Bib Hit Lit Final Exam

What were the tests for cannonicity for the New Testament?

Apostilicity, Rule of Faith, Consensus

What was the criteria for the Rule of Faith?

Consistent with Christian faith and belief

What was the measurement for consensus?

Widely accepted, frequently used book

The shift towards Greek culture was called what?

Helenization

The Inter Testimonial period was also called what and why?

The Silent Years, because it was when there were no major prophets since Malachi

What Jewish gathering started during the Babylonian Exile?

Synagogue

What Greek word means congregation or assembly?

Ekkleisa

What holiday is in remembrance of the Macabean Revolt?

Hanukkah

They gained independence because of the Macabean Revolt for how long?

Around 100 years

Due to his donations, the second temple is sometimes called what?

Herod’s Temple

What term is used for an original manuscript?

Autograph

What term is used for the letters of the New Testament?

The Epistles

Which books comprised the synoptic gospels?

Matthew, Mark, Luke

How many Epistles are written by Paul?

13

Who made up Jesus’ inner circle?

Peter, John, James

Who was the beloved disciple?

John

Who went in first to see Jesus?

Peter

Which gospel doesn’t include a geneology due to Jesus’ portrayal as a servant of God?

Mark

Which gospel includes a geneology back to Abraham?

Matthew

Which gospel includes a geneology back to Adam?

Luke

Which gospel has the 7 “I am” statements that affirm Jesus’ deity?

John

Who were nicknamed the “Sons of Thunder”?

James and John

Which gospel was addressed to Theophilis?

Luke

When did the Holy Spirit first come to Christian believers?

Pentacost

Who was the first Christian martyr?

Stephen

Acts can be divided into what 2 sections?

Peter and Paul

If there were 3 sections of Acts, what would they be?

Jerusalem, Judah and Symmariah, The ends of the Earth

How many missionary journeys did Paul take in the book of Acts?

3

Where did Saul get his conversion moment?

Road to Damascus

What was the name of the group of people who insisted Christians follow the law of Moses and be circumcized?

Judiazers

Which of the books of Paul is believed to be the most significant?

Paul

Paul says whose story in the New Testament demonstrates salvation through faith?

Abraham

What term means to urge or plead to do something?

Exhortation

What term means God is working in a believer to be more Christlike?

Sanctification

What are Philemon, Philippians, Ephesians, and Collosians known as?

Prison Epistles

What does Paul call love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, and self control?

Fruits of the Spirit

What does Paul call the Belt of Truth..the Sword of the Spirit?

Armor of God

Which Epistle was written to a church that was started in Lydia’s house?

Phillipians

Which epistle was written to a slave owner in Collesea?

Filemon

Who was a slave that became a believer after running away?

Basimus

What are 1 and 2 Timothy and Titus referred to as?

Pastoral Epistles

What two things are said to occur before the day of the Lord in 1 Thessalonians?

Apostese and the Anti Christ

What is Apostese?

Falling away from the faith

Who may have been a witness to Paul’s stoning in Lystra in his youth?

Timothy

What Greek term means unknowable wisdom or mystery?

Nosis

Who two individuals assisted Paul in Ephesis?

Aquilla and Percilla

Of all the epistles, which of the epistles was considered to be annoymous?

Hebrews

Hebrews equates Jesus to a priest-king in the order of what?

Melchizadek

When was the second temple destroyed?

70 AD

When was the first temple destroyed?

586 BC

Which James is though to be the author of James in the New Testament?

The half-brother of Jesus

What term is using for a small prayer or blessing?

Benediction

What term is used to describe Jews that converted to Christianity?

Messianic Jew

Which Jude is likely the author of Jude?

Half-brother of Jesus

Who said faith without works is dead?

James

In John’s letters, he refers to false teachers as what?

Antichrists

How does the author of John 2 and 3 identify himself?

The elder

Where did John write Revelation?

Island of Patmost

Which two emperors were responsible for the worst persecution of Christians?

Nero and Demetian

Who is equated with the Beast from the Sea?

Antichrist

Who is equated with the Beast of the Earth?

False prophet

The last member of the unholy trinity is?

Satan

Which type of judgement in revelation affected a quarter of what it affected?

Seals

Which type of judgement affected judgement?

Bowls

What percentage did the trumpets affect?

A third

I was known as the weeping prophet.

Jeremiah

I am credited with writing the books of the pentateuch.

Moses

I am sometimes called the Shakespeare of Israel.

Isaah

God moved my heart to allow the Jewish exiles to return home.

Cyrus II

I am the great grandmother of King David and listed in his geneology.

Ruth

Under my rule, the first temple was constructed.

Solomon

I was Israel’s first king. I looked the part but did not have the heart.

Saul

God told me to marry an unfaithful wife as a metaphor of Israel’s relationship with God.

Hosea

I was a Godly prophet that annointed Israel’s first two kings.

Samuel

I was foreshadowed when God said in the garden of Eden, “I will crush his head and he will strike my heel.”

Jesus