Quiz questions after midterm
What three NT texts are associated with the community in the Gospel of John?
1,2,3 john
Which of the following is NOT a catholic epistle
2 Thessalonians
The book of Daniel appears to have been written approximately how many years after it alleges?
400
Matthew traces Jesus' lineage to
Abraham
Two texts that starkly disagree on female leadership are
Acts of Paul and Thecla & 1 Timothy
In Mark, what is Jesus' response to his impending death?
Anguish and apparent doubt
Which of the following is a major part of the Sermon on the Mount
Beatitudes
All are thrown into the fiery furnace in the book of Daniel except:
Belteshazzar
At the beginning of the Gospel of Matthew, Mary and Joseph live in
Bethlehem
Opponents of Christianity suggested all of the following except
Christians committed deicide
Which of the following likely influenced the pagan persecution of Christians?
Christians refusal to participate in sacrifices honoring the emperor
During the New Testament period, ____________.
Christians were occasionally persecuted by provincial authorities
These two philosophical groups incorporated female members
Cynics and Epicureans
The book of Revelation was probably completed during the reign of which Roman emperor?
Domitian
All of the following are included in Matthew's infancy narrative except
Gabriel's appearance to Mary
The New Testament Gospels belong to which genre?
Greco-Roman biography
Matthew's genealogy refers to all of the following women except
Hannah
Where was Q finally discovered?
It has never been found
In Mark, the Temple curtain rips at
Jesus' Death
The Gospel of Mark begins with
Jesus' baptism by John
The Gospel of Thomas does not mention which of the following?
Jesus' resurrection
Q contains mostly
Jesus's sayings
secessionists are
Jews who failed to believe Jesus was the messiah
All of the following figures recognize Jesus in Mark except:
John the Baptist
Matthew's birth narrative centers mostly on
Joseph
According to the four-source hypothesis, the Gospel of Matthew used all of the following sources except:
L
Which female follower of Jesus had a long tradition that held she was an important leader in the Jesus movement?
Mary Magdalene
The argument of "patterns of agreement" shows that when all three Synoptic Gospels contain the same story, all of the following occur regularly except
Matthew and Luke agree in the wording of a story against Mark
Matthew portrays Jesus as the new
Moses
In Matthew, Jesus' birth story is most reminiscent of whose birth
Moses'
According to Mark, Jesus is from
Nazareth
In Luke, Jesus's hometown is
Nazareth
In Matthew, Jesus explicitly teaches against
Pharisees' hypocrisy
Which of the following occurs only in Matthew?
Pilate's washing his hands of Jesus' blood
All of the following Gospels have survived except
Q
In first-century apocalyptic Judaism, the term "Son of Man" referred to
a cosmic king
An epistle is
a letter
Lukes gospel begins with
a preface
The book of Revelation is written in what genre?
apocalypse
In Nero's persecution of Christianity, Christians were accused of ____________.
arson
In the Infancy Gospel of Thomas, Jesus does all of the following except:
become a Pharisee
At Jesus' trial in Mark, the Sanhedrin charges him with
blasphemy
The best method to study epistles is
contextual
Hebrews was probably written in order to
convert jews
Phoebe was a
deacon
What text is the passover story found in the Hebrew bible?
exodus
At least one Gospel author claims to be an eyewitness to the events he narrates
false
Based on the method of contextual analysis, we know for sure there were docetics in the Johannine community.
false
In the Gospel of Luke, Jesus begins his ministry by cleansing the Temple
false
Jesus says it is impossible to follow the Law perfectly in Matthew.
false
Marcion believed Jesus was flesh and blood
false
Most scholars believe John used Mark, Q, and the signs source
false
Most scholars believe that Daniel is a prophetic work.
false
Most teachings about Jesus took place publicly.
false
Revelation was written about a future time long after the author's own life
false
Scholars today believe the author of the gospel of John is the same as the author of the Johannine Epistles.
false
The Gospel of John is the final Synoptic Gospel.
false
The book of Daniel may be an etiology explaining the origins of Purim.
false
We know who the authors of the canonical Gospels are
false
Scholars refer to Matthew's use of Hebrew Scripture to show Jesus is the messiah as
fulfillment citations
This NT text levels the distinction between men and women.
galatians
The bizarre symbolic visions in apocalypses are often interpreted by all of the following except
god
The word "gospel" means
good news
The Gospel of Matthew was written in
greek
In John, Jesus' teachings focus primarily on
his identity
The Gospel of Peter was found
in a cemetery
The Epistle to the Hebrews depicts the Law as
inadequate
One way that Revelation is different from most apocalypses is that it ____________.
is not pseudonymous
Luke is different from the other Gospels because
it has a sequel
Which of the following figures in the prologue is not mentioned until its last verse?
jesus
Which part of the Gospel of John is most like the Synoptic Gospels?
jesus's passion
What is the context of the Johannine community?
jewish factions splitting
The fourth gospel that changes the events surrounding the passover meal
john
gnosis means
knowledge
When Mark and Matthew tell the same story, Mark's story is
longer
Which of these Gospels states that there were other Gospels written?
luke
Those who performed baptisms in the community were probably
male leaders
Methodical character development of the central character of a biography would be expected by readers of
modern biographers
The Gospel of Thomas is
no ordered in a recognizable form
According to the Gospel of Thomas, the kingdom of God is
not a future event
Chapters 13 through 19, the second part of the Gospel of John, take place over
one day
The Gospel of Matthew was probably written
outside Palestine around 80-85 c.e.
Those parties who promote equality for women and those who argue women should be subordinate both appeal to this writer
paul
The Gospel of Luke came to be attributed to a man who was thought to be
pauls companion
The book of Revelation depicts the Christian church as ____________.
persecuted
All are features of apocalyptic literature except
pessimism about the future
Ancient biographies are most concerned with which of the following?
portraying essential character traits
From the beginning, Luke's Jesus expects to be
rejected
A name for the Jewish council is
sanhedrin
The Gospel of Thomas was most likely written in the
second century CE
All these themes are present in both the Gospel of John and the Johannine epistles except
secrecy
By writing pseudonymously in the name of a famous person of the past, the author of an apocalypse is able to do which of the following?
seemingly predict the future with accuracy
"Synoptic" means
seen together
Hebrews was most likely a(n)
sermon
In Revelation, all of the following initiate disasters in the world except:
seven horsemen
According to Mark, the messiah must
suffer and die
In Matthew, Jesus
teaches that his followers should fulfill the Law
A docetist believes that
that Jesus was not actually flesh and blood but only appeared to be
Luke suggests that the gospel came to the Gentiles because
the Jews rejected it
The Johannine community may have been founded by
the beloved disciple
In early Jewish traditions, Babylon is code for ____________.
the chief political enemy of God
For Matthew, the core of the Law is
the commandment of love
In many gnostic myths, Ialdabaoth is associated with
the creator God
Who is the author of the Johannine epistles?
the elder
Luke does not believe Jesus will return immediately because
the gospel must be spread throughout the world
In John, Jesus tells the disciples that after he leaves
the holy spirit will come to instruct them
Biographies written by Christians put a significant amount of emphasis on what event in Jesus' life, which is very unusual for ancient biographies?
the humiliation of his death
The Marcionites believed Jesus came to save people from
the jewish god
How far into the narrative would ancient readers/listeners of the Gospels have expected to get before they would be able to discern Jesus' character and identity?
the opening scenes
Scholars refer to the first eighteen verses of the Gospel of John as
the prologue
In the Gospel of John, Jesus is explicitly called all the following except
the suffering servant
What gave rise to the promotion of female leadership?
the use of house churches
In Mark, when Mary, Mary, and Salome discover the empty tomb, they
they say nothing
How many times does Jesus explicitly predict his death in the Gospel of Mark?
three
Ancient biographies were usually arranged in chronological order
true
Apocalyptic literature apparently developed out of preexilic prophetic literature.
true
Both Matthew and Luke contain versions of beatitudes
true
Matthew and Luke follow Mark's sequence of stories throughout their narratives
true
Matthew and Luke follow Mark's sequence of stories throughout their narratives.
true
Most Romans did not take notice of "Christians" until the 2nd century.
true
Penetration was a sign of masculine dominance in the ancient world.
true
Revelation is an example of a Christian apocalypse
true
Stories passed by word of mouth tend to change over time.
true
The book of Daniel is probably the last written of all the books in the Jewish canon.
true
The book of Daniel provides the longest apocalypse in the Old Testament.
true
The curtain rips before Jesus dies in the Gospel of Luke
true
To best understand the meaning of language, we must first understand the context.
true
Women financially supported the Jesus movement.
true
Women were frequently patrons of synagogues
true
gnosis means knowledge
true
gnosticism is known as a Christian heresy by orthodox Christians
true
The word catholic means
universal
According to Marcion, the Jewish Law
was evil