Religion Test 1
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52 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Josephus | jewish historian from the 1st century |
| circumcision | mark on the jewish males as god's people |
| theodicy | problem of how a loving God allose suffering |
| Cynics | philosophical group nicknamed "dogs" |
| Canon | measuring stick |
| Essenes | Jewish group who lived ascetic lives at the Dead Sea |
| synagogue | gathering place for Jews for worship |
| monotheism | belief in the one true god |
| non-canonical writings | books that did not get selected for the bible |
| Gnostics | second century Christians who imagined that Jesus was a divine teacher of special wisdom |
| Sabbath | holy day of rest |
| Hellenism | spread of the Greek culture throughout the ancient world |
| theocracy | governmental organization with God as ultimate ruler |
| Diaspora | Jews who live outside of Palestine |
| Q | hypthetical book of Jesus sayings seen in Mt & Lk |
| Messiah | anointed one |
| genealogy | a listing of ancestors |
| Redaction Criticism | analysis that observves the editing of a written document to deremine tendencies of the writer(s) |
| Gentile | any non-Jew |
| dynamesis | "powerful deeds" done by Jesus in the synoptics |
| Markan priority | notion that Mark was written first, used by Mt & Lk |
| "I am" sayings | one of John' methods to show Jesus' divinity |
| Aramaic | Jesus' native language |
| Synoptic Problem | why do the gospels agree in some places , but disagree in others |
| lectio brevior | "shorter writing" from textual criticism |
| parable | "throw beside" comparative saying of jesus |
| euangelion | "good news" or "gospel" |
| fulfillment | key them of Matthew |
| logos | term John borrows from Stoic philosophy meaning "word" or "reason" |
| Nag Hammadi | Place in Egypt where ancient writing were found |
| Pseudonymity | writing under a false name |
| Christology | defining Jesus humanity and divinity |
| disputed pauline letters | Colossians, Ephesians |
| ostraca | ancient letters written on pieces of pottery |
| papyrus | plant that was used for writing documents |
| parousia | expectation of the return of jesus |
| god-fearers | Gentiles attracted to Paul's message |
| amanuensis | one who writes for another |
| idol meat | problem for some Corinthians |
| Q | collection of Jesus' sayings seen in Mt & Lk |
| apostle | "one sent out " |
| house church | gathering place for early Jesus groups |
| triumphalism | belief that Christianity has rendered Judaism obsolete |
| temple | center of scrifice and the location of the God of the Jews in Jerusalem |
| letter of tears | one of Paul's correspondence with the Corinthians |
| Junia | one called "apostle" by Paul |
| sacrifice | means atonement for the Jews in the Jesus day |
| interpolation | an outside passage inserted into another text |
| egalitarian | notion of equality between all people |
| deutero-pauline | Ephesians, Colossians, 2 Thessalonians |
| household codes | passages in the disputed letters that advocate traditional family roles |
| Constantine | 4th emperor who made Christianity official |
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