New Testament Survey Test 1

Delineate the five points of the premise upon which the a priori argument for the New Testament canon is based.

1. God had a message He wanted to reveal to man. 2. God chose a multiple number of authors who would write the message for others to understand. 3. God knew that His revelation would be attacked from without. 4. God knew that the recipients of His revelation were not scholars but average people in average circumstances. 5. Therefore, God could be expected personally to guarantee the contents, the accuracy of the words, and the compilation of the different messages from all his messengers into one coherent unit.

What is the timeframe of the Maccabean Revolt and Jewish Independence?

164-63 BC

What is the key verse in Luke's Gospel?

19:10, "For the Son of Man has come to seek

How many documents does the New Testament consist?

27

What is the timeframe of the Grecian Period?

331-164 BC

Approximately how long does the history of the Jewish people between the Old and New Testaments cover?

400 years; silent years

The New Testament was written approximately between AD ______ and _______.

45 and 100

What is the timeframe of the Medo-Persian Period?

537-331 BC

Luke mostly wrote his Gospel around AD ______.

60

What is the timeframe of the Babylonian Captivity?

605-535 BC

What is the timeframe of the Roman Period?

63 BC- AD 134

Mark wrote his Gospel about AD ____, and his original recipients were_____ Christians.

65; Roman

Matthew traces Jesus' lineage back to two very significant OT Persons (Matthew 1:2, 6, 17). Who are they and why are they significant?

Abraham and David. This is significant because it emphasizes Jesus' jewish identity and position as the royal "Son of David."

What were the three main criteria for recognizing canonicity?

Apostolicity, Rule of Faith, and consensus.

During the Medo-Persian, __________ began replacing Hebrew as the common language of the region of Judea.

Aramaic

Parts of the Old Testament were written in?

Aramaic

Marion was a ________ who held a negative view of God as presented the Old Testament.

Bishop

Where does the earliest testimony regarding the origin of the Synoptic Gospels come from

Bishop of Hierapolis in Asia Minor named Papias. This book has been lost, but some of his comments were saved by the Church historian Eusebius. ..... (rest near the bottom of chat 4)

Matthew is the only Gospel that mentions the _____ (Gk. ekklessia) by name (Matt. 16:18)

Church

What is the theme of Mark's Gospel

Divine Servent Son of God

__________ was a movement that developed in the second century. This heretical movement believed that salvation was forced in attaining "special knowledge"

Gnosticism

What does a priori argument for the New Testament canon of scripture state?

God would guard the gathering of the books into the canon because He had originally written each book.

Name two so-called Gospel that were not considered authoritative for Christians because they failed the criteria for canonicity.

Gospel of Thomas and Judas

The New Testament was written in?

Greek

____________ is the celebration of the rededication of the Temple under Judas Maccabeus in 164 BC.

Hanukkah

The Old Testament was primarily written in?

Hebrew

What three languages did God choose as the media for his self-revelation?

Hebrew, Aramaic, Greek

The expansion of the Greek culture that began under Alexander the Great is called "______________".

Hellenization

________ eventually conquered Jerusalem and became "Herod the Great," king of the Jews, reigning from 37-4 BC.

Herod

Describe the gender-neutral issue as it relates to the Bible translation theories.

How to approach the issue of the gender of certain words.

The Key word in Mark is "_______" (Gk, eutheos).

Immediately

Describe the unique features of Mark's Gospel.

It does not contain the genealogy of Christ.

How does Matthew emphasize that Jesus is Savior of both Jews and Gentiles?

It is because he gives us the Great Commission to go spread the Gospel to all nations and people.

Discuss the importance in understanding idioms in the Greek New Testament.

It is important because we can misunderstand what the Bible is telling us.

How does Matthew depict Jesus' supreme authority?

Jesus is shown to have power over all demons, disease, death, hunger, weather, even over basic elements of the earth.

Matthew most likely wrote to _____ Christians from about AD _________.

Jewish; 60-65

What Jewish leader gained control of and rededicated the Temple by 164 BC?

Judas Maccabaeus

The key word in Matthew is ____.

Kingdom

Motivators for canonizing the New Testament include the heretic ________ and the heretical movement, __________.

Marion; Gnosticism

Identify the author of the Gospel according to Mark.

Mark

What is the key verse in Matthew.

Matthew 2:2 "Where is He who has been born King of the Jews? For we saw His star in the east and have come to worship Him."

Jerusalem fell to ______________, king of Babylon, in 586 BC.

Nebucadnezzer

The key word in Luke is "______" (Gk. Laos).

People

Name the Roman general who captured Jerusalem in 63 BC .

Pompey

________ happens when a verse of Scripture is quoted to prove a point without considering the literary context of the verse.

Proof Texting

According to Matthew, certain events in Jesus' life were a fulfillment of Old Testament ______.

Prophecy

The analogy of faith refers to the principle that "Scripture will never contradict ___________."

Scripture

What is the name of the greek translation of the Hebrew Old Testament that was produced about 200 years before the birth of Christ (200-250 BC)?

Septuagint

Why do you think God allowed the autographs to vanish?

So that they would not turn into an item that would be worshipped.

Luke emphasizes Jesus Christ as the ______.

Son of Man

Mathew, Mark, and Luke have been called the "_________ _______" since Griesbach's study in which he arranged these three Gospels in parallel columns

Synoptic Gospels

The _______ __________ refers to the phenomena of both significant similarities and differences in the content of Matthew, Mark, and Luke

Synoptic Problem

Aramaic translations of the Hebrew Old Testament were known as _________.

Targums

Who exactly was Matthew, the author of the Gospel of Matthew?

Tax Collector named Levi

Matthew may be organized around Jesus' five sermons or _____.

Teachings

The __________ was destroyed when Jerusalem fell to the Babylonians in 586 BC.

Temple

Who is specified as the recipient of Luke's Gospel?

Theophilus

What is the main principle of interpreting the letters of the New Testament?

They are occasional. This means that the author is addressing a particular issue or situation when he writes the letter.

Can proof texting be done correctly? If yes, then explain.

Yes, it is done by looking at the entirety of the verse along with its meaning.

The New Testament letters were intended to be _________ ________ for the authors who were not able to present.

authoritative substitutes

What is the genre of the four gospels?

biographies

______ ______ was the language of the common people during the first century AD.

common Greek

The most ________ gospel is Luke.

comprehensive

Define the Rule of Faith

conformity between the book and orthodoxy. The document had to be consistent with Christian truth.

What two universal concepts should one keep in mind when reading the Bible?

context and rule of interpretation

Jesus predicts his _____ and _______, fulfilling his prediction and purpose when he ______ ____ ____ ____.

death; resurrection, rose from the dead.

Discuss how both the internal and external evidence point to Luke as the author of the third Gospel.

external evidence consists of the comments made by early church fathers and other documentation. Internal evidence is that Luke and Acts have a common author. Both are addressed to the same person (Theophilus) Luke's authorship flows from the book of Acts back to the Gospel of Luke.

In attempting to answer the question of sources, scholars must examine both the ______ and the ______ evidence

external; internal

The view that "readers of Scripture just understand the grammar and historical setting of the passage in order to understand correctly and apply any passage with confidence is known as the ___________________ to scripture.

grammatical-historical approach

Luke mentions more _________ than do the other Gospels.

historical events

Related to the question of written sources for the canonical Gospels, what does the external evidence consist of

how these gospels were composed.

The doctrine of ______________ affirms the accuracy of the written Word of God.

inspired wording

What materials were the New Testament documents written upon?

leather scrolls and Papyrus Sheets

What two types of context are crucial to correctly interpreting scripture?

literary context and historical context

Define the Test of Apostolicity?

must be written by an apostle.

What are the three concepts involved in correctly understanding the meaning of a given passage of scripture for the original audience before understanding the meaning of a given passage of scripture for the original audience before understanding the contemporary meaning?

observe, interpret, apply

What does the term "Hasidim" mean ?

pious ones

Decisions regarding interpretation are filtered through a person's ______________.

presuppositions

Instead of presenting a comprehensive account of Jesus' life, the four Gospels contain __________________________presentations of the sayings and deeds of Jesus"

thematically purposed

What is the definition of the term "genre"?

type of literature

The most _______ Gospel is Luke.

universal

Define the Test of Consensus

widespread and continual use of a document by the churches.

Luke emphasizes the role of ________ more than the other Gospels.

woman