New Testament Second Semester Final
Exam Study Guide
*Part 1* - ANS-*Key Terms and Concepts*
the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke, which, because of
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"seen together" in parallel columns and mutually compared. - ANS-synoptic gospels
a title given for Jesus that means "anointed one." It translates the Hebrew word for
Messiah. - ANS-christ
a core Catholic teaching that the Son of God took on human flesh in the person of
Jesus Christ. - ANS-incarnation
literally, "Good News." Gospel refers to:
1. The Good News preached by Jesus.
2. The Good News of salvation won for us in the person of Jesus Christ (he is the Good
News proclaimed by the Church).
3. The four written records of the Good News- the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke,
and John. - ANS-gospel
a word meaning "covenant," the open-ended contract of love between God and human
beings - ANS-testament
Koine Greek - ANS-"common" Greek
-Jesus' faith growing up
-does not recognize Jesus as the Messiah - ANS-judaism
-center of Jesus' earthly ministry
-in the north of the Holy Land
-rich, fertile rolling hills - ANS-galilee
ancient scrolls containing the oldest known manuscripts of the books of the Old
Testament in Hebrew. They were unearthed near Qumran on the Dead Sea between
1947 and 1953. - ANS-dead sea scrolls
-north-central region of Holy Land
-directly south of Galilee
-land of the Samaritans - ANS-samaria
-place at which the Septuagint (the most common and popular version of the Old
Testament in the early Church) was accepted as the standard Old Testament in 1547
-taught as a matter of Church doctrine that the canon established by Church Father St.
Athanasius was the inspired word God left with the Church - ANS-council of trent
an early Church debate that concerned whether Gentiles had to follow the whole Mosaic
Law before becoming Christian. - ANS-council of jerusalem
the day recognized as the "birthday" of the Church - ANS-pentecost
the formal disaffiliation from or abandonment or renunciation of a religion by a person. -
ANS-apostasy
a word meaning "revelation" or "unveiling." - ANS-apocalypse
How many books make up the New Testament? - ANS-27
-language in which the Sacred Scriptures were originally read in.
-replaced Aramaic as the common language of Palestine when the Jews returned to
Palestine in the 6th century BC - ANS-hebrew
-the most important Jewish feast because it celebrates the Chosen People's liberation
from Egypt. - ANS-passover
the word "Hanukkah" means "festival of lights." It marks the rededication of the Temple
in the days of the Maccabees. - ANS-true
-comes from the Greek word for "assembly."
-place in which Jesus learned his Jewish religion from his parents through praying and
studying. - ANS-synagogue
a name for the Holy Spirit. In John 14:6, Jesus promised to send an advocate, a helper,
who would continue to guide, lead, and strengthen the disciples. - ANS-paraclete.
another word for "Hanukkah") - ANS-chanukah
an abbreviation for Quelle (source"), a common source of sayings of Jesus used by the
Evangelists Matthew and Luke in the composition of their Gospels. - ANS-Q
-means "separated one"
-believed in strict observance of the Law, which they thought kept them from sin,
lukewarm religious practice, and Gentile influence. - ANS-pharisees
Pax Romana - ANS-Peace of Rome
means "anointed one" - ANS-messiah
organized revolutionary faction that despised Roman rule and fomented violence to
overthrow it. - ANS-zealots
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