2019-new testament-lecture notes week2 Part 2 PDF

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CST130-C New Testament Survey Reminders: Make sure you bring your clicker every time to class Take out your name plate Quiz Day Take notes on your paper copy of your Study Guide during class Final exam on Tues April 23rd 8:00am-9:00am Final exam only covers the second half of the semester You don’t have to show up the first hour of the exam time Next Tuesday will be the LAST class going over unit 12, MUST SHOW UP Please make sure to fill out course evaluations and there is a link in the lancermail

Study Guide Unit 10-11 Prison, Pastoral, & Catholic Epistles Paul wrote 4 letters (Philippians, Ephesians, Colossians, Philemon) while in prison for the gospel These may be from either Rome, Ephesus, Caesarea Philippi: leading city of Macedonia While traveling along the Via Egnatia on his 2MJ, Paul started a church there, which included Lydia and the city jailer The Philippians is a joyful thank you letter from prison that summarizes why Paul writes the letter The Philippians sent support to Paul in jail via Epaphroditus Paul encourages the Philippians to be humble Ephesians may have been a circular letter to more than one church since in Ephesus Ephesians emphasizes unity in Christ for both Gentiles and Jews who have all been “chosen” in Christ Paul delineates a series of household codes Slavery in the Roman Empire WAS NOT RACE BASED Philemon is a short letter from Paul regarding a runaway slave named Onesimus Philemon seems to be the slave owner and Paul is asking for Onesimus to be forgiven The Catholic Epistles are the 7 letters of James, Peter, and more Hebrews is more like a sermon that ends likes a letter and is anonymous Probably written around AD 50-90 It was safe to be Jewish in the Roman Empire It was not safe to be Christian in the Roman Empire Identify with Christ even if it means to suffer Hebrews emphasizes how the new covenant in Christ is greater than the old covenant which was merely a shadow Hebrew asserts that Jesus is greater than the OT prophets, angels, Moses, Levitical priests, and Jewish sacrifices Jesus is described as both divine and human Christ is the son

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Hebrews makes stern warnings against apostasy James is one of the brothers of Jesus Genre of James is more like wisdom material James is often compared/contrast to Paul...