Try the fastest way to create flashcards

Chapter 3: The World around the New Testament

Get a hint

monotheism

Click the card to flip 👆

1 / 53

1 / 53

Students also viewed

Christian Scriptures- final exam 4- ecs quizzes

39 terms

12 terms

New Testament LUKE

31 terms

6 terms

160 terms

Revelation 10: The Open Scroll and the Promised Shepherd

24 terms

30 terms

Jesus His Life and Teachings- Unit 2 Exam

37 terms

Terms in this set (53)

A religious belief that there is only one true and superior god.

The three main ancestors of Israel: Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

The highest-ranking priest of Israel, from the line of Aaron.

The system of values, habits, and beliefs that operates at a conscious and subconscious level.

historical-critical method

An academic discipline that focuses on the historical setting of documents (author, date, location, audience, etc.).

Second Temple period

The period from 515 BC to AD 70 (or AD 135), from the Jews' return from exile to the destruction of the temple, which provides the complex background to Jesus and early Christianity.

Alexander the Great's campaign to spread throughout the world the superiority of Greek language, culture, and philosophy.

Also known as Roman Judea, the region roughly between the Mediterranean and the Jordan River where most of Jesus's ministry took place.

The nickname, meaning "hammers," given to Judas and his rebel followers who revolted successfully against the Syrians in 167 BC. His family, the Hasmonean Dynasty, continued to rule until Roman occupation in 63 BC.

Hasmonean dynasty

The dynasty of the Maccabee family following the Jewish revolt against the Syrians in 167 BC.

Herodian dynasty

The dynasty of Herod the Great and his family from 37 BC until the destruction of the temple in 70 AD.

The local place where Jews gather to worship, pray, and study the Hebrew Bible.

The supreme ruler of the Roman Empire.

The governor of a Roman province.

honor-shame culture

The dominant relational culture in Jesus's day. Honor is like a currency that gives people status in society (much like money does in modern Western societies). Honor is granted according to what the society values and often promotes a more group-oriented society. Conversely, one receives shame by not conforming to the established standards of good and bad. Jesus's teaching often pushed against aspects of the honor-shame culture. The first become last (Matt. 19:30), the persecuted and ridiculed are honored (Matt. 5:10-12), the lame and blind and poor are welcomed and lifted up (Luke 14:15-24).