Kingdom of God - Answers God's reign of justice, love, and peace
Paristics - Answers branch of christian theology dealing with lives/doctrines/writings of early
christian theologians
Pax Romana - Answers 200 year period of peace in Rome.
New religious movement (NRM) or cult - Answers a small, secretive religious group that
represents either a new religion or a major innovation of an existing faith
Allegorical Interpretation of Scripture - Answers looking for deeper, spiritual meaning in the text
what does jesus's baptism by John the Baptist signify? - Answers declares god as the messiah
& that the messiah has arrived & jesus identifying himself with sinful humanity
Septuagint (LXX-70) - Answers Greek translation of the Old Testament from Hebrew
Apocrypha - Answers secret unreliable works
the tanahk - Answers the hebrew bible
differences between the gospels (intended audience) - Answers Mark targets jewish-christian
audience, luke targets gentile audience.
difference between the gospels (portrayal of jesus) - Answers john shows him as son of god.
matthew shows him as 2nd moses & messiah
gospels "already here" view - Answers kingdom of god is here, present in jesus' miracles
gospels "not fully realized" view - Answers believers currently taking part in kingdom of god, but
has not yet reached its glory
midrahism or midrash - Answers commentary and interpretation of hebrew scriptures.
encouraged in rabbinic judaism
Hebrew Bible - Answers is the old testament
examples of stories from the hebrew bible (4) - Answers creation of the world by God, patriarchs
& matriarchs, Moses who spoke with God & led the ppl, prophets who heard God's warnings to
sinners
historical critical method of bible interpretation (most common!) - Answers looks at historical
context, intended audience, desired effect
king cyrus the great (what did he do) - Answers allows jews to return to israel in 530 bce & to
rebuild temple