NBST 515 Exam 3

NBST 515 Exam 3 Liberty University

Set 1

1. According to Elwell, because everyone approaches the Gospels from a point of view, it is no less credible to approach them from a context of faith than from a context of skepticism.
2. According to Elwell, form criticism is primarily concerned with the stages through which earlier Gospel material passed in its oral phase before it reached the final written stage.
3. According to Elwell, the letter “Q” was employed by scholars to refer to the approximately 230 verses that Matthew and Luke have in common, but which are not found in Mark.
4. According to the presentations, the General Epistles are sometimes referred to as the “Catholic Epistles” because they are favored by the Catholic Church.
5. According to the presentations, Hebrews attests to the Jewishness of early Christianity.
6. According to the presentations, the Griesbach Hypothesis, that Matthew wrote first, followed by Luke who used Matthew, then Mark who used both Matthew and Luke, is also known as the
7. According to the presentations, the Synoptic “Problem” is that there are not only striking agreements, but significant differences among the first three Gospels.
8. According to Elwell, it is possible that Hebrews was composed before the temple in Jerusalem was destroyed in AD 70 because had this event already occurred, the writer would likely have mentioned it to clinch his argument about the superiority of Christ’s sacrifice.
9. According to the presentations, the so-called “Four Source Hypothesis” was posited by
10. According to Elwell, the prevailing view, for over a thousand years, of the interrelationship of the four Gospels was the canonical order (Matthew, Mark, Luke, John), and it is attributed to
11. According to the presentations, when scholars speak of the “triple tradition,” they mean
12. According to the presentations, which two Gospel writers use an “aside” when speaking of “the abomination of desolation standing where it shouldn’t?”
13. According to the presentations, which epistle alludes to a “great cloud of witnesses” sitting in the stands cheering persecuted Christians on to the finish line?
14. According to Elwell, the Epistle of James echoes Jesus’s teachings at several points, especially the Sermon on the Mount.
15. According to the presentations, a central purpose of the Epistle of James is to champion orthopraxy (right living) over orthodoxy (right belief).
16. According to the presentations, oral tradition is when pre-literary societies relied on information and stories handed down in oral form.
17. According to the presentations, the Gospel of Mark regularly uses Greek grammar and syntax that is rough and often clumsy, perhaps indicating that Greek was his second language.
18. According to the presentations, the Synoptic Gospels are Matthew, Mark, and John.
19. According to Elwell, one of the contributions of historical criticism to the study of the New Testament is the rediscovery of Jesus’s Jewishness.
20. According to Elwell, the Bible should be treated as a trusted friend rather than a deceitful enemy.

Set 2

1. According to the PointeCast presentations, which Gospel emphasizes prayer in the ministry of Jesus?
2. There is no direct relationship between the Gospel of Luke and the Book of Acts.
3. The Gospel of Luke includes what some have called “historical markers” in order to link secular history with the sacred history he reports in his Gospel.
4. According to the PointeCast presentations, all four Gospels indicate that John the Baptist played a pivotal role in Jesus’ early ministry.
5. Matthew’s Gospel includes a genealogy that has names of women of questionable moral status.
6. According to Papias, which of the 4 Gospels was written in Hebrew/Aramaic?
7. Which of the church fathers suggested that the author of John’s Gospel was John the Elder?
8. Which Gospel should be understood as the first volume of a two-part early Christian defense of the Christian faith to Roman authorities?
9. According to the PointeCast presentations, the Synoptic Gospels agree that Peter’s confession of Jesus as Messiah at Caesarea Philippi was a turning point in Jesus’ ministry.
10. In the Gospels, the kingdom of God has both a present and a future meaning.
11. Jesus’ agony in the Garden of Gethsemane as he contemplated his crucifixion is narrated in all four Gospels.
12. The New Testament uses the term “parable” to refer to
13. The Gospel of John contains nothing in common with the Synoptic Gospels.
14. John’s Gospel mentions three Passovers, which requires a time frame of at least two years for Jesus’ ministry.
15. Which literary genre is not represented in the New Testament?
16. Which Gospel begins with a prologue declaring the preexistence and incarnation of Jesus?
17. According to Lea and Black, the most likely time for the writing of Mark’s Gospel was shortly after the fall of Jerusalem in AD 70.
18. According to the PointeCast presentations, reading the Gospels “vertically” is allowing each Gospel “voice” to sing a “solo.”
19. According to the PointeCast presentations, reading the Gospels “horizontally” means reading them as one consistent story, sometimes called “harmony,” of the life of Christ.
20. Which Gospel refers to the miracles of Jesus as “signs”?

Set 3

1. Jesus’ audience in John 10 expressed frustration that he used figures of speech in making his Messianic claim.
2. According to the PointeCast presentations, all four Gospels indicate that John the Baptist played a pivotal role in Jesus’ early ministry.
3. Which Gospel puts emphasis on the fulfillment of OT prophecy as a means for determining Jesus’ messianic status?
4. There is no direct relationship between the Gospel of Luke and the Book of Acts.
5. Matthew’s and Mark’s presentations of the Beatitudes are strikingly similar.
6. The Gospel of Matthew’s structure is built around how many narrative/discourse sections?
7. Which Gospel begins with a prologue declaring the preexistence and incarnation of Jesus?
8. The four Gospels record the same events related to the resurrection of Jesus.
9. According to the PointeCast presentations, the “I Am” statements of Jesus in the Gospel of John are “code language” for divinity underscoring Jesus’ claim to be one with the Father.
10. Which was the last Gospel written?
11. Which Gospel refers to the miracles of Jesus as “signs”?
12. Which of the church fathers suggested that the author of John’s Gospel was John the Elder?
13. Which Gospel may have been written by a Gentile?
14. The Gospel of John contains nothing in common with the Synoptic Gospels.
15. The early church is unanimous in attributing the authorship of the Gospel of Matthew to the Apostle Matthew.
16. Papias supports that Matthew was the author of the Gospel with his name on it.
17. Which Gospel narrates the birth of Jesus from the viewpoint of Mary?
18. In the Gospels, the kingdom of God has both a present and a future meaning.
19. According to the PointeCast presentations, Matthew’s Gospel appears to present Jesus as something of a “new Moses.”
20. The temptations of Christ are all in the same order in the Synoptics.