NBST 640 Quiz 4
NBST 640 Quiz 4 NT Canon, Authorship, and Early Christology
- What New Testament passages read Isaiah 40–55 to denote high Christology?
- 1 Corinthians 8:6 is significant for high Christology in how it appropriates which Old Testament passage?
- According to Kruger, there was a unity on the boundaries of the New Testament canon by the first half of the second century.
- According to Kruger, earliest Christianity was not largely illiterate.
- According to Bauckham, first-century Judaism was concerned with “what God is” over “who God is.”
- Several factors make the hallucination explanation for the appearances of the risen Jesus unreasonable. Identify the one which was not given in your reading:
- The signs that the New Testament authors were aware of their own authority include the following, except:
- In the first century, women were not viewed as reliable witnesses in court.
- According to Bauckham, angels in the Second Temple literature regularly sit with God on his heavenly throne but did not rule with him.
- According to Bauckham, the monotheism of Second Temple Judaism was “strict.”
- The Old Testament passage to which the New Testament most often alludes is:
- The following support the idea that the early Christians were favorable to written documents except:
- According to Bauckham, in Second Temple Judaism the Word and Wisdom of God took part in creation.
- According to Kruger, early Christians were averse to orality.
- According to Kruger, the early Christian writings imply that the apostles had the very authority of Christ himself.
- According to Bauckham, for Second Temple Judaism, God created alone, with no assistant, helper, or servants.
- Sources that point to a recognition of the New Testament books as Scripture at a date earlier than is often given include all except:
- According to Kruger, there were ingredients in early Christianity that led to a canon. These ingredients include all except:
- According to Bauckham, God is set apart in Second Temple Jewish literature by his identity as being Ruler of all things and his Knowledge of all things.
- Jews were expecting an individual to be resurrected in the middle of history but just did not believe Jesus rose from the dead.
- In your own words, summarize and explain Richard Bauckham’s articulation of early Christology.