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Terms for REL 107: New Testament
You are responsible for learning all the terms in this list as they are used in class or appear in the assigned readings throughout the
semester. Look in the textbook(s) for definitions or explanations. Use also other sources listed in the syllabus as well as resources in the
library or on the Web.
Pay attention to the use of these words in your readings and in class. Never be afraid to ask me or others what a term means (but do the
research yourself first).
N.B.:
Terms in yellow may be on the midterm exam.
In addition, terms in green may be on the final exam.
Last updated 15 April 2016.
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Abba
Abraham
Capernaum
catholic
Catholic Epistles
AD
CE
Adam
agape
Alexander the Great
Alexandria
allegory
Alpha & Omega
amanuensis
amillennialism
anachronism
(the) Annunciation
anthropomorphism
antichrist
Antioch
Antiochus IV Epiphanes
(the) Antitheses
apocalypse
apocalyptic (literature)
apocalyptic(ism)
Apocrypha
apology
apostasy
apostle
Aramaic
asceticism
Asia
Asia Minor
Athens
Augustus
Ave Maria
Babylon
baptism
Barabbas
Barnabas
Cephas
Christ
Christian
christological titles
Christology
church
circumcision
codex
Colossae
Constantine
Corinth
cosmopolitan ethos
cosmopolitanism
covenant
criterion of dissimiliarity
cult
Damascus
Daniel
David
deacon
Dead Sea Scrolls
Delphi
demon
demythologize
deuterocanon(ical)
deutero-Pauline
devil
Diaspora
Diatessaron
disciple
divination
Docetism
dogmatic theology
dualism
Egypt
eisegesis
ekklesia
elder
election
Elijah
Elizabeth
emperor worship
endogamy
Ephesus
Epicureanism
epistle
eschatology
BC
BCE
Beatitudes
beloved disciple
Benedictus
Bethlehem
Bible
biblical theology
bibliolatry
bishop
Caesarea
Cana
Canaan
canon
eschaton
Essenes
etiology
Eucharist
evangelist
exegesis
exile
Exodus
exogamy
exorcism
expiation
faith
Farrer Hypothesis
fulfillment citation
Galilee
Gehenna
genealogy
General Epistles
genre
Gentile
Gethsemane
glossolalia
gnosis
Gnosticism
Gnostics
Golden Rule
Golgotha
Gomorrah
Good Friday
gospel
Gospel
Gospel of Thomas
grace
(the) Great Commission
Greco-Roman (world)
Greece
Griesbach Hypothesis
Hades
Hasmoneans
Hebrew
Hebrew Bible
Hellenism
Hellenist
Hellenistic period
Hellenistic world
Hellenization
heresy
hermeneutical circle
hermeneutics
Herod (the Great)
heterodoxy
high Christology
historical criticism
historical Jesus
Holy of Holies
Holy Spirit
hour of glory
hymn
idol
incarnation
Isaac
Ishmael
Israel
James (“the Lord’s brother”)
Jerome
Jerusalem
Jesus
Jew
Jewish Scriptures
Jewry
Jezebel
Johannine Epistles
John of Patmos
John the Baptist
Jordan River
Joseph
(Flavius) Josephus
Joshua
Judah
Judaism
Judaizers
Judas Iscariot
Judas Maccabeus
Judea
Julius Caesar
justified
justification
justification by faith
kenosis
kerygma
kerygmatic Christ
King James Version
Kingdom of God
Kingdom of Heaven
Koine
L
Last Supper
(the Jewish) Law
Lazarus
lectionary
Levites
lex talionis
literary seam
liturgy
Logos
Lord
Lord’s Prayer
Lord’s Supper
love chapter
low Christology
LXX
M
Maccabees
Macedonia
magi
(the) Magnificat
manumission
manuscript
Marcion
Markan priority
Mary
Mary Magdalene
Mediterranean Sea
Melchizedek
messiah
messianic secret
metaphor
Mishnah
monotheism
Moses
MS
mystery religions
Nag Hammadi
narrative
Nazareth
Nero
Noah
Nunc Dimittis
Octavian
Old Testament
Onesimus
oracles
oral Law
oral tradition
orthodoxy
orthopraxy
pagan
Palestine
papyrus
parable
Paraclete
parenesis
(the) Parousia
Passion
Passover
Pastoral Letters (Epistles)
(the) Pastorals
Paul
Pax Romana
Pentateuch
Pentecost
pericope
Peter
Pharisees
Philemon
Philippi
Philo (of Alexandria)
philosophy
pistis
Plato
Platonism
Pliny
polytheism
Pontius Pilate
postmillennialism
predestination
premillennialism
presbyter
preterism
priest
Prison Letters
prophet
propitiation
proverb
Psalm
pseudonymity
Pseudepigrapha
pure biblical theology
Q
Qumran
rabbi
rapture
realized eschatology
reconciliation
redaction criticism
redactor
redeemer
redemption
repent
resurrection
revelation
righteous(ness)
Rome
Roman Empire
Sabbath
Sadducees
salvation history
Samaria
Samaritans
Sanhedron
Sarah
Satan
Saul (of Tarsus)
savior
scribe
Second Temple
Seleucids
Semites
Septuagint
Sermon on the Mount
Sermon on the Plain
Shema
Sheol
Sicarii
signs
signs source
simile
Simon Peter
(Mount) Sinai
Sitz im Leben
Skepticism
Socrates
Sodom
Son of God
Son of Man
soteriology
soul
Stoicism
synagogue
syncretism
Synoptic Gospels
Synoptic problem
Synoptics
synthetic judgment
tabernacle
Tanak(h)
Talmud
Temple
testament
textual criticism
theology
Theophilus
Thomas
three-storied universe
Timothy
Titus
Titus, emperor
Torah
tradition
Trajan
Transfiguration
true biblical theology
Two-Source Hypothesis
Tyndale, William
undisputed letters
variant reading
Vespasian
Vulgate
Wisdom
works
Wycliffe, John
Zealots
Zechariah
Zeus
(Mount) Zion