Quiz #4 Study Guide

  1. Identification terms. Be able to provide several sentences on the following items.  Use the reading of McBride and pertinent Biblical texts to compose your answers:

     

     587 BC  520 BC
     515 BC
    		  167 and 164 BC
     538 BC
    		  334/333 BC
     Synoptic Gospels  Cyrus the Great
     Antiochus IV Epiphanes  First Temple
    Second Temple  70 years of exile
     490 years of exile  eschatological
     
  2. What is the difference between exile and Exile?
  3. Using these texts (II Kings 2:9-12,  Malachi 4:5-6, Sirach 48:1-11) explain why Jesus is thought by some to be crying for Elijah at the foot of the cross in Mark 15:34-35.  What does this tell us about the way Jesus message about the Kingdom of God was heard?
  4. What problem does Origen notice about the location of the Temple-cleansing episode in John 2:13-22?  [This should be a short answer question.  There is no need to explain how Origen will solve the problem.]
  5. Do the disciples know who Jesus is? Explain using examples from lecture.
  6. What explains the interpolated narrative of John's beheading in Mark 6?
  7. How is the story of the akedah a "type" of the story of Jesus?
  8. What does Peter's denial tell us about the merit of the disciples?
 
 
 
 
Citation: Anderson, G. (2006, September 07). Quiz #4 Study Guide. Retrieved November 23, 2009, from Notre Dame OpenCourseWare Web site: http://ocw.nd.edu/theology/foundations-of-theology-biblical-and-historical/study-guides/quiz-4-study-guide.
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