Review Question Set #3

1. Who were the three Old Testament patriarchs? (Please list them in chronological order.)

2. Who was sold into slavery in Egypt by his eleven brothers?

3. Who led the Jewish people out of Egypt to God's mountain?

4. Who led the Jewish people across the Jordan and into the Promised Land?

5. Who were the charismatic leaders who rallied the Twelve Tribes of Israel during the period of the Tribal Confederacy and challenged them to greater fidelity to God's law?

6. Who were the three kings who ruled over the whole of the united Jewish kingdom? (Please list them in chronological order.)

7. After the death of Solomon, the united Jewish kingdom split into two.  The nation to the north was known as what?  The nation to the south, in the territory around Jerusalem, was known as what?

8. By whom was this northern kingdom conquered and enslaved?

9. By whom was the southern kingdom conquered and sent into exile?

10. About how long was this exile of the southern kingdom?

11. Whose edict liberated the Jewish people from their exile and allowed them to return to their homeland?

12. Who was the famous governor of Jerusalem who, having returned from exile, attempted to rebuild the Temple and the walls of the city?

13. Who was the famous High Priest who spear-headed a major religious reform in Palestine among the returning exiles?

14. Who was the pupil of Aristotle who conquered the Persian Empire and made it his own?

15. Who was the Seleucid emperor who attempted to force the Jewish people to sacrifice to the Greek gods and violate the Jewish dietary laws?

16. Who were the Jewish leaders who led the revolt against the Seleucids?

17. Who was the Roman general who annexed the area of Palestine?

18. Who was the Jewish king over this territory when Jesus of Nazareth was born?

19. What are the four large categories into which we divided the books of the Old Testament?  What is the order of these broad categories in the Old Testament?  Which comes before which?  (Please be able to name all of the books of the Pentateuch, and at least three of the historical books, three of the books of the Wisdom literature, and at least five of the prophets.)

20. What part of the Old Testament history we reviewed in class is covered in I-II Samuel, I-II Kings, and I-II Chronicles?

21. During which period of Old Testament history did the prophets Amos, Hosea, and Jeremiah live?

22. After the death of King Herod in 4 B.C., his kingdom was divided up among his three sons.  List them.  Which son of Herod the Great was deposed and replaced by a Roman procurator?  Who was the Roman procurator when Jesus was crucified?

23. What was the name of the council of elders in Jerusalem under the direction of the chief priest of the Temple?

24. Jesus's verbal teaching seems to have involved in large part the use of various ____________ by which He attempted to communicate the character of that concept which was central to his preaching:  namely, ____________________.

25. Who was the "apostle to the gentiles" who preached the Gospel in Asia Minor, Greece, and finally at Rome?

26. Prescinding for a moment from anything described in the Book of Revelation and apart from prophecies about the destruction of the Temple, what is the last event described in the New Testament?

27. In class, I suggested that the early Church wanted to maintain two points that have often seemed to many people throughout history to be polar opposities:  namely, that Christ was both fully God and fully man.  A number of questions arose in the early Church about this person Jesus.  First, if Jesus is divine, what is the relationship between Him and Yahweh, the one God of the Old Testament?  What, in other words, is the relationship between God the Father and Jesus, the "Son of God"?  What was the word for this relationship that arose at the Council of Nicea in 325 A.D.?

28. Are the Son and the Father just two "manifestations" or "projections" of one person?  What is the formula we use to describe the Trinity?

29. If we say that Jesus is "fully God" and "fully man," does that mean Jesus is two people?  When we point at Him, should we say: "There they go"?  What is the formula we use to describe the Incarnate Word?

30. In class, I described the Triune God as a "perfect unity in diversity, perfect diversity in unity."  Explain.

31. Why is it difficult for us to conceive of God as triune?  (I suggested two reasons in class:  one was drawn from C. S. Lewis's book Mere Christianity;  the other had to do with the way we often perceive relationships.)

32. According to the Second Vatican Council, through Christ, we can "share in the divine nature."  Explain what this means.

33. How does a full understanding of the doctrine of the Trinity help to supplement views of our Redemption that focus solely on the forgiveness of sin?