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Unit 4 Bible
Dr. Miller's Unit 4 NT test
description | Book |
---|---|
Addressed to the 12 tribes | James |
Addressed to exiles | 1 Peter |
Addressed to those who have relieved the faith as precious as ours | 2 Peter |
Addressed to those who are called who are beloved & kept safe for Christ | Jude |
Addressed to elect lady & her children | 2 John |
Addressed to Gaius | 3 John |
apokalupsis literal meaning | to unveil |
apokalupsis worldview meaning | belief more that there is more than the physical eye can see |
apokalupsis ethical meaning | viewing world as God views it |
antichrist | denies Father & the Son |
apostolicity | rooted in eye witnesses & associated iwth an apostle |
catchword connections | move from passage to another based on catchwords rather than logical progression or a stated transition |
4 features of apocalyptic literature | 1. symbolism 2. visionary 3. repetitive & nonlineared 4. suffering |
types of symbolism | numbers, colors, & animals |
date: 66/67 | 2 Peter |
date: before 2 Peter | Jude |
doxology | Jude |
Place: Jerusalem | James |
echoes Sermon on the Mount | James |
uses catchword connections to transition | James |
seems to contradict Paul about faith with works but doesn't | James |
date: 60-63 | 1 Peter |
Provenance Rome aka "Babylon" | 1 Peter |
Key themes: 1. suffering as a Christian, for doing good, & with Christ 2. submission 3. submersion | 1 Peter |
uniqueness of book: references Paul's writings as scripture & delays Parousia | 2 Peter |
canon issues uses nonbiblical sources & apostolicity | Jude |
Michael/Moses quotation | Jude |
not written like a letter | 1 John |
Themes: truth, certainty of forgiveness, eternal life, love, & anitchrist | 1 John |
compared with John's gospel purpose statement | 1 John |
many antichrist | 1 John |
declaration brings joy & fellowship | 1 John |
books purpose is to know we have eternal life & life giving belief | 1 John |
commands not to give hospitality to false teachers | 2 John |
bad guy in the book Diotrephes | 3 John |
reveals: nature of Christ, suffering & evil | Revelation |
doesn't reveal the world will end or when or how it will happen | Revelation |
key understandings in book: what must soon take place & for the time is near & persecution | Revelation |
antiinterpretations: armageddon, antichrist, rapture, & 666 | Revelation |
James name is actually short for | Jacob |
Jude is short for | Judah |
epistle | document that appears to be a letter but it's not a letter for anyone in particular like a dear editor |
general epistle | broad unspecific audience |
catholic epistle | universal |
references the OT extensively | Hebrews |
author is unknown | Hebrews |
Melchizedek is mentioned throughout the book | Hebrews |
Jesus as High Priest metaphor | Hebrews |
confidence for Christians key concept | Hebrews |
Superior, better more excellent are all key words in this book | Hebrews |
style & vocabulary is distinctly Greek even though it references | Hebrews |
was slow to find a firm place in the canon | Hebrews |