According to the lecture, how do the three prescriptions in the Sermon on the Mount relate to the three-fold concupiscence?
ALMSGiVING :
Answer
Lust of the eyes
Prayer
Lust of the flesh
Question 2
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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
Answer
Lust of the eyes
Prayer
Lust of the flesh
Question 3
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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
Answer
Lust of the eyes
Prayer
Lust of the flesh
Question 4
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Which of the following is NOT true?
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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Jesus says that he has come to abolish the Law it is no longer valid in the New Covenant.
Question 5
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Which is NOT true?
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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.
Question 6
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Which is NOT true?
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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.
Question 7
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Good deeds in Judaism were sometimes understood in terms of gaining a credit.
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True
False
Question 8
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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?
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Elijah Traditions
Samuel Traditions
Noah Traditions
Solomon Traditions
Joshua Traditions
Question 9
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According to Benedict XVI, it was Jesus' emphasis on his centrality that disturbed Jewish scholar Jacob Neusner
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True
False
Question 10
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Which of the following is NOT true about the Lord's Prayer?
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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.