New Testament Final Exam
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- kerygma
- core teaching about Jesus
- the yeast
- God's grace is invisibly at work bringing about the kingdom
- ascension
- Jesus entered heaven
- pharisees
- believed in the resurrection of the dead
- the mustard seed
- God's kingdom starts small but grows to include everyone
- pentecost
- birthday of the church
- pentecost
- 50 days after passover; celebrates God giving the Law to Moses
- passover
- most important feast that celebrates the liberation of the israelites from egypt
- zealots
- an organized revolutionary faction
- hyperbole
- a deliberately exaggerated saying
- midrash
- literary form that relates past events to explain present
- healing or exorcism
- includes a request for help; Jesus' intervention; result; reaction
- sadducees
- the priests and aristocrats who supervised temple practice and worship
- zealots
- despised roman rule
- gehenna
- jewish term for hell
- the 10 wise virgins
- we must always be ready for Christ's return
- parable
- a vivid short story; conveys religious truth
- the good samaritan
- everyone is our neighbor; we should love our enemies
- nature miracle
- sign; shows Jesus' mastery over nature
- martyr
- "witness"
- controversy
- passage wherein Jesus confronts his opponents
- dogma
- doctrine of highest authority
- riddle
- question or statement that teases the mind
- scandal
- bad example that misleads others to sin
- the prodigal son
- God's love is excessive and He is merciful to everyone
- tabernacles
- fall harvest celebration to recall the 40 yrs jews spent in the wilderness
- the pearl of great price/treasure in the field
- the kindgom is so precious that it is worth sacrificing to attain
- revelation discourse
- unique to John; Jesus reveals his identity
- evangelist
- person who proclaims the good news of Jesus
- hymn/prayer
- used in liturgies and incorporated into the gospels
- the lost coin/sheep
- God seeks the sinner and rejoices when he is found
- the sower
- the gospel will be preached to all, but only bears fruit to those who hear and understand
- pronouncement story
- sets up an important saying about Jesus
- sadducees
- along w/ a few pharisees, they made up the sanhedrin
- essenes
- lied in Qumran; produced Dead Sea Scrolls
- pharisees
- developed elaborate system of oral interpretation/law
- apocalypse
- "revelation" or "unveiling"
- pharisees
- eager to apply the Torah to everyday life