Studied by 3 peopletrue or false: the gospels are not based on historical facts
false
true or false: people of virtually any religion believe Jesus to be an extraordinary person
true
true or false: the Jews have always considered Yahweh, the name of God revealed the Jacob, too sacred to be spoken
false, it was revealed to Moses
true or false: the title Christ literally means “anointed one”
true
true or false: during his earthly life, Jesus was mostly known as the Son of God
false, he was known as ‘teacher’
true or false: all the available information about Jesus was preserved by his disciples
false
true or false: the Gospels were primarily based on each Evangelist’s personal recollections of Jesus
false
true or false: it is doubtful that any one person was responsible for the total development of any of the Gospels
true
true or false: Luke wrote the Gospel of Luke and the Letter to the Thessalonians
false, he wrote his gospel and the Acts of the Apostles
true or false: most modern scholars believe that the apostle John wrote the Gospel of John
false
if what saint Paul said is true, this gospel writer is probably the only non-Jewish writer of the New Testament
Luke
the truths it attempts to share are more deeply theological and reflective than the truths in the other gospels
the gospel of John
believed to have been written in Rome for the church there and for Gentile readers, it is the shortest Gospel and emphasizes the humanity of Jesus
gospel of Mark
in emphasizing that Jesus’ life was a fulfillment of God’s promises to Israel, it has more than 130 passages that refer either directly or indirectly to the old Testament
gospel of Matthew
sometimes called the church’s gospel, it contains five great discourses by Jesus
gospel of Matthew
oral tradition
the information about Jesus passed primarily by word of mouth among early Christians
the gospel of Mark
the first Gospel, written around 70 CE
the gospel of John
the last gospel to be written, around 90-100 CE
gentile
a person who is not Jewish
synoptic
“to see together”; refers to the gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke
true or false: Jesus did not embrace his Jewish heritage; he considered himself a Christian, not a Jew.
false
true or false: Jewish history began nearly two thousand years before the time of Jesus
true
true or false: the Israelite people would not pronounce God’s sacred name, as it was revealed to Moses, for fear of misusing it
true
true or false: the Israelites became a covenant community at Sinai
true
true or false: as soon as the Israelites reached the Promised Land, life became peaceful and prosperous
false
true or false: the twelve tribes of Israel descended from each of the twelve sons of Moses
false
true or false: the two tribes living to the south of Jerusalem were known as Judah
true
true or false: the prophets were successful in calling Israel and Judah back to keeping the covenant
false
true or false: a covenant is a special relationship between God and people
true
true or false: when Jesus read from a scroll in the synagogue and said those words were fulfilled in him that day, he was reading a passage from the New Testament
false
true or false: Jewish history began with the religious experience of Abram
true
true or false: Isaiah prophesied that someone powerful and good, whom Christians believe is Jesus, would come from the line of John the Baptist
false
who was Isaac
the father of Jacob and the son of Abraham
who did God call to free the Israelites from slavery in Egypt
Moses
many versions of the Old Testament use the word Lord for:
Yahweh
what did the tenth plague at the time of Moses result in
the death of all firstborn children in Egypt except those protected by God
what is the Jewish law?
a gift that established a relationship of love between God an God’s people
what did the Babylonians do in 587 BCE
destroyed Jerusalem, including the Temple, and took thousands of people from Judah into captivity in Babylon
what happened when the Jews returned from Babylon
they were a religious community under a high priest
what is the name God gave to Jacob as a sign of God’s special relationship with him
Israel
who was the first king of Israel
Saul
what is the city of David
Jerusalem
what king united all twelve tribes of Israel and is considered the greatest
David
which king built the fist Temple in Jerusalem
Solomon
who is king david’s father
Jesse
which prophet assured the Babylonian captives that God would make a new Covenant with them
Jeremiah
who conquered much of the mediterranean and lands as far east as India
Alexander the Great
a politically cunning and cruel ruler of Israel whose reign ended shortly after Jesus’ birth
Herod the Great
a Roman procurator who played a key role in Jesus’ trial and execution
Pontius Pilate
jacob’s favorite son, sold by his brothers into slavery
Joseph
true or false: geographically speaking, Palestine was not very diverse
false
true or false: by eating with sinners, Jesus demonstrated that he approved of the sins they committed
false
true or false: meat was a luxury to most people in Jesus’ day
true
true or false: the majority of people in Jesus’ time were part of what we today would call the middle class
false
true or false: for the Jews, the family unit was a true religious community in and of itself
true
true or false: Mary was probably about twenty when she bore Jesus
false
true or false: In Jesus’ time a Jewish man’s wife and children were considered to be his property
true
true or false: monogamy was not yet recognized as the ideal by Jesus’ time
false
true or false: most Jews could not afford slaves
true
true or false: Jesus did not condemn all social oppression
false
true or false: Jewish political and religious leaders were often the same in the ancient world
true
true or false: Jesus often referred to the Scriptures of Judaism
true
true or false: sacrifices were offered in the synagogues
false
true or false: every Jewish feast was penitential in nature
false
true or false: domestic cats and camels were the most common animals in Jesus’ hometown
false
what state is roughly the same size as the Palestine Jesus knew?
Massachusetts
nearly every lesson taught by Jesus in the Gospels is expressed through
the common experiences of his people and their daily life
the ancient Jewish people considered sharing a meal to be
a sacred act
the typical meal of Jesus’ day was
bread and fish
the typical common person’s home in Jesus’ day was
one room divided between people and animals and made of clay
Jewish society’s essential foundation was the
family
Jerusalem at Jesus’ time was a
capital and fortress, center of marketing, and the holy city
after 70 CE, the Jews’ central place of the
synagogue
the Jewish religious tradition that Jesus grew up with was based heavily on
personal and communal prayer and the sacred Scriptures
what is not a prohibited activity on the Sabbath?
walking
Sabbath
a weekly day of rest and prayer, based on the Creation story and linked historically to the Exodus
Passover
a feast commemorating the miraculous liberation of the Israelites from Egypt
Shema
a prayer said by Jews at dawn and at nightfall each day
Pentecost
a celebration of God’s giving the Law to Moses; also called the feast of weeks
Day of Atonement
the day when Jews solemnly repented of all their sins and the high priest entered the holy of holies in the Temple to purify it
true or false: John’s Gospel begins with a Prologue proclaiming Jesus as the Son of God
true
true or false: the infancy narratives are found in all four Gospels
false
true or false: much is known about the hidden years of Jesus
false
true or false: Matthew’s Gospel is one of the three synoptic Gospels
true
true or false: both Joseph and Mary were devout Jews
true
true or false: Like many wandering prophets of the time, John the Baptist proclaimed himself to be the Liberator yearned for by the Jewish people
false
true or false: Luke’s gospel was written for Theophilus
true
true or false: in ancient times, the dove was often a symbol for Israel as a whole, and, less often, a symbol for the Spirit of God
true
true or false: all four Gospels mention Jesus’ baptism
false
true or false: the Apostles were frequently referred to in the Gospels as ‘the Twelve’
true
the Gospel writer John describes Jesus as
the Son of God
Matthew’s gospel begins with a
genealogy of Jesus
what did Jesus learn through his baptism?
he would fulfill his mission through the Holy Spirit and he was indeed chosen to proclaim the Kingdom of God
who was Matthew’s intended audience
Romans
two of Jesus’ Apostles shared which name?
James
how many days did Jesus spend in the desert after his Baptism
40
what was Jesus
just like any human except he never sinned and one who shared all the physical, emotional, intellectual, and spiritual needs that all humans experience
Jesus probably spoke which languages?
Greek, Hebrew, and Aramaic
how did John the Baptist prepare the way for Jesus’ ministry
by calling people to repentance
John the Baptist thought Jesus’ water baptism was
unnecessary because Jesus was the Son of God
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