THEO RE-EXAM

• Span of years Jesus rendered for Public Ministry according to Luke


  29-30 years
• The name that was given to the land as promised by God to Abraham


  The Promised Land
• Philistines


  • Israel's great enemies who occupied and dominated the southern-western coastal areas
• Herod Antipas


  Considered as cunning and crafty leader
• Herod Archelaus


  Catastrophic leader among the Herods
• Pericopes


  Independent units of stories, parables, sayings
• Aramaic


  Most common language spoken by the people in Palestine
• Promised Land


  Land with flowing Milk and Honey
• Judea


  Region whose inhabitants were mainly the exiles coming from the Babylonian captivity
• Palestine


  Derived from the "land of the Philistines"
• Post-Resurrection of Jesus


  Event during the time of Jesus Christ that flourished the preaching experience of the Apostolic Preaching
• Jews accused Jesus of Blasphemy because they expected the Messiah to be Kingly, Rich and Powerful
• Bethlehem


  Where Mary gave birth to Jesus
• Oral Tradition


  Refers to the stage when Jesus' followers continued the mission entrusted to heal, preach, and teach
• PAROUSIA


  Other term of the "second coming"
• Reasons why they put into writing the Gospel


  • Preaching the core message of Jesus death and resurrection
  • Giving further instructions and encouragement to recently baptized Christians
  • Defending the beliefs and practices of the community against accusations and attacks from the outside
• Synagogue


  Taken from the Greek word SUNAGOGOS
• Deuteronomy


  According to the Jewish tradition, all Jewish males should appear before the Lord three times a year
• Pentecost


  Day of thanksgiving for a good harvest
• Omer


  Grain offering that marked the beginning of the spring grain harvest
• Pentateuch


  Greek word of the first five books of the scripture
• Scribes


  Teachers of the law
• Zealots


  Most rebellious group
• Sicarii


  Dagger men
• Sadducees


  The righteous ones
• Pharisees


  The separated ones
• Essenes


  Group who practiced celibacy
• Levites


  Lowest order in the social strata of Sadducees
• Pharisees were the most dominant group in Judaism
• Scribes


  Jurists of Israel
• Tax collectors


  Portrayed as sinners
• Oral Tradition


  Refers to the stage when Jesus followers continued the mission
• Matthew


  Evangelist that wrote his Gospel in Galilee during late 70's or 80's
• Synoptic Gospels


  • Mark
  • Matthew
  • Luke
• Mark


  Evangelist with the least number of chapters in his Gospel
• Mark


  Evangelist with the Image of Jesus Christ as the Suffering Servant