RELB 255 Final Exam

The Roman emperor who ruled during Jesus public ministry was Tiberius.

Jesus probably spoke in Koine Greek as His primary language.

The criterion of ___ is used to validate a unique saying of Jesus used in a different way by the early church.

The tone of the crucifixion scene in Mark is one of victory and triumphalism.

Herod the Great's cruel and incompetent son who ruled after him was:

Unlike Matthew, Luke traces Jesus' genealogy back to:

According to Hebrews 6, Jesus is now serving as our High Priest after the order of:

In the 2 source hypothesis, the designation "Q" refers to gospel material:

The apostle Paul repeats many of the stories and sayings of Jesus found in the Gospels.

According to Micah 7 and Daniel 7, God's investigative judgment is for the faithful, not of or against the faithful.

The Roman emperor who is given credit for establishing the Pax Romana is Caesar Augustus.

What is the primary function of the Sanctuary?

According to 2 Peter 3:9, which of the following explains why Jesus has not returned yet?

If you are careful, it is possible to write history completely free from biases or presuppositions.

In 1 Corinthians 15, Paul states that more than 500 people saw Jesus with their own eyes after He was resurrected.

The Jewish high court was known as the Sanhedrin.

The model of the "Lord's Prayer" leads us to align our will to God's, rather than His will to ours, when we pray.

According to the early church leader Papias John Mark became James' interpreter and passed on his version of the gospel.

According to the textbook, Matthew's primary narrative purpose is to confirm:

In 1st-century Judaism, the title "Son of God" could be used of:

Jesus' statement "Whoever wants to save their life will lose it.." is an example of the figure of speech known as irony.

How will we distinguish a "fake" return of Jesus from the real one?

Which gospel writer most often abbreviates accounts that are told in more detail in other gospels?

The earthly sanctuaries and temples that God had made were models or reflections of a literal sanctuary in heaven.

The most important influence of Alexander the Great for the New Testament background is:

The high priest during Jesus' ministry was Caiaphas.

The evidence from the New Testament indicates that Luke was:

Jesus was the only one who witnessed the Spirit's descent at His own baptism.

According to the textbook, the primary purpose for Jesus' healings and exorcisms in the Synoptic Gospels is to:

Through an understanding of John 1:1-3, we can see the presence of all three persons of the trinity in Genesis 1:1-3.

When Jesus returns again, He will establish a righteous government on earth, made up of the saved, for 1000 years.

Peter plays a more prominent role in Mark than in the other synoptic gospels.

Jesus claimed that the kingdom of God would begin arriving after His death.

To read the Gospels "horizontally" means:

A set of verses that make up a coherent unit or thought is a pericope.

Which of the following is not one of the almost undisputed (by scholars) facts about Jesus' life?

Only the gospel of ___ provides information concerning the early life of John the Baptist.

Mark 10:45, the climax of 3 cycles on servant leadership, alludes to Isaiah's description of:

The Gospels are identified in the textbook as historical narrative motivated by theological concerns.

The Gospels report that Jesus had ___ brothers and several sisters.

When Jesus says, "I have shown you many great miracles from the Father; for which of these do you stone me?" He uses:

John the Baptist was executed by:

The German phrase "Sitz im Leben" means "setting in life."

Which is the philosophical system that claims God created the world but then left it to run by natural laws.

Matthew's birth narrative is told from the perspective of Mary.

According to the textbook, the central theme of John's gospel is:

The Dead Sea scrolls have helped to confirm the Jewishness of the fourth gospel.

The only biblical account from Jesus' childhood comes from the gospel of:

The most common and widespread messianic hope among 1st-century Jews was for a:

Matthew develops a typology relating Jesus to Israel in the role of both Servant of the Lord and Messianic Son of God.