New Testament Exam 2 Study Guide,
Questions And Answer 2023
Which are the Synoptic Gospels? - Answer-Matthew,Mark, and Luke
What does each Gospel
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teaching and the universality of Jesus' Kingdom... - Answer-Mark: Jesus' teachings
Matthew: teaching and universality of the kingdom/person that Jesus was
Luke: emphasized that the salvation that Jesus brought was for everyone even the
outcasts
John: believing in Jesus for eternal life
Who are the traditional authors of each Gospel? - Answer-Matthew: Matthew in
association with Peter
Mark: Mark
Luke: Luke
John: the Apostle John
What cities/regions are associated with the writing of each Gospel? - Answer-Matthew:
Rome
Mark: Antioch, Syria
Luke: unclear it could have been Rome or Greece
John: Ephesus
what material is unique to each Gospel ( which Gospels describe the infancy/nativity
narrative and what are their distinctive features?) - Answer-Matthew: tells the nativity
story from the viewpoint of Joseph; genealogy ( 3 sets of 14) ending with Abraham
Mark: loose arrangement of materials governed maily by he-initiatory character of john
the baptist- peter's telling of anecdotes concerning Jesus
Luke:nativity = view point of Mary; highlights Herod's crucial, genealogy all the way back
to Adam, to god, longest book
John: doesn't do parables, just long readings; eye witness of Jesus' ministry ( words
symbolism, irony) johannie theology
Why does Jesus teach in parables? - Answer-- to obscure the truth judgmentally from
outsiders
- to clarify the truth rewardingly for insiders
which Gospel first used the "sandwich" technique to emphasize important connections?
- Answer-Mark
How does Mark end (according to the best manuscripts)? - Answer-with Jesus's
resurrection it was added that that he visited people after he came back to life
According to Papias , which apostle is Mark associated with? - Answer-Peter
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