New Testament
Probable date of writing of 1 Corinthians
54 A.D.
Babylonian conquest of Jerusalem; fall of the first Temple
586 B.C.
Great fire of Rome under Nero; traditionally the year that Rome executed Peter and Paul
64 A.D.
Fall of the Second Temple to Rome
70 A.D.
Writing of the Gospel of John and Revelation
90-95 A.D.
In the book of Revelation, Christ is depicted in all of the following ways except as:
A high priest
Which of the following books tells stories about Paul's missions?
Acts
One of the central concerns in the Pastoral epistles is:
Administration of the church.
The primary concern of The Shepherd of Hermas is:
Christians who have sinned after baptism.
Apostolic succession means that:
Churches could trace their clergy back to an apostle
According to Acts, Paul was on the road to ________________ when Jesus appeared to him, leading him to convert.
Damascus
Which of the following is an apocalypse in the Hebrew Bible?
Daniel
The Apocalypse of Peter:
Describes a tour of heaven and hell.
Apocalyptic literature is symbolic because it is trying to describe future events (and inventions) that ancient visionaries couldn't understand.
False
Most scholars believe Paul wrote thirteen New Testament letters
False
Most scholars believe the same person wrote 2 Thessalonians and Colossians.
False
Paul's ministry was funded primarily by his prior converts.
False
The Pastoral epistles and the Acts of Paul and Thecla take similar positions on the role of women.
False
Which of the following books is definitely not pseudonymous?
First Corinthians.
Paul suggests that his converts in Thessalonica were:
Gentiles
Christian house churches were similar to:
Greco-Roman voluntary associations.
Timothy reported to Paul that the Thessalonians:
Had kept their faith solid
Paul believed all of the following about the Law except that:
It puts a person in a right standing before God
Colossians appears to oppose:
Jewish mysticism
First Enoch, 2 Baruch, and 4 Ezra are:
Noncanonical Jewish apocalypses.
Paul was a:
Pharisee
Of the two main kinds of ancient apocalyptic literature, the "historical sketch" type has the prophet/author:
Receive a symbolic vision of the future course of human history.
What was the "great city" referred to in Revelation that was built on seven hills and ruled the world in John's day?
Rome
The term "Deutero-Pauline" means:
Second Paul
First Timothy makes Jesus' words authoritative by:
Setting them next to Jewish Scripture.
Why did Paul stress that he worked hard "day and night" to earn a living?
So that he would not be a financial burden on the Thessalonians while he preached the gospel of God, thereby setting an example for other missionaries.
The Thessalonians were principally concerned because:
Some of them had died..
Of the two main kinds of ancient apocalyptic literature, the "heavenly journey" type has the prophet/author:
Taken on a heavenly tour by an angelic companion.
Many churches probably developed a hierarchy of leadership because:
The apostles had died and the churches no longer had leadership
The first apocalypticist to write an apocalypse was:
The author of Daniel
Scholars question the authorship of Colossians because:
The author thinks that Christians already participate in Christ's resurrection.
Revelation 22:18-19 delivers a threat to:
The copyists
The most important issue Paul addresses in 1 Thessalonians is:
The delay of the parousia.
The longest part of 1 Thessalonians is:
The thanksgiving
In the churches that Paul founded, all of the following were true except:
There was one man who was in charge
All of the following are true about the Pastoral epistles except that:
They are addressed to church communities
Which of the following is pseudonymous?
Third Corinthians
Paul's first task in converting pagans was probably:
To convince them that there is only one God
Paul's primary reason for writing 1 Thessalonians was:
To renew his friendship with the church
Most scholars believe the same person wrote all three Pastoral epistles.
True
Paul taught that Gentiles did not need to convert to Judaism to become followers of Christ.
True
Paul was a Pharisee
True
Paul's first step in preaching the gospel seems to have been to persuade people that they were worshiping false gods.
True
Revelation is not pseudonymous
True
Some Greco-Roman philosophical schools actively engaged in missionary efforts.
True
The number of the Beast is 616 in some manuscripts and 666 in others.
True
Acts and Paul's genuine letters disagree on all of the following except:
Whether Paul's mission was primarily to Gentiles
The term "pseudepigrapha" means:
Writing under a false name.
When Paul entered a new town, he:
opened a business
Paul referred to Jesus as:
the first fruit of the resurrection
Paul preached that salvation:
was equally available to Jews and Gentiles
According to the New Testament, Paul:
was violently opposed to Christianity