NBST 515 Exam 1

NBST 515 Exam 1 Liberty University

Set 1

1. According to Elwell, the earliest description we have of the Gospels as books, referred to as “memoirs,” comes from
2. According to the presentations, the fact that God chose to reveal Himself in specific ways, rather than generally, is called
3. According to Elwell, most Jews who believed in the Messiah believed that he would defeat the Romans and make Jerusalem the center of the world.
4. According to Elwell, one’s identity as a Jew in the first century was confirmed by one’s lifestyle, which included such things as eating, washing, and ritual purity.
5. According to the presentations, which group of first-century Jews supported the priesthood and exercised controlling influence on the Sanhedrin (Jewish court)?
6. According to Elwell, the New Testament tells of the fulfillment of what the Old Testament promises.
7. According to the presentations, which group of first-century Jews are believed to be responsible for the Dead Sea Scrolls?
8. According to Elwell, which of the following is notone of the 5 longitudinal regions, from west to east, into which the land of Palestine is divided:
9. According to the presentations, Jesus’ trial had two phases, one before the Sanhedrin (Jewish), and one before Pontius Pilate (Roman).
10. According to Elwell, which of the following is notone of the characteristics of apocalyptic thought?
11. According to the presentations, the Herodian was the tomb of
12. According to Elwell, Jesus was convinced that in his own person and work, the kingdom of God had arrived.
13. According to Elwell, the Dead Sea Scrolls were the sacred library belonging to which Jewish sect?
14. According to the presentations, the first half of Jesus’ ministry took place where?
15. According to Elwell, written stories of Jesus (Gospels) were needed because
16. According to the presentations, which group of first-century Jews denied the belief in the afterlife and the resurrection of the dead?
17. According to the presentations, which group of first-century Jews’ chief interest was to support the Temple in Jerusalem as the center of Jewish life in Israel?
18. According to Elwell, there is no connection between the final Passover meal Jesus shared with his disciples and what Christians call “the Lord’s Supper.”
19. According to the presentations, Simon Peter gave up kosher eating practices when he became a follower of Jesus.
20. According to the presentations, we study the Jewish setting of early Christianity because the world of the New Testament was the world of first-century Judaism.

Set 2

1. With the fall of the Temple and the impact of Hellenism, the focus of Jewish religion changed from ceremonies and rituals to a more ethically-based study of the Law and how to live.
2. Who was the father of the Jewish clan that instigated the revolt against the Seleucids in 167 BC?
3. Which Hasmonean ruler embarked on a campaign to make the Idumeans accept circumcision and Jewish law?
4. One consequence of Hellenism was the need for translating the Hebrew Scriptures into Greek because most Jews living in the Diaspora could no longer understand Hebrew or Aramaic.
5. Which Hasmonean leader received political, military, and religious authority from the Jews for his successes against the Seleucids?
6. According to church tradition, which Caesar was ruling when Peter and Paul were martyred?
7. According to Scott, which of the following Jewish interpretive methods is best defined as “translation”?
8. According to Julius Scott, a better translation of the word Torah than “Law” is what?
9. The revolt Mattathias began got its name from his son Jonathan.
10. Who fought against Rome?
11. Christians, not Jews, preserved the writings of the Jewish historian, Josephus.
12. How many men were required to form a synagogue?
13. According to Scott, which of the following was not one of the religious practices that expressed Jewish separation from other cultures and religions?
14. According to the PointeCast presentations, it was not until late in the 1^st century AD that Christianity and Judaism became two distinct religions.
15. Which philosophy defined pleasure as the absence of pain and advocated that pleasure was life’s highest good?
16. Which Greek king ordered the translation of the Hebrew Scripture into Greek?
17. Which Caesar ruled during Jesus’ life and ministry?
18. According to Julius Scott, which of the following is not one of the three pillars of the Hebrew religion:
19. Which of the following Jewish groups was most likely to compromise with Rome on Hellenistic practices?
20. The houses of first-century Israel were made of what?

Set 3

1. With the fall of the Temple and the impact of Hellenism, the focus of Jewish religion changed from ceremonies and rituals to a more ethically-based study of the Law and how to live.
2. Who was the father of the Jewish clan that instigated the revolt against the Seleucids in 167 BC?
3. Which Hasmonean ruler embarked on a campaign to make the Idumeans accept circumcision and Jewish law?
4. One consequence of Hellenism was the need for translating the Hebrew Scriptures into Greek because most Jews living in the Diaspora could no longer understand Hebrew or Aramaic.
5. Which Hasmonean leader received political, military, and religious authority from the Jews for his successes against the Seleucids?
6. According to church tradition, which Caesar was ruling when Peter and Paul were martyred?
7. According to Scott, which of the following Jewish interpretive methods is best defined as “translation”?
8. According to Julius Scott, a better translation of the word Torah than “Law” is what?
9. The revolt Mattathias began got its name from his son Jonathan.
10. Who fought against Rome?
11. Christians, not Jews, preserved the writings of the Jewish historian, Josephus.
12. How many men were required to form a synagogue?
13. According to Scott, which of the following was not one of the religious practices that expressed Jewish separation from other cultures and religions?
14. According to the PointeCast presentations, it was not until late in the 1st century AD that Christianity and Judaism became two distinct religions.
15. Which philosophy defined pleasure as the absence of pain and advocated that pleasure was life’s highest good?
16. Which Greek king ordered the translation of the Hebrew Scripture into Greek?
17. Which Caesar ruled during Jesus’ life and ministry?
18. According to Julius Scott, which of the following is not one of the three pillars of the Hebrew religion:
19. Which of the following Jewish groups was most likely to compromise with Rome on Hellenistic practices?
20. The houses of first-century Israel were made of what?