QUESTIONS:
1. What are the Dimensions of Religion? Why are the Dimensions of Religion helpful in studying religion?
2. What was God’s promise to Abraham? What is the significance of these promises to the salvation history of the Jewish people?
3. What was the impact of the Babylonian Exile and, later, the return from Exile on the people of Judah? How does this theme of exile permeate Jewish history?
4. What comprises the Jewish scriptures? How did these scriptures develop? Why is this significant to the study of Christianity?
5. Compare and contrast the Sadducees, Pharisees, and Essenes in terms of their beliefs about the Temple, Torah, and messiah. Why are these groups significant to the study of Christianity?
6. What is the synoptic problem and how does the Two-Source Hypothesis provide a possible solution to this problem? Why is this significant to the study of Christianity?
7. What is Christology? Briefly describe how each of the four (4) gospels provide a somewhat different portrait of Jesus/Christology. Why is this significant to the study of Christianity?
8. In what ways did Constantine affect the development of the Christian tradition? What are some positive and negative aspects of Constantine’s rule?
9. What is an ecumenical council? Briefly describe the key events at the Council of Nicea; the Council of Chalcedon? Why are the councils important in terms of church history and the eventual break with the Eastern church?
10. What were the conditions that led Augustine to compose On the City of God? What are some contemporary parallels of Augustine’s work?
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