Study Guide
Readings Quiz One

This quiz will consist of forty objective questions worth 20 pts.  About half of the questions will be based on the Roetzel readings.  The rest will based on "Re-Reading Paul," "When did Christianity Originate?" and "Not Either/Or in Paul's Areopagus Speech."

The following list comes from the readings in Roetzel in order of their appearance in the book.  Knowing what these terms basically mean in context will help, but don't forget that you will also be tested on your comprehension of the Roetzel readings more generally.

Terms from Roetzel

Sitz im Leben

Tarsus

Septuagint (LXX)

Philo of Alexandria

Adonai

Kyrios (or Kurios)

Elohim

Theos

torah and nomos

pistis

ekklēsia

God-fearers

diatribe

 allegory

Mystery Religions

Asclepius

Stoicism

logos

polis

Pharisaism

Josephus

Neusner

Rivkin

midrash

Hillel

apocalypticism

 

 Qumran

Sanhedrin

God-fearers

tradition

C. H. Dodd

kerygma (or kerugma)

Maranatha

paraenesis

myth

Wrede

Vermes

Bultmann

Schweitzer

 

Dates

Know the significance of 30, 36, 44, 47-48, 49 and 50 C.E. according to Dr. Mark's Chronology.