

what are the 4 genres of the New Testament

• gospel

• acts

• epistle

• apocalypse

what did Fred niles state

LGBQ are wicked, compared good and evil

Deuteronomy as a blueprint for social justice- what country is she setting for this essay

Argentina

Ryken stated that this is the dominant literary form in the Bible

poetry

Psalm 1 is an example of

Poetry

True or False- simile is one of the forms used in Psalm 1

True

true or false- personification occurs in the Bible

true

what language ws the New Testament written in

Greek

The 400 years time period between the end of the old testament and the beginning of the new testament is called

intratestament

what are the five enigmas that existed under the Roman Empire just before the birth of Jesus of nazareth

1. Rome road system

2. Pax Romona

3. universal language

4. urban civilization

5. denials 70 year dream

Bethlehem, the town in which Jesus was born, located in which part of the country of Israel

southern

Herod the Great was mentioned in which chapter of the Matthew Gospel

2

True or false- Daniel prohsised about the world rulers who would rule during the time period between the old and New Testament

True

what major structure did Herod the great renovate for the jews

Temple

True or false- the jewish prophets always only gave a message of warning to the people

flase

jess was probably born in what year B.C

before 4 B.C

what was the relationship of the romans to the Jews in the 1st century

jews were exiled to Babylon which was under roman control

name 2 of the world powers who ruled during the time period between the old testament and new testament

1. Babylons

2. Persians

The patriarch referred to so many times in Genesis is whom

Abraham

Types of test

1. physical strength

2. resourcefulness

3. mental

4. moral

Proverbs are ________ about human experiences

observation

types of writing

1. law

2. word

3. counsel

3 main classes of religious leaders

1. priest

2. prophet

3. wise men

in which Gospel is Jesus shown as fulfillment of the jewish prophets

Matthew

which Gospel has the Christmas story that includes a reference to cease Augustus

Luke

which Gospel focuses on Jesus concern for outcast

Luke

which Gospel includes 5 discusses or sermons given by Jesus

Matthew

The middle section of the geography of the 1st century Israel, which was involved in the story of the Good Samaritan in Luke 10, was called which

Samaria

In considering the background of the parable of the Goos samaritain, we learn of the following problem in that country 2,000 years ago

Racial issues

define prophets

message about or prediction of the future

what are the two sections of prophets

major and minor

what are the genres of prophets (future)

• warning

• destruction

• hope

• messiah

what is pre-exilic

destruction is coming

what is exilic

message of hope

what is post exilic

don’t do it again, always turn to God

the four sections of Gospel

1. history

2. Theology

3. backgroound

4. literacy

define parable

analogy or comparison to teach life lesson

leaven in the story is used as

influence for good and evil

define articulation

7 years of hardship

define personification

treating something non human and treating human