| Term | Definition |
|---|
| How many books are in the New Testament? | 27 |
| How many books in the NT are letters? | 21 |
| How many NT letters are Paul's? | 13 |
| How many of Paul's letters were written to groups? | 9 |
| How many of Paul's letters were written to individuals? | 4 |
| Were ancient letters or New Testament letters longer? | New Testament letters |
| The NT letters were not only substitues for the apostle's presence, the represented Jesus and were ________ __________. | authoritative substitutes |
| NT letters were ______ and _______. | situational, occasional |
| What is another name for a scribe? | amanuensis |
| What is another name for a co-author? | cosender |
| What is the person that carried NT letters called? | deliverer |
| Why were letters read aloud? | The letters were too vaulable to be passed around, the Christians were used to being read to, and some Christians couldn't read |
| What are the 4 Gospels? | Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John |
| What does euangelion mean? | good news |
| Which type of biography includes a person's WHOLE life? | modern biography |
| Which type of biography includes only a person's life and death? | ancient biography |
| Which gospels include Jesus' birth? | Matthew and Luke |
| What does synoptic mean? | seen together |
| Which gospels are synoptic? | Matthew, Mark, and Luke |
| What does Christological biography mean? | Christ centered biography |
| What were the four literary terms used by Jesus and examples? | 1. exaggeration (if your right eye causes you to sin gouge it out) 2. metaphor and simile (I am the bread of life) 3. rhetorical question (if you love those who love you, what reward will you get?) 4. parable (the prodigal son) |
| Who wrote Acts? | Luke |
| What is Acts a sequel to? | the Book of Luke |
| Who are Luke and Acts dedicated to? | Theophilus |
| What is a theological history? | a history dealing with God |
| What are NT Christians doing in almost every chapter of Acts? | praying |
| What is the significance of Stephen's death in Ch. 7? | it caused the Christians to scatter out of Jerusalem and begin to share the Gospel elsewhere |
| How long of a period did Acts cover? | 30 years |
| When was Acts written? | 70 A.D. |
| How does Revelation describe itself? | a revelation of Jesus Christ |
| What does apokalypsis mean? | revelation, it suggests something hidden is being revealed |
| What are 3 different literary genres in Revelation? | letter, prophecy, and apocalyptic |
| How many churches is Revelation addressed to? | 7 |
| Which NT book has more OT references than any other NT book? | Revelation |
| What is the main message of Revelation? | God will win |
| What is the first step of the interpretive journey and the key question? | Grasping the text in their town, what did the text mean to the biblical audience? |
| What is the second step of the interpretive journey and the key question? | Measuring the width of the river to cross, what are the differences between the biblical audience and us? |
| What is the third step of the interpretive journey and the key question? | Crossing the principlizing bridge, what are the theological principles in the text? |
| What is the fourth step of the interpretive journey and the key question? | Grasping the text in our town, how can we as Christians apply this to our lives today? |
| What determines meaning? | context |
| What code takes all the spaces out of the Hebrew Bible and looks for letters that are spaced the same distance apart? | equidistant letter sequencing |
| What code makes Hebrew letters numbers and adds, subtracts, multiplies, or divides them? | gematria |
| What are 5 things in the river of differences? | culture, language, time, situation, and covenant |
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