Religion 120 Exam 2
Gospel of Matt probably written in
80 CE
Matt traces Jesus' lineage to
Abraham
According to Acts, Paul is converted by
Jesus
Which of the following stories is only found in Luke?
Jesus teaching in the Temple when he was 12 years old.
Scholars believe that Q contains mostly ___
Jesus' sayings
Matt's birth narrative centers mostly on
Joseph
In Acts, the disciples elect a new member of "the twelve" to replace
Judas
Gospel of Matt used all of following sources except
L
Which gospel is Q most similar to?
Luke
All of the following are parts of Luke's birth narrative except
Magi
Both Matthew and Luke use ____ as a literary source
Mark
Which is the shortest, overall, of the three Synoptics?
Mark
Matt portrays Jesus as the new
Moses
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
When Jesus is baptized, the spirit of God descends on him in the shape of
a dove
In one of his sermons in Luke, Jesus compares himself to
a prophet
First-century Jews thought the messiah might appear in any of the following manifestations except
a suffering man
The Gospel of Mark begins with
adult Jesus' baptism
Redaction criticism focuses on
an editor's work
John, the forerunner of Jesus, proclaims forgiveness of sins and performs
baptisms
Why do most scholars think that Q was a written document
because Matthew and Luke have almost word-for-word similarities
Jesus knows that as a prophet, all of the following will happen to him except
he will become High Priest
Matthew's birth narrative includes all of the following except
shepherds
"Synoptic" means
to see together
Which of the following is a major part of the Sermon on the Mount?
Beatitudes
At the beginning of the Gospel of Matthew, Mary and Joseph live in
Bethlahem
All of the following are included in Matthew's infancy narrative except
Gabriel's appearance to Mary
Luke's genealogy culminates with
God
Gospel of Matthew was written in
Greek
Matthew's genealogy refers to all of the following women except
Hannah
The phrase "Jesus' Passion" refers to
Jesus' suffering
Which of the following is not a Synoptic Gospel
John
In Matthew, Jesus' birth story is most reminiscent of whose birth?
Moses'
According to Mark, Jesus is from
Nazareth
One of the most important cities at the beginning of Luke's Gospel is
Nazareth
Acts ends with
Paul in Rome
The first martyr in Christian history is
Stephen
At the end of Matthew's Gospel, Jesus tells his disciples to teach the gospel and baptize the nations. Scholars call this
The Great Commission
This group of Jews ran the Temple
The Sadducees
In Jewish tradition, a prophet was
a messenger of God
In first-century apocalyptic Judaism, the term "Son of Man" referred to a
cosmic figure
Of the four New Testament Gospels, Mark was probably written
first
The most accepted resolution to Synoptic Problem is
four-source hypothesis
Scholars refer to Matthew's use of Hebrew Scripture to show Jesus is the messiah as
fulfillment citations
Markan priority
mark was the first synoptic gospel written
Which one of these is not one of the four sources in the four-source hypothesis?
null
a redactor is
someone who edits their work by combining and altering multiple source texts to make a single document
redaction criticism
study of how authors modified or edited their sources in view of their own vested interests and concerns
According to Mark, the messiah must
suffer and die
The earliest account of the early church is
the Acts of the Apostles
Paul's mission is primarily to
the Gentiles
Luke does not believe the end of the age will come immediately because
the gospel must be spread throughout the world
How many times does Jesus explicitly predict his death in the Gospel of Mark?
three
At Pentecost, the disciples
were empowered to proclaim the gospel of Jesus b/c of the tongues
