1. Know the things that Jews were looking for at the time of Jesus.
Messiah/ Davids King
Prophet like Moses
New Exodus
Coming of Elijah
God to come to his temple
God to pour out his spirit over all flesh
All Nations to worship on God’s holy mountain
God’s kingdom to fill the whole earth
2. Know the differences between the beliefs and practices of the people groups of Jesus’ day
A. Sadducees
Believed in the 1st 5 books of the OT
Did not believe that God still preformed miracles or that man would rise from the dead
Were influential because they had control of the Jewish temple
Disbanded after the temple was destroyed
B. Pharisees
1. Believed whole OT was authoritative
2. OT Law to changing circumstances of everday life
3. Believed God still preformed miracles
C. Essenes
1. 4000 people
2. withdrew from society (communal living)
3. Thought Pharisies and sadducess were corrupt so they did not offer sacrifices at the temple
4. Helped to preserve scruipture by copying it.
3. Know the difference different approaches to Bible translations covered in Class (For example- Formal Equivalent, Functional Equivalent, etc.).
Formal Equivalent- (literal)- keeping orginal words, word order, and grammar. The problem is different word order can make sentecnes awakward and slightly change emphasis.
Functional Equivalence_ Keeping meaning of the orginal language, but put into words that would normally be understood today.
Mediating- seeks to strike a balance between formal and functional
Pharaphase- paraphrasing from something already translated in order to make it more easily understood.
4. Know who wrote all four Gospels (including John), their themes, and to whom they were written.
Matthew: Matthew was a Tax Collector, and Jew, and an Apostle of Christ. He wrote to the Jews who were waiting for a king, thus the theme is Christ as King
Mark: Missionary to the Romans, disciple of Peter. Theme Christ as a servant
Luke: Mark was a Greek doctor who was a disciple of Paul. Mark wrote to the Greeks who were obsessed with the human body so the theme is Christ as the Perfect Man
John- Fisherman, Jew, Apostle of Christ. Wrote theme of Christ as King.
5. Know how Acts 1:8 splits up the book of Acts, specifically what places Jesus mentions to the apostles. Know who was the main protagonist for each section of the book (who went to what place).
1. Witnesses to Jerusalem (1:1 – 8:4) a. Focus on Peter b. Christ appears to his disciples for 40 days c. Christ tells them to wait in Jerusalem. 2. Judea& Sameria (8:5- 12:25) a. Focus on Philis b. Salvation of Paul c. Vision of Peter 3. Uttermost Parts of the Earth a. Paul b. 3 Missionary Journeys c. Jerusalem Council d. Paul’s court trials
6. Know how Prof. Love separates the chapters in Acts on the chart. (Hint: this is the reason you have only done a few chapters in Acts each for the last few assignments).
(1-15) (16-18) (18-21) Split by Paul’s missionary Journeys
7. Know what chapter of Acts gives the account of the Jerusalem Council and what happened there.
Acts 15, The church was arguing over if you must be circumcised to be saved. Paul and Barnabas went up to address this problem. The Pharisees insisted that the Gentiles must be circumcised to be saved, they must obey the law of Moses. Paul argues that now your heart is purified by faith, not circumcision, and that is is through the faith of Jesus that you are saved. After Paul and Barnabus spoke of this James spoke and said that instead of making it so difficult for the Gentiles we should write to them and tell them to abstain from sexual immorality and so forth… Then the church chose men t send to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas (Judas and Silas). So they went to Antioch then split in groups of two again. Later Paul and Barrnabas had a disagreement because Barnabas wanted to take Mark with them to visit some old towns they went to, but Paul didn’t think it was a good idea. So they parted and Barnabas took mark and said to Cyprus and Paul took Silas and went through Syria and Cilicia.
8. Know the themes for all of the books discussed up until this point in the class, including: Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts, Galatians, James, 1 Thessalonians, 2 Thessalonians, 1 Corinthians, 2 Corinthians, Romans.
9. Know the authors of all of these books as well.
10. Know how everyone was martyred (James, Paul, John, Peter…).
11. Know the four (yes, four) letters Paul wrote to the Corinthians and in what order they were written.
12. Know who went with Paul on his first two Missionary journeys. Acts 13 and 14: Paul’s 1st missionary journey with Barnabas and (John) Mark (see 12:25 and 13:13) These believers are the recipients of Galatians, later.
13. Review your notes about the Corinthian letters for any interesting or important information about the people Paul was writing to (about the city of Corinth and its culture). Paul Writes FOUR letters to these people.
Corinth had 12 temples to 12 different Gods, believed strongly in supersitsion , was known for an abundance of sexual immorality, large trade city, strong in greek culture and valued wisdom, Paul wrote 4 LETTERS. Two of which we don’t have. There was a pervious letter (before 1 Corinthians) and Corithians C (the painful letter in between both books that we have) in this letter Paul assures Corinthians of his love for them, sets standards, calls for punishment, remorses, and joys in success.)
14. Know the 5 church problems that Paul was correcting in 1 Corinthians.
Divisions under who they served (Christ, Paul, etc) Immorality Litigation in Pagan Courts Abuse of the Lords Super False Teachings about Resurection
15. Be familiar with the sequence of events in Paul’s first missionary journey.
16. Be able to list all the books of the New Testament in the order they are found in the Bible and spelled correctly.
• • Matthew • Mark • Luke • John • Acts • Romans • 1 Corinthians • 2 Corinthians • Galatians • Ephesians • Philippians • Colossians • 1 Thessalonians • 2 Thessalonians • 1 Timothy • 2 Timothy • Titus • Philemon • Hebrews • James • 1 Peter • 2 Peter • 1 John • 2 John • 3 John • Jude • Revelation
