UNC RELI 104 Exam
Monotheism - ✔️✔️the belief that there is only one God
Gentile - ✔️✔️A Jewish designation for a non-Jew
Hasmoneans - ✔️✔️An alternative name for the Maccabeans, the family of Jewish
priests that began the revolt against Syria in 167 B.C.E. and that ruled Israel prior to the
Roman conquest of 63 B.C.E.
Messiah - ✔️✔️From a hebrew word that means anointed one. Int he first century their
was speculation who ths might be with Jews thinking ti was a warrior king like David.
Gospel - ✔️✔️When this word is capitalized, it refers to a literary genre: a written
account of the "good news" of Christ's salvation. included canonical and non-canonical
sources.
Covenant - ✔️✔️An agreement or treaty between two social or political parties that
have come to terms. Used by Jews in reference to the pact that God made to protect
and preserve them as his chosen people in exchange for their devotion and adherence
to his laws.
Messianic Secret - ✔️✔️Technical term used for one of the intriguing literary features
of the Gospel of Mark, which is that even though Jesus is shown to be the Messiah, he
tries to keep his identity a secret
Canon - ✔️✔️From a Greek word meaning ruler or straight edge. The collection of
books that Christians accept as authoritative
Proto-Orthodox Christians - ✔️✔️Early orms of Christianity endorsed by some
Christians of 2nd and 3rd centuries promoted doctrines declared Orthodox in 4th
centuries by Christian party. Version of Jesus was closer to our version where Jesus
was both human and divine.
Autograph - ✔️✔️the original manuscript of a literary text, from a Greek word meaning
"the writing itself"
Textual Criticism - ✔️✔️An academic discipline that seeks to establish the original
wording of a text based on the surviving manuscripts
, Genre - ✔️✔️A kind of literature with specific literary features. The major ones in the
New Testament are Gospels, Acts, Epistles and Apocalypses. Includes canonical and
non canonical sources.
Passion - ✔️✔️From a Greek word that means "suffering," used as a technical term to
refer to the traditions of Jesus' last days, up to and including his crucifixion.
Beatitudes - ✔️✔️A Latin word meaning, literally, "blessings," used as a technical term
for the sayings of Jesus that begin the Sermon on the Mount
L - ✔️✔️A document that no longer survives, but that evidently provided Luke with
traditions hat are not found in Matthew or Mark.
M - ✔️✔️A document that evidently provided Matthew with traditions that are not found
in Mark or Luke.
Markan Priority - ✔️✔️The view that Mark was the first of the Synoptic Gospels to be
written and was one of the sources used by Matthew and Luke
Q - ✔️✔️The source used by both Matthew and Luke for the stories they share,
principally sayings, that are not found in Mark.
Redaction Criticism - ✔️✔️Thee study of how authors modified or edited their sources
in view of their own vested interests and concerns.
Synoptic Gospels - ✔️✔️The gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke, which narrate so
many of the same stories that they can be placed side by side in parallel columns and
so "be seen together"
Synoptic Problem - ✔️✔️The problem of explaining the similarities and differences
between the three synoptic gospels. Matthew Mark and Luke. They copied from each
other.
Theophilus - ✔️✔️The person to whom "Luke" addressed both of his volumes, the
Gospel and the book of Acts. Scholars debate whether Theophilus was a real person -
possibly a highly placed Roman administrator - or whether the name was instead
symbolic. It literally means either "beloved of God" or "lover of God." If symbolic, it
would refer to the Christian individuals or communities who were the author's intended
audience.
Signs Source - ✔️✔️A document, which no longer survives, thought by many scholars
to have been used as one of the sources of Jesus' ministry in the Fourth Gospel; it
reputedly narrated a number of the miraculous deeds of Jesus.
Monotheism - ✔️✔️the belief that there is only one God
Gentile - ✔️✔️A Jewish designation for a non-Jew
Hasmoneans - ✔️✔️An alternative name for the Maccabeans, the family of Jewish
priests that began the revolt against Syria in 167 B.C.E. and that ruled Israel prior to the
Roman conquest of 63 B.C.E.
Messiah - ✔️✔️From a hebrew word that means anointed one. Int he first century their
was speculation who ths might be with Jews thinking ti was a warrior king like David.
Gospel - ✔️✔️When this word is capitalized, it refers to a literary genre: a written
account of the "good news" of Christ's salvation. included canonical and non-canonical
sources.
Covenant - ✔️✔️An agreement or treaty between two social or political parties that
have come to terms. Used by Jews in reference to the pact that God made to protect
and preserve them as his chosen people in exchange for their devotion and adherence
to his laws.
Messianic Secret - ✔️✔️Technical term used for one of the intriguing literary features
of the Gospel of Mark, which is that even though Jesus is shown to be the Messiah, he
tries to keep his identity a secret
Canon - ✔️✔️From a Greek word meaning ruler or straight edge. The collection of
books that Christians accept as authoritative
Proto-Orthodox Christians - ✔️✔️Early orms of Christianity endorsed by some
Christians of 2nd and 3rd centuries promoted doctrines declared Orthodox in 4th
centuries by Christian party. Version of Jesus was closer to our version where Jesus
was both human and divine.
Autograph - ✔️✔️the original manuscript of a literary text, from a Greek word meaning
"the writing itself"
Textual Criticism - ✔️✔️An academic discipline that seeks to establish the original
wording of a text based on the surviving manuscripts
, Genre - ✔️✔️A kind of literature with specific literary features. The major ones in the
New Testament are Gospels, Acts, Epistles and Apocalypses. Includes canonical and
non canonical sources.
Passion - ✔️✔️From a Greek word that means "suffering," used as a technical term to
refer to the traditions of Jesus' last days, up to and including his crucifixion.
Beatitudes - ✔️✔️A Latin word meaning, literally, "blessings," used as a technical term
for the sayings of Jesus that begin the Sermon on the Mount
L - ✔️✔️A document that no longer survives, but that evidently provided Luke with
traditions hat are not found in Matthew or Mark.
M - ✔️✔️A document that evidently provided Matthew with traditions that are not found
in Mark or Luke.
Markan Priority - ✔️✔️The view that Mark was the first of the Synoptic Gospels to be
written and was one of the sources used by Matthew and Luke
Q - ✔️✔️The source used by both Matthew and Luke for the stories they share,
principally sayings, that are not found in Mark.
Redaction Criticism - ✔️✔️Thee study of how authors modified or edited their sources
in view of their own vested interests and concerns.
Synoptic Gospels - ✔️✔️The gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke, which narrate so
many of the same stories that they can be placed side by side in parallel columns and
so "be seen together"
Synoptic Problem - ✔️✔️The problem of explaining the similarities and differences
between the three synoptic gospels. Matthew Mark and Luke. They copied from each
other.
Theophilus - ✔️✔️The person to whom "Luke" addressed both of his volumes, the
Gospel and the book of Acts. Scholars debate whether Theophilus was a real person -
possibly a highly placed Roman administrator - or whether the name was instead
symbolic. It literally means either "beloved of God" or "lover of God." If symbolic, it
would refer to the Christian individuals or communities who were the author's intended
audience.
Signs Source - ✔️✔️A document, which no longer survives, thought by many scholars
to have been used as one of the sources of Jesus' ministry in the Fourth Gospel; it
reputedly narrated a number of the miraculous deeds of Jesus.
