The Historical Jesus

A group of writings about the life and teaching of Jesus that do not meet Church criteria for incusion in the canon.

Who was a Jewish historian who never accepted Christianity, but also never denied the existence of Jesus?

The Gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke that have so much in common, they are studied together.

Which of the following is NOT one of the major criteria for including the Gospels in the official canon?

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of ancient biographies?

Which of the following was NOT a consistent theme that Jesus taught about?

What does the word Abba mean?

Tries to discover what evangelists really wanted to say when the wrote a particular text.

Looks to the various early manuscripts of the biblical texts.

What do we call a short, unique story that was used to convey the Kingdom of God?

What does the word Amen mean in Aramaic?

What do linguistic scholars say about Jesus?

Which is NOT a reason early Christians began to write down the stories of Jesus and his teaching.

How many years did the oral tradition go on for before the New Testament writing began?

Which Roman historian said that Christianity was spreading so rapidly that pagan temples were falling into disuse?

Which of the following is NOT a surname of the historical Jesus?

The "Good News," the story of the coming of the Savior, Jesus Christ, and the inaugeration of God's Kingdom.

Even though the N.T. started to be written in 50 A.D., oral tradition carried into the 2nd century.

Attempts to see how the writers edited or redacted, materials for the audience.

Napoleon, while he was not a Christian, had a very high opinion of Jesus Christ and what he accomplished?

A type of literary criticism used by Scripture scholars that analyzes and compares literary forms.

What was Jesus' native language?

Which of the following was NOT martyred?

The Gospels....

What year to historical scholars believe Jesus was born?

The public and communal worship of the Church; "public work."

A word that meant "teaching" that described oral teaching to those who had already accepted Jesus.

Early Christians were instructed with saying from Jesus' Sermon on the Mount to live a more Christ-filled life.

A form of preaching used in the early Church that presumed an audience of unbelievers.

A Latin phrase meaning "in the year of Our Lord" used in reference to events after the birth of Christ.

There are NO modern day martyrs for the Christian faith.

A heresy that Jesus shared secret info with only a few people that guaranteed salvation. Said human body was evil.

Martyrs slowed the spread of Christianity.

There are NO ancient historical records from non-Christians about the life of Jesus and the early Church.

The authors of the four Gospels- Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.

Jesus Christ himself is the Gospel; he is the Good News.

What do we call a person who dies for witnessing Christianity?

Whose One Solitary Life changed the entire human race forever?

Study by Scripture scholars ti determine what sources the Gospel writers used.

Which Greek Historian wrote about the death of Jesus before the Gospels and explained the darkness as an eclipse?