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Intro to New Testament: (sample questions)

--How many books in the Catholic/Protestant NT? How many books are Catholic or Protestant OT? There are 39 books in the Protestant NT And There Are 27 books in the Catholic NT Hi . There are 73 books in the Catholic OT.

--What types of writing is found in the NT?

Revelation,Epistles,Acts of the Apostles,Gospels

--What is another word for the 'letters' found in the NT?

Epistles

--What are common misunderstandings about the Book of Revelation, and what is it really about? An eschalogical book that is written in symbolic code to convey the experiences, fears and hopes of the early church.

--What is a 'synoptic' gospel and which gospel(s) are synoptic?

The synoptic gospels are Matthew, Mark, and Luke.

--What language was the NT primarily written in?

Greek with some elements of aramaic

Parables (sample questions)

What are the characteristics of a parable?

Parables are a story that have a heavenly meaning.

What are examples of Jesus' parables?

Some examples was the story of David he commited adultery with one of his most loyal soldiers wife Bathshiba.

What kind of parable was The Good Samaritan?

It was an exemplary parable.

What did we say was the key to understanding the parable of the workers in the vineyard?

The key was to understanding the parable was that the people who were not chosed to work at the start might have been overlooked as people who werent as productive.

Religious sects at the time of Jesus: (sample questions)

--Which was Jesus most likely a part of?

Pharisees.

--Which did not believe in an afterlife?

Sadducees

--Which most believed in purity rituals involving water?

Essenes

--Which believed in strict oral interpretations of The Law?

Pharisees

--Which primarily lived out in the desert?

Essenes

--Which believed in the violent overthrow of the Romans?

Zealots

Textbook (sample questions)

--Describe geographic characteristics of Palestine

It’s land was very good for agriculture, they had lots of mountains in the north and the south, four major territories

==Which territory was in the North? the middle? the south?

Galilee was in the north, the center of jesus’ earthly ministry, Jordan River in the Center, Judea in the south,dry barren craggy,

--What language did the people primarily speak at the time of Jesus?

Aramaic

--What is the major difference explained between 'synagogue' and 'Temple'?

The temple was the central place of worship until it was destroyed. Synagogue was just a gathering of the community to worship.

From the documentary: and our notes on life at the time of Jesus: (sample questions)

--What was most likely Jesus' real job?

Jesus was most likely a carpenter.

--What was the job of being a shepherd like and what income level were they?

Being a shepherd was very tedious and challenging and they had very low levels of income.

--Describe the job of 'fisherman'

Fishermen fished late at night, they fished with nets and they were naked. They were middle-upper class in terms of income.

--Why did the people of the time wash their feet when they came into someone's house for dinner?

They washed their feet because it was a sign of respect and something everyone would do whenever they would share a meal.

--What was the role of 'the well' in common Jewish life?

The well was used for getting water, women would wake up early to go get water for the day it was also used as a place of gossip for the women.

--What medicines or herbs did they use to heal themselves?

--What was considered 'unclean' at the time?

People who were considered unclean were people who came in contact with the dead and bodily fluids.

--What were some of the ways women were treated as 'lesser than' as men?

They were not able to leave the property, initiate a divorce, had to wake up at sunrise get water form the well, tend to the house, and had to have meals ready at all times.

--Who was or was not able to initiate a divorce?

Men were only able to initiate a divorce.

--Discuss the existence or role of slaves at the time

The slaves who had it bad did work in the mines or were rowers on ships. Most of them had it better as servants of wealthy people.

--What is a Gentile? What was the conflict between Jews and Gentiles in the Early Church?

Gentile-a person who is not jewish, uncircumcised, possibility for gentiles to become followers of christ without following the mosaic law or being circumsiced

People and Songs of Justice: (sample questions)

--What is Playing for Change known for doing?

PFC created a nonprofit organization to build music and art schools for children around the world. They make song covers with artists from all over the world.

--What was the last cause Trini Lopez known for working on right before his tragic passing?

"If By Now" which was a song for a covid 19 fundraiser.

--What kind of biblical literature or type of writing did we compare 'How Much a Dollar Cost' to?

A parable.

--Who wrote and performed '9 to 5'

Dolly Parton

--What are or is the Hibakusha?

A Japanese term referring to the people who survived the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War II.

--What is 'They Killed Him' about?

It was about the heroes in the world rebelling and fighting against the injustices going on.

--How does the chorus of 'Blowing in the Wind' contrast with the verses?

They contrast because the beat is very upbeat but the verses are very sad and about the problems going on in the world at the end such as racism and the people dying of starvation.