NBST 621 Quiz 1
NBST 621 Quiz 1: Introduction to Hebrews and the Superiority of God’s Final Revelation
- Which of the following have NOT been offered as possible authors of Hebrew?
- Which of the following is NOT true of the original recipients of the letter to the Hebrews according to our textbooks?
- According to Cockerill, which of the following early church leaders in the west acknowledged Hebrews as apostolic and canonical, though not necessarily Pauline?
- According to Allen and Cockerill, which Greek word is used in Hebrews 1:3 to refer to Jesus as the “exact representation” of the very being or nature of God?
- Which of the following may NOT be characterized as the attitude of the author of Hebrews towards the Old Testament Scripture?
- Although Hebrews is most often referred to as a letter, in all likelihood it represents which of the following?
- Hebrews is the only New Testament book to refer explicitly to Jesus as:
- In 1:2b–4, the author lists several things about Jesus that make him superior to the Old Testament prophets/covenant. Which of the following items are true of this portrayal of Jesus?
- Cockerill claims that Hebrews 1:1-4 extablishes the author’s basic premise:
- Which of the following church fathers stated, “But who wrote the epistle, in truth, only God knows.”
- Cockerill understands Hebrews 2:1-4 to be the author’s attempt to differentiate between what two things?
- Allen agrees with Lane that the main argument/purpose of Hebrews lies in the hortatory sections of the book, having to do with “the necessity of pressing on to maturity in the midst of difficulty.”
- According to Allen, the expression “man”/”Son of Man” in Psalm 8:4-6, which is cited in Hebrews 2:6-8, was not likely intended by the author in a directly Messianic sense.
- The identity of the author of Hebrews can be determined with certainty.
- Allen argues that in the expression “brings his firstborn into the world” in 1:6, the Greek word “Oikoumenē” speaks of Christ’s entrance into the world at the incarnation.
- Cockerill states that Hebrews 2:11 refers to Jesus’ willingness to identify with the readers by assuming their humanity with its suffering and death.
- According to Wright, the Greek word character in Hebrews 1:3 was widely used to mean the accurate impression made by the stamp on a coin.
- Cockerill understands that the suffering of Jesus depicted in Hebrews 2 refers to the means to Jesus’ exaltation as the all- sufficient Savior.
- Allen argues very strongly for a Lukan authorship of Hebrews and Antioch as the proposed destination of the letter.
- According to Cockerill, Hebrews was evidently accepted as canonical at an early date by the church leaders in the west.
- Allen believes that Hebrews is the only truly anonymous letter in the New Testament.
- According to Cockerill, the “last days” in Hebrews 1:1-4 refer to the time of the great tribulation.
- Some of the letter’s original readers were apparently wavering in their commitment to Christ when Hebrews was written.
- A major theme of the Epistle to the Hebrews is that of the absolute supremacy of Christ—a supremacy that allows no challenge, whether from human or angelic beings.
- According to Cockerill, the reference in Hebrews 2:10 to the perfecting of Jesus has to do with perfecting both His divine and human natures.
- The writing of Hebrews can conclusively be dated to a time after the destruction of the Jewish Temple in Jerusalem.
- Wright sees Hebrews 2:17-18 as the earliest statement of the great principle of Jesus’ high priesthood in Hebrews.
- In the phrase, “for if the word spoken by angels” in Hebrews 2:2, “word” refers to the New Testament revelation.
- Hebrews was written to non-Christian Jews in an attempt to get them to convert.
- Cockerill supports Apollos as the possible author of Hebrews.