Religion exam 2
all of the following are parts of luke's birth narrative except
...
how many times does jesus explicitly predict his death in the gospel of mark?
3
the gospel of matthew was probably written in
80 ce
in addition to mark, both matthew and luke used ___
Q
much of the sermon on the mount is taken from which one of these sources
Q
in one of his sermons in luke, jesus compares himself to
a prophet
the earliest account of the early church is
acts of the apostles
which one of these is not one of the four sources in the four-source hypothesis
any but mark, luke, matthew, Q
john, the forerunner of jesus, proclaims forgiveness of sins and performs ____
baptism
at the beginning of the gospel of matthew, mary and joseph live in
bethlehem
this group of jews ran the temple
chief priests/sadducees
according to acts, paul is converted by
christianity; stephen's death; pentecost
when jesus is baptized, the spirit of god descends on him in the shape of a ___
dove
paul's mission is primarily to
establish churches; spread the gospel
which of the following stories is only found in luke
extended sermon - elijah and elisha
matthew traces jesus' lineage to ___
father of the jews; abraham himself; son to father (vice versa) joseph
of the four new testament gospels, mark was probably written ___
first
the most accepted resolution to the synoptic problem is ___
four-source hypothesis
first-century jews thought the messiah might appear in any of the following manifestations except
future kings like david, appearance of cosmic figure, authoritative priest, prophet like moses
which gospel is Q most similar to
gospel of thomas
at the end of matthew's gospel, jesus tells his disciples to teach the gospel and baptize the nations. scholars call this
great commission
the gospel of matthew was written in
greek
jesus knows that as a prophet, all of the following will happen to him except
he will become a high priest
one of the most important cities at the beginning of luke's gospel is
jerusalem; judea
acts ends with
jesus physically ascending to heaven
matthew's birth narrative centers mostly on
jesus' jewish roots
the gospel of mark begins with
jesus' life beginning with his appearance as an adult; "the beginning of the gospel of jesus christ"; calling jesus the messiah
the phrase "jesus' passion" refers to __
jesus' suffering
the first martyr in christian history is
jesus; luke
scholars refer to matthew's use of hebrew scripture to show jesus is the messiah as
jewish prediction; "the new moses" set people free
which of the following is not a synoptic gospel
john
in acts, the disciples elect a new member of "the twelve" to replace
judas; iscariot
which of the following is a major part of the sermon on the mount
kingdom of heaven; connections between jesus and moses
why do most scholars think that Q was a written document?
long stretches of verbatim agreement
both matthew and luke used ___ as a literary source
mark
which is the shortest, overall, of the three synoptics
mark
markan priority means ___
mark probably first one written and matthew and luke used mark as a source
matthew's genealogy refers to all of the following women except
mary, tamar, rarab, ruth, bathshelba
all of the following are included in matthew's infancy narrative except
matthew portrays jesus as the new moses
luke's genealogy culminates with
matthew's
in matthew, jesus' birth story is most reminiscent of whose birth
moses
matthew portrays jesus as the new
moses
in matthew, john the baptist
predicts divine judgment is coming
at pentecost, the disciples
proclaims the gospel of jesus
we identify the issues that probably concerned matthew and luke the most by the distinctive emphasis each one placed on different parts of mark's account, in other words, how they went about ___ mark's account
reducing
according to mark, jesus is from __
region of galilee and village of nazareth
scholars believe that Q contains mostly ___
sayings of jesus
"synoptic" means
seen together
in jewish tradition, a prophet was
sent by god to speak god's message
matthew's birth narrative includes all of the following except
shepards
a redactor is ___
someone who edits a text
according to mark, the messiah must ___
suffer and die for the sins of people; bring salvation for the world
in first-century apocalyptic judaism, the term "son of man" referred to ___
the cosmic judge who appears to bring judgment to earth and salvation to jesus' followers
redaction criticism is ___
the study of how authors have created a literary work by modifying and editing their sources of info
luke does not believe the end of the age will come immediately because
they will not see death until they see the kingdom of god
redaction criticism focuses on
what has changed; additions, alterations, ommissions
the gospel of matthew used all of the following sources except
written documents and oral reports from k, q, m