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Synoptic Gospels and Acts Week 6 Quiz

Question 1 of 10

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According to the lecture, how do the three prescriptions in the Sermon on the Mount relate to the three-fold concupiscence?

ALMSGiVING :

Select one or more of the following:

  • Lust of the eyes

  • Prayer

  • Lust of the flesh

Explanation

Question 2 of 10

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According to the lecture, how do the three prescriptions in the Sermon on the Mount relate to the three-fold concupiscence?

PRIDE OF LIFE

Select one or more of the following:

  • Lust of the eyes

  • Prayer

  • Lust of the flesh

Explanation

Question 3 of 10

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According to the lecture, how do the three prescriptions in the Sermon on the Mount relate to the three-fold concupiscence?

FASTING

Select one or more of the following:

  • Lust of the eyes

  • Prayer

  • Lust of the flesh

Explanation

Question 4 of 10

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Which of the following is NOT true?

Select one of the following:

  • Divorce and remarriage is not specifically allowed for in the Torah until the book of Deuteronomy.

  • None of the answers provided are correct (except this one)

  • Jesus essentially teaches that the Torah had a prescription for something - divorce and remarriage --which was a sin, namely adultery.

  • Jesus says that the Law "prophesied".

  • Jesus says that he has come to abolish the Law it is no longer valid in the New Covenant.

Explanation

Question 5 of 10

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Which is NOT true?

Select one of the following:

  • None of the answers provided is a correct one (except this one)

  • The Six Antithesis involve hyperbole, which is clear from Jesus' own manner of speaking

  • In the six antithesises Jesus simply shows that how the New Covenant involves tension with rabbinic teaching, not with previous Old Testament precepts.

  • the six antithesises reveal how Jesus' teaching transcends the Torah.

  • The six antithesis reveal, among other things, that righteousness in the New Covenant will be intensified in relationship to what it involved in the Old Testament.

Explanation

Question 6 of 10

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Which is NOT true?

Select one of the following:

  • Some rabbis believed a man could divorce his wife if he found a more attractive woman.

  • None of the answers provided is a correct answer (except this one)

  • The exception clause only occurs in Matthew.

  • Outside the Gospels, nowhere else in the New Testament do we have any teaching regarding what is expected of divorces believers.

  • The dead sea scrolls frowns on the practice of divorce and remarriage.

Explanation

Question 7 of 10

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Good deeds in Judaism were sometimes understood in terms of gaining a credit.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 8 of 10

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According to the lecture, which of the following is echoed in Jesus' teaching at the end of the Sermon on the Mount that those who hear the words and do them will be like someone who builds a house?

Select one of the following:

  • Elijah Traditions

  • Samuel Traditions

  • Noah Traditions

  • Solomon Traditions

  • Joshua Traditions

Explanation

Question 9 of 10

1

According to Benedict XVI, it was Jesus' emphasis on his centrality that disturbed Jewish scholar Jacob Neusner

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 10 of 10

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Which of the following is NOT true about the Lord's Prayer?

Select one of the following:

  • The petition "lead us not into temptation" uses a Greek term (Peirasmos) that is used for "trial", a term linked with Exodus traditions

  • The first petition can be understood as petition of praise.

  • None of the answers provided is correct (except this one)

  • According to the lecture, the term used for "daily" (epiousis) can literally be translated "super-essential" or "super-natural" bread.

  • The language of the kingdom in the Lord's prayer has no connection to Exodus traditions.

Explanation

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