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WorksheetsQuiz 09a
Total questions: 41
Worksheet time: 22mins
The (a) speaks of the identity of the early Christian community, but is ancient literature.
None of the general or catholic epistles was written by _____.
Peter
Paul
John
James
The _____was the dominant source gospel hypothesis until the 18th century.
Proto-Gospel Hypothesis
Harnack Hypothesis
Synoptic Hypothesis
Two-Source Hypothesis
In the New Testament, the stories and teachings of Jesus are called _____.
Epistles
Hagiography
Acts
Gospels
During the time of Jesus, the sacred language of Jewish prayer, ritual and worship was _____.
Latin
Kione Greek
Hebrew
Aramaic
During the time of Jesus, the everyday language of Judea is believed to have been _____.
Kione Greek
Latin
Aramaic
Hebrew
Jesus was probably born about _____.
5 CE
0 CE
1 CE
5 BCE
The early Church Fathers agreed on _____, but not on _____,to be included in the Biblical canon.
the number of gospels, the number of epistles
the number of epistles, the Book of Revelations
the number of gospels, the number of epistles and the Book of Revelations
the number of epistles, the number of gospels
The only evangelist that tells of Jesus' circumcision and presentation in the Temple is _____.
Luke
John
Matthew
Mark
The _____ consists mainly in prophecies regarding the end of the world.
Book of Revelation
Gospel of John
Epistle of James
Acts
One group of Jews, the _____, used violence to protest the Roman occupation.
Zealots
Essenes
The epistles of _____ are addressed either to churches or to individuals.
peter
paul
The Acts of the Apostles is a continuation of the Gospel according to _____.
luke
john
Because his account begins with the Temple sacrifice of Zechariah, the symbol for the evangelist Luke is a(n) _____.
eagle
ox/bull
man
lion
During the time of Jesus, The language of government and the Roman occupiers was _____.
Latin
Koine Greek
One party of Jewish leaders, _____ believed in angels and in the resurrection of the body.
Pharisees
Zealots
Essenes
The Gospel of _____ has to be understood in terms of tensions between Jewish Christians and non-Christian Jews that existed at the time of writing.
luke
john
mark
matthew
The "Proto-Gospel Hypothesis" proposes a Hebrew/Aramaic version of _____ as the first Gospel.
matthew
mark
One literary genre NOT found in the New Testament is (a) .
Because his account begins in the heavens with the Word existing before Creation, the symbol for the evangelist John is a(n) _____.
eagle
man
In _____ Gospel, Jesus is a messiah who brings salvation to all, especially the poor.
marks
lukes
matthew
One group of Jews, the _____, sought to practice asceticism in a separate community.
essenes
zealots
The Gospel of _____ begins with high Christology.
john
luke
During the time of Jesus, the language of commerce and intercultural trade was _____.
Koine Greek
Hebrew
The _____ has become the dominant source gospel hypothesis during the last two centuries.
Heilsgeschichte Hypothesis
Two-Source Hypothesis
Proto-Gospel Hypothesis
Harnack Hypothesis
The fact that many Jewish Christians were expelled from synagogues at the time of its writing, gives us insight into the context of _____ Gospel.
luke
johns
mark
matthew
Today, all New Testament scholars--Protestant, Orthodox, and Roman Catholic--agree that the New Testament consists of _____ books.
25
27
22
21
"Because his account begins with the genealogy of Jesus, the symbol for the evangelist Matthew is a(n) _____."
man
eagle
The Gospel of _____ frequently quotes Hebrew Scripture, to present Jesus as a new Moses.
john
matthew
luke
One of the synoptic gospels, _____, begins with low Christology.
luke
james
matthew
The "Two-Source Hypothesis" proposes a source named Q and the gospel of _____.
mark
matthew
The Book of Revelation was written by a Christian named _____.
john
jude
james
The word “parable” comes from the Greek word parabola, meaning _____.
story
comparison
curve
The _____ is a timeless document that forms the basis of Christian theology and morality.
Old Testament
Epistle of Paul
Gospel of Paul
New Testament
The word "gospel" means _____.
witness
Letter
Good news
Divine biography
The stories and teachings of Jesus were probably written and collected by _____.
believers
historians
theologians
eyewitnesses
Because his account begins with John the Baptist preaching in the desert, the symbol for the evangelist Mark is a(n) _____.
ox/bull
eagle
man
lion
The mission of _____, according to all four gospels, was to announce the coming of Christ.
John the Apostle
John of Patmos
John the Baptist
John the Evangelist
Which of the following gospels is NOT a synoptic gospel?
mark
matthew
luke
john
The word "epistle" means _____.
letter
good news
divine biography
witness
One party of Jewish leaders, _____ did not believe in the resurrection of the body.
Saducees
Essenes
Zealots
Pharisees
