1. Unit 2- Literary Context of the New Testament Review

2. How many books does the New Testament contain?

3. How many books does the New Testament contain?

4. Identify countries 1, 2, 6 on the map…

5. Which Gospel uses the image of Jesus as a lion; the leader the Jews have been waiting for?

6. Identify three major bodies of water from the map…

7. Matthew

8. What are the two sources scholars believe Matthew and Luke used to compile their individual Gospels?

9. Mark
Q (Quelle) Source

10. What does the term Gospel mean?

11. Good news

12. Give an example of a Non-Canonical Gospel

13. What is the literary genre for the four canonical gospels?

14. Ancient biography

15. What are the three synoptic Gospels?

16. Matthew
Mark
Luke

17. What is the Image of Jesus in the Gospel of Luke?

18. An ox; used by men as a servant and sacrifice.

19. What does the term “synoptic” mean?

20. “seen together”

21. Name three languages scholars believe Jesus probably spoke.

22. Hebrew
Aramaic
Greek

23. In the Jesus’ time in the Middle-East, Greek was most likely spoken because…

24. Alexander the Great conquered that region hundreds of years prior, and infused the Greek culture there

25. In Jesus’ time, Greek was the language of commerce & education
In Jesus’ time, Greek was the language of commerce & education. Commerce most nearly means…
A. Religion
B. Philosophy
C. Business
D. Law

26. In Jesus’ time, Greek was the language of commerce & education
In Jesus’ time, Greek was the language of commerce & education. Commerce most nearly means…
C. Business

27. What is the image of Jesus in the Gospel of John?

28. An eagle; on another level. Divine Jesus, Son of God

29. What is the image of Jesus in the Gospel of Mark?

30. A man; one who suffered like/for us

31. Identify countries 3, 7, 9 on the map…

32. Draw the chart of how scholars believe Matthew & Luke were compiled

33. What percentage of Mark do scholars say Matthew used?

34. 80%

35. What percentage of Mark do scholars say Luke used?

36. 65%

37. Identify countries 4, 5, 8 on the map…

38. Which language did Jesus most likely NOT speak?

39. Latin

40. When studying the Gospels, should scholars view them more like photographs of Jesus, or paintings of Jesus? Why?