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