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