CHST 112 Test 1 Questions with All Correct Answers
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CHST 112 Test 1 Questions with All Correct Answers
What are the synoptic gospels - Answer-Matthew, Mark, Luke
What is the synoptic problem? - Answer-what accounts for the similarities and differences among the gospels... why are the gospels so similar in some places but so different in other...
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What are the synoptic gospels - Answer-Matthew, Mark, Luke
What is the synoptic problem? - Answer-what accounts for the similarities and
differences among the gospels... why are the gospels so similar in some places but so
different in other places
Four major directions of why the synoptic problem exists - Answer--God wanted it that
way
-authors (Holy spirit) tailored their material for their audience in order to make a point
-gospel writers shared common source material
-in some places the gospels reflect unique eye witness perspectives
Matthew's author - Answer-technically anonymous but it is believed Matthew (Levi the
tax collector) ... know it was a Jew with knowledge of the OT and 1st hand info of Jesus
Matthew's date - Answer-AD 50s or AD 60s (before the destruction of the Jewish temple
in AD 70)
Matthew's provenance - Answer-written somewhere near Palestine for a Jesus
audience
Matthew's purpose - Answer-presents 4 important truths
-Jesus is the Messiah of Israel (fulfills OT prophecy)
-kingdom of God has appeared inaugurated by life, death, and resurrection and
exaltation of Jesus
-continuity between fulfillment of some promises to Abraham and universal promise of
salvation (to all)
-Church will transcend ethnic and cultural limitations (for the whole world not just Jews)
Outline of Matthew - Answer-divided into 6 major discourses (lengthy teachings of
Jesus)
What are the 6 major discourses in Matthew? - Answer--sermon on the mount (5-7)
-Instructions for the twelve disciples (10)
-parables of the kingdom of God (13)
-instructions about life in new kingdom of God (18)
-end of age teaching on Mount Olive (23-24)
, -the great commission (28)
Author of Mark - Answer-technically anonymous but it is thought Mark (John Mark)
wrote this based on the sermons and experiences of peter
date of mark - Answer-mid 50s
Provenance of mark - Answer-Rome (with Peter)
Mark's purpose(s) - Answer-1. suffering - focus on suffering and persecution as Jesus
follower (written while christians are bing persecuted in Rome)
2. discipleship - wants reader to know what it means to follow Jesus
Outline of Mark - Answer-focuses on the last days of Jesus
1st half is focused in and around Galilee and last part is Jesus on the way to Jerusalem
and then the passion and resurrection
Luke's author - Answer-technically anonymous but it is believed Luke the travel
companion of Paul and physician to be the writer
Luke's date - Answer-58-60AD
Provenance of Luke - Answer-Caesarea and Rome (but it is mainly Caesarea)
Luke's purpose - Answer-stated in gospel (luke 1:4) "so that you may know the exact
truth about the things that you have been taught"... written for gentile christians
(Theophilus)
Where is the travel narrative in the Bible - Answer-Luke 9-19
What is the travel narrative - Answer-on the way to Jerusalem, Jesus was teaching his
disciples in preparation for what would happen when they got there...It is the material
that is original to Luke (Parable of the Good Samaritan, Zacchaeus, parables of the lost
coin, lost sheep, two lost sons, lazarus and the rich man, etc)
(T/F) The word "canon," as LL uses it, means the collection of the Christian Scriptures. -
Answer-True
How many books are in the New Testament? - Answer-27 books
(T/F) According to LL, the early church had specific criteria by which they determined
which books could make it into the New Testament - Answer-True
(T/F) The original autographs of at least some of the New Testament books exist today -
Answer-False
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