Humanities Ch 6

Rabbinical Judaism evolved out of the tradtion of:

teachers heading up congregations

A major source for the life of Jesus is:

the Gospels

Which Jewish practice or belief was accepted by the early Christians?

the Jewish liturgy (prayers, bible reading, singing of the psalms)

The early Christian church came to see two of its major threats to be:

the Roman empire and Greco-Roman culture

Paul's interpretation of the life of Jesus was based on the Jewish scripture about:

the Suffering Servant

The Gospels of the New Testament can be described as:

the work of a few who wrote about Jesus around 70 A.D.

According to tradition the first patriarch to settle in Canaan was:

Abraham

From Zoroastrianism, the ancient Jews borrowed the notion of:

Apocalypse

The oldest copies of Jewish scriptures were discovered in 1947 and are known as the:

Dead Sea Scrolls

This Christian belief was adopted from early Judaism:

God demands social justice for all people

The beliefs of Judaism helped to shape the religion of Christianity and:

Islam

Christianity began in:

Judea

Christians refer to the Jewish Bible as the:

Old Testament

How did the Hebrew historians differ from the Greek historians?

The Hebrew writers made God the central force in human history, unlike the secular-minded Greek authors.

Which Jewish biblical story was used by Christian artists to symbolize Christian refusal to worship the Roman emperor?

Three Hebrews in the Fiery Furnace

The biblical books of Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy constitute the:

Torah

T/F: Tertullian's writings helped to launch the early Christian tradition of denouncing women as sexual temptresses.

True

Within a generation of Jesus' death, the Romans treated the Christians as:

a suspect religious group subject to occasional persecutions

In their early years, the Hebrews can be described as:

a wandering clan, similar to their neighbors, in about 2000 B.C.

Which of the following is true of the Jewish Temple in Jerusalem?

all of these (3rd temple destroyed by romans, there were 3 different temples, 1st temple built by solomon)

According to the Bible, Moses:

all of these (led the Hebrews in exodus, receive a law code, and mold his followers into a unified people)

Women's role in Hebrew society diminished with the founding of the kingdom of Israel and during and after the Babylonian Captivity because of which of the following reasons:

all of these (male leaders want to ensure integrity of religion, desired to promote hebrew way of life, wished to protect the are political system)

Altars were used by the Hebrews as a:

all of these responses (ritual object in their temple, device for their priests, way for individuals)

Tertullian's attitudes made him:

an outspoken critic of the secular world and its influence on Christianity

A famous episode in Flavius Josephus' History of the Jewish War is the:

burning of the temple of Jerusalem

The Zealots were Jewish:

revolutionaries who committed mass suicide at Masada rather than be conquered by Romans

The word "diaspora" means:

dispersion

The New Testament is written originally in:

greek

The two civilizations that gravely threatened the ancient Jews were the:

hellenistic and roman

The Dura-Europos synagogue may be characterized as a:

house synagogue set up in a private residence

What made Jewish law different from other ancient law codes?

it made no distinction between religious and secular offenses

Why did early Christianity appeal to women?

it offered a refuge from the cruelty of Roman society

What are the earliest writings in the New Testament?

letters of Paul

Vibia Perpetua is remembered in early Christianity as one of the first women:

martyrs

The early Christian church:

redirected Jewish monotheism to a wider audience, across racial and ethnic lines

The Ten Commandments was seen as a:

renewed contract between the Hebrews and their deity

The outward sign of the covenant between God and the Hebrews was:

the circumcision of all male children

Zoroastrianism contributed to Christianity:

the concept of Satan as the personification of evil

Which of the following was a key teaching of Paul's in his Letters?

the concept that Jesus' resurrection guaranteed everlasting life for others

Which of the following was a key teaching of Paul's in his Letters?

the concept that Jesus/ resurrection guaranteed everlasting life for others

One of the characteristics that distinguished the Hebrews' deity from other Mesopotamian deities was:

the deity was an ethical god who was committed to justice and righteousness

Paul's Letters constitute:

the first Christian theology

The Hebrews scored what literary achievement during the reign of Solomon?

the first historical writings

This Jewish religious practice was NOT adopted by the early Christians:

the observance of dietary laws

The Acts of the Apostles described the following as a turning point in Christian history:

the opening of Christianity to gentiles

Which event caused the Hebrews to be called Jews?

the rescue of Judah from the Babylonian Captivity

An early artistic symbol of the Christian faith was:

the shepherd with his flock as an image of Jesus and the church

What Stoic idea was incorporated into early Christianity?

the universal kinship of humanity

T/F: The Hebrew people in their early history were NOT famous for their literature and philosophy.

true

The earliest converts to Christianity were:

women and slaves