Followers of the Messiah
- According to the presentations, a group of first-century Jews known as “followers of the Messiah” would later be called “Christians.”
- According to Elwell, a good way to describe the Gospels is “expanded biographical sermons.”
- According to the presentations, the first half of Jesus’ ministry took place where?
- According to Elwell, which of the following is not one of the characteristics of apocalyptic thought?
- According to Elwell, which disciple did not believe that Jesus had risen from the dead until he actually saw him?
- According to Elwell, the Hebrew Scriptures were eventually divided into three sections: the Torah, the Prophets, and the Writings.
- According to Elwell, the earliest description we have of the Gospels as books, referred to as “memoirs,” comes from
- According to Elwell, we should study the New Testament because
- According to the presentations, the Sadducees accepted all parts of the Hebrew Bible as Scripture.
- According to Elwell, a canon is an authoritative collection of documents.
- According to Elwell, the New Testament consists of the Gospels, Acts, 21 letters, and one book of prophecy.
- According to the presentations, the “radical wing” of the liberal group, the Pharisees, was likely the
- According to Elwell, which of the following was not one of the functions of the synagogue in Jesus’ day?
- According to the presentations, which two Gospels give us information about Jesus’ birth?
- According to the presentations, all four Gospels indicate that John the Baptist had a pivotal role in Jesus’ early ministry.
- According to the presentations, when did the term “Christian” first come into popular usage?
- According to the presentations, the Pharisees believed that God, at Sinai, gave Moses two Torahs, one written and one oral.
- According to Elwell, our primary source of information about the Jewish Roman War of AD 66-70 was composed by
- According to the presentations, “a sabbath day’s journey” was the distance one could travel on the sabbath day without violating the commandment to keep the sabbath.
- According to Elwell, New Testament theologians call the preached gospel the “kerygma.”