Deck 18: General Letters on Faith and Behavior

Question 1

The authorship of Hebrews is uncertain.Scholars have speculated about it being authored by

A)Mark,Alexander,or Phyllis.
B)John,Simon,Bartholomew,or Timothy.
C)Paul,Priscilla,Barnabas,or Apollos.
D)Habakkuk,Titus,or Peter.

Answer 1

C

Question 2

The author of Hebrews is the only New Testament writer to define

A)eschaton.
B)perseverance.
C)sacrament.
D)faith.

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Apostasy is

A)the act of abandoning or rejecting a previously held religious belief.
B)the commissioning of a disciple as an apostle.
C)a terse and memorable manner of speaking.
D)a form of literature in which the author defends his/her particular world view.

Answer 3

A

Question 4

According to James,what one believes and has faith in is evidenced by

A)the amount of money one earns.
B)what one says.
C)the amount of time spent in prayer.
D)what one does.

Question 5

Which author is alone among New Testament writers in attempting to show how Christ's sacrificial death links the two opposing realms of perishable matter and eternal spirit?

A)the author of Hebrews
B)the author of 1 John
C)Paul
D)the author of Jude

Question 6

The epistles differ from Paul's "genuine" letters in that they are addressed to individual congregations.

Question 7

According to James,which organ in the human body is both an instrument for divine praise and of destructive gossip?

A)the tongue
B)the brain
C)the hands
D)the skin

Question 8

All the epistles are attributed to

A)Priscilla.
B)Paul.
C)John,who was exiled on the island of Patmos.
D)the prominent leaders of the original Jerusalem church.

Question 9

According to James,what produces peace and harmony?

A)true faith
B)a Christian government
C)compassion and empathy
D)true wisdom

Question 10

All the rituals,sacrifices,and correct behavior taught in the Torah,and even the architecture (the Tabernacle,Herod's Temple,etc.),are considered shadows or copies of what?

A)the "real" versions in Jerusalem
B)the first set of "chosen people" who evolved on Venus a millennia before
C)the heavenly reality
D)the condition of people's souls

Question 11

After Titus destroyed Jerusalem in 70 CE,Christians used the code name "Babylon" (see 1 Peter and Revelation)to refer to

A)Damascus.
B)Troy.
C)Rome.
D)Ur (of the Chaldeans).

Question 12

What form of writing is Paul known for?

A)letters directed to individual congregations
B)apocalyptic
C)poetic
D)general and instructive letters directed to the Christian community as a whole

Question 13

Expiation means

A)to forcibly expel an "unclean" substance from the mouth.
B)appeasement of divine wrath.
C)the process of perfecting the soul.
D)to be expelled from the church.

Question 14

Who is the only New Testament writer to go beyond the Hebrew Bible and quote directly from the Pseudepigrapha?

A)Jude
B)Peter
C)Paul
D)Simon

Question 15

The catholic epistles are so named because they must never be translated out of the Latin.

Question 16

The Torah required a priest to offer animal sacrifices to atone for the people's sin.According to Hebrews,Jesus is both the priest and the sacrifice.It is argued in Hebrews that this both fulfills the Torah's requirements and

A)ends the need for any more sacrifices.
B)ends the need for priests.
C)ends life as we know it.
D)ends suffering for all believers.

Question 17

Which of the catholic epistles criticizes Jewish-Christian groups within the church-wealthy Christians who snub poorer ones,fail to share material possessions,engage in worldly competition,and even exploit fellow believers of the laboring class?

A)Jude
B)1 Peter
C)Hebrews
D)James

Question 18

Of the three missives ascribed to John,the first is a sermon,the second is a letter of warning to a specific group,and the third is a private note.

Question 19

Seven of the eight canonical writings situated between the book of Hebrews and Revelation in the New Testament are known as

A)the apocrypha.
B)the Gospels.
C)the "good news."
D)the catholic epistles.

Question 20

2 Peter (probably the last-written book in the canon)reaffirms Christianity's apocalyptic vision that however long the Parousia is delayed,Christians must live as if

A)they would get their just desserts in heaven.
B)they knew the exact date and time of Jesus' return,in order to keep the world from oppressing them.
C)the Parousia didn't matter (they were expected to work to build the kingdom-to-come on their own initiative).
D)Jesus will return at any moment.

Question 21

Although containing only thirteen verses,2 John is a true letter.

Question 22

The book of James is classified as apocalyptic literature.

Question 23

Faith,according to Hebrews,is a hopeful confidence that the unseen universe really exists and that it is the source of the physical cosmos.

Question 24

The Gnostic view held that salvation is not only for a spiritual elite who have attained a higher spiritual knowledge of heavenly truths,but for anyone willing to confess of their sinful life.

Question 25

The theological importance of 2 Peter lies in the author's attempt to explain why God allows evil to continue and to reassert the belief in a close Parousia.

Question 26

Readers of the Johannine letters,with their exhortations to express love interspersed with scorching denunciations of former fellow Christians,may come away with mixed feelings.

Question 27

1 Peter recommends that when a Christian is suffering unjustly,he or she must call upon the Holy Spirit to smite the oppressor.

Question 28

The Book of Jude is written in a kind of rhetorical style known as invective.

Question 29

James was known to his fellow Israelites as "James the Righteous" and had a high reputation with Christians.