| Question | Answer |
| what does Jesus model in his death? | what it means to live a good life; the cost of living a good life; we can be like Jesus |
| crucifixion is defiant to patriarchy | dies for EVERYONE; shift in the understanding of power; triumph of good over evil |
| crucifixion | tool of coercion ("now you see what happened to him"), brutal form of death |
| who was threatened by Jesus? | Pilate, Romans (threatened by power), Jewish officials (threatened by all are created equal) |
| theme of Jesus' teachings | reign/kingdom of God (Jesus is the bringer of the reign, world would be place of peace and justice,the last shall be first, not so much what you do but who you love) |
| elements of christology that oppress women | 12 disciples (all men), father and son, savior of our sins (being subservient is valued), Jesus' maleness |
| modern self | individualistic |
| modern history | winners deserve to write history |
| modern reason | dualistic |
| modern truth | science= truth |
| postmodern self | live in context where identities are constructed; people have multiple identities |
| postmodern history | never one true story; shaped by writers |
| postmodern reason | depends of situation; contextual relativity |
| postmodern truth | no right way; truth is relative to the community of knowers |
| characteristics of postmodern condition | cultural and intellectual developments that have unsettled modern convictions but have not eradicated them; loss of faith in metanarrative |
| Vanhoozer and Theology | reject definition of neutral; postmodernity is a difficult task |
| greatest challenges that secularization posed for Christianity | culture of suspicion, religious skepticism |
| secularization | process by which the value of the sacred is replaced by secular preoccupations ; religion lost authority over social institutions |
| Kant and Christianity | made christianity more thoughtful and meaningful for a world shaken by skepticism |
| immanuel kant | greatest philosopher of the enlightenment, revolutioned the understanding of knowledge--epistemology |
| effects of the enlightenment | challenge to christianity, decline of religious authority, confident questioning of past traditions, denial that wealthy classes are divinely legitimized, development of new ways to talk about God |
| Ethos of the enlightenment | revolution, freedom, reason, criticism |
| what did the enlightenment influence? | american revolution and french revolution |
| The new testament identifies 2 catalysts that led to the disciples to know about the resurrection | the empty tomb, appearances of the risen christ (sends holy spirit as messenger) |
| Jesus enters a _____ life after the resurrection | new |
| Jesus is not described described as rising... | he is described as been raised |
| What did Jews believe about resurrection? | future event at the end of time; AHISTORICAL EVENT (not historical, but real) |
| To feminists, what does the crucified Jesus embody? | opposite of the patriarchal ideal of the powerful man |
| Jesus' death marked... | the end of his ministry |
| Why is Jesus put to death? | charged with being the messiah/king; the things that Jesus said and did turned authorities against him |
| the coming of the reign | already begun in Jesus, coming now, not yet realized |
| Kingdom/ Reign of God | symbol of bygone era; reflects imperialistic mentality |
| parabole | placing things side by side for the sake of comparison |
| current Jesus researchers fall into 2 categories: | 1. regard Jesus as a prophet of apocalyptic eschatology OR insist that he was not apocalyptic |
| Hermann Reimarus' 2 distinctions about Jesus | difference between what Christian teachings say about Jesus and the way scripture depicts him; difference between what the Bible says about Jesus and who he actually was |
| the enlightenment brought questions of Jesus'... | divinity |
| enlightenment | reached intellectual upheaval within Christianity over the identity of Jesus |
| 4 questions that theologians have concentrated on | what can be know about his life? how is his identity understood? what did he achieve in his life/death? what is his significance in every age? |
| primitive christian community | 125 CE 100,000 followers of Jesus throughout Roman empire |
| point of Christology | focus on the man, Jesus, in order to interpret him in association with God; how Jesus came to be called a messiah |
| what did Jesus say the problem of the church was? | centered around money |
| Jewish economics | most were poor farmers; no manufacturing; jesus was a threat because he said that the poor are rich and God loves the poor |
| essenes | dead seas scrolls; lived near dead sea; ritual purity; celibate; Book of Isaiah; astrology |
| sadducees | small group of wealthy Jews (high priests); religious conservatives; law should be interpreted literally; allies with Romans |
| ritual purity | religious and social notion; determined a person's social and religious standing (clean, righteous, male, rich, healthy=pure) |
| pharisees (parush) | ritual purity, "separated"; largest group of jews in the 1st century; 6000 lived in Jerusalem; plotted against Jesus; remain faithful to the law |
| What do we know about the historical Jesus? | he was a Jewish rabbi, never traveled far, began ministry after baptism by John for 1-3 years |
| josephus | jewish historian; wrote Jewish histories |
| suetonious | expulsion of christians |
| tacitus | writes about burning of Rome; followers of Jesus' fault for burning |
| pliny the younger | letter writer, writes about expansion of christianity |
| Earliest followers of Jesus (Followers of the way) | understood that Jesus was sent by God, God rose Jesus from the dead, he will overcome violence and death |
| political life in Palestine during Jesus' time | Jews were colonized, fearful environment, Temple was under control of the Romans |
| christology | discipline of Christian theology to determine identity of Jesus and universal relevance |
| In order to know something we must.... | experience it, ask questions to understand it, judge it |
| "authority only resides in the Bible" | Luther |
| culture | common thinking, common understanding |
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