Scripture Sem 2 Review

The scattering away of the Jewish People from their homeland.

The author of Ecclesiastes is ___.

What is messianic prophecy?

How are the Gospels best understood?

A short saying that is easy to recall and communicates insightful observations.

St. Jerome taught that ignorance of the Scriptures is ignorance of ___.

Which is NOT a synoptic Gospel?

Like Luke's Gospel, to whom is the Acts of the Apostles addressed?

What do the Jewish people experience when they return to Jerusalem after the Babylonian exile?

Why does apocalyptic literature use dramatic and symbolic language?

The infancy narratives are ___.

Messenger of the good news.

Who is not a Gospel writer?

What were the human authors of the Gospels most concerned about?

Who is the faithful disciple in John's Gospel?

What does the Greek word kerygma mean?

Which of the following is NOT a category of psalms found in the Book of Psalms?

John's Gospel begins with a poetic reference to which biblical book?

The Book of Wisdom personifies wisdom as ___.

For the Jewish People, what is God's dwelling place and where is it kept?

Which describes Saul?

The rising of Jesus from death three days after his death.

Who allows the Jewish people to return home?

What are the non-Pauline letters called?

The word Gentile means ___.

What do the members of the earliest Church communities call themselves?

The period in Israelite history in which the Jews were held in captivity and the Temple and Jerusalem were destroyed.

Another name for a New Testament letter.

The Greek word for the "anointed one" is ___.

What do we call the event when the Holy Spirit descended upon Mary and the Apostles?

In what appearance did the Holy Spirit descend upon Mary and the Apostles?

Christ's rising into heaven forty days after his new life following the passion.

To whom were most of Paul's letters written?

The heritage of faith in Sacred Scripture and Sacred Tradition.

A person God chooses to speak his message of salvation.

The act of renouncing one's faith.

The meeting place for Jews who live outside Jerusalem.

Refers to the physical and spiritual descendants of Jacob (Israel).

The very nature of God is ___.

Apocalyptic literature is ___.

Apostolic Succession is ___.

Short stories that use everyday images to communicate a religious message.

The Hebrew word for the "anointed one" is ____.

The interreligious and interracial people who rejected the Temple and worshipped instead at Mount Gerizim.

Which infancy narrative focuses attention on the poor and marginalized?

A person killed because of his or her beliefs.

Which infancy narrative focuses on Jesus as Emmanuel, the fulfillment of OT prophecies?