RS400: Into to the NT Final Examination Study Sheet Some things to know: This exam will run for

r 3 hours. Arrive on time. The exam will be designed to take 2 hours, but you will be able to write for the full time. If you are a student who requires special accommodations, please let Professor Denzey Lewis know beforehand to make alternative arrangements. Bring something reliable to write with and a backup (a pencil and eraser is recommended, but pen is fine); you will be provided the exam sheets and exam booklets. No study aids (notes, note cards, etc.) will be allowed. Make sure your cell phones are off, your minds are full, and your bladders are empty. The exam will emphasize material from the second half of the course (although material from the entire semester is still fair game!). Questions that appeared on your quizzes and midterm will not reappear in those original forms on this exam but, that said, you may be called upon to discuss important subjects and issues that were addressed in some measure in those other assignments. You will need your Bibles or Ehrman reader for the essay portion of the exam.

Exam Format:
Section one (5%) will be a map. You will be asked to locate both cities and regions. The substance and form of the map will come from the The Roman Province of Galatia in the Midst of Asia Minor map in your Ehrman text books. (pg. 340 in the fourth edition) Section two (20%): You will be asked to define and identify five (5) terms or names from this course out of a choice of 7 or 8 given terms. These terms or names will be cut from the lecture outlines from class and, to a lesser extent, from the Ehrman chapters you were assigned. Heres a list to get you started, but there may be others: Didache Polycarp Scriptua Continuo insula Essenes Mithras Matthian priority Thecla Diatesseron Nag Hammadi Q Constantine the Great gnosis Infancy Gospel of Thomas Josephus Christology kerygma Pax Romana glossolalia Marcion John of Patmos Codex Sinaiticus gematria Shekinah Seneca Ebionites apostasy proleptic 1 Clement Trajan passion narrative Pastorals codex Valentinus parabolic Christology circumcision

Montanists Eschatology Deutero-Pauline Epistles Diaspora Synagogue

Synagogue of Satan asceticism Book of Acts passion narratives Pseudepigrapha

docetism Jerusalem Council Cynics Samaritans sayings source

For each of the terms, please be prepared to give at least 3-4 solid points of identification, so, for instance: Q: A source thought to have been used by both Matthew and Luke for the stories they share that are not found in Mark From the German word Quelle meaning source The document itself is not extant, however it has been reconstructed by scholars on the basis of Matthew and Luke

You may use point form for your answers. Other notes on the identifications section: 1. Spelling counts, so get it right, or we will mark it wrong. 2. Be as specific as you can; we are looking for names, dates, and places here. Give us the three or four most important points about each. 3. These are good things to study in groups; get together with others and compare notes, then formulate and share complete (and accurate!) answers. 4. Be thoughtful with your answers by making sure they are thorough and logical. Section three (25%) will consist of brief questions for which you will provide short answers. You may be concise, but be sure to provide the key information. Spelling counts here, too. The questions will be based on the lectures. Each question may be worth 1-4 points, depending on the level of detail you are asked to provide. Section four (50%) will ask you to write brief essays on a theme (see possible examples below). You will have a choice of essay questions. Note that this section is worth the most points, so you may want to start with this and then move backwards through the exam, to make sure you have enough time. You should expect to spend at least 75 minutes on this section. We will grade what we see, providing partial grades for unfinished essays. These essays should be based primarily on your knowledge from lectures combined with your understanding of primary and secondary source readings; invoke these readings often to show that you not only read them, you mastered them. Extra points will be provided for specificity and detail, but the point of the essay, again, is to show that you understood the sources and have been diligent about your lecture attendance and your reading.

For the essays, we suggest you prepare for the following themes (but, again, this list is not exhaustive): Issues of historical accuracy and historicity in the New Testament materials Martyrdom and persecution Christianization and its success (proponents and opponents) The Roman Empire conversion the New Testament (formation, influence, etc.) apostolicity Women and authority Community and fragmentation in both Christianity and Judaism

You are also responsible for knowing the essential outlines of all the primary source readings linked through the course website. To study them for an exam, you should be familiar with their authors, their dates of composition, their relevance for the themes above, and their genre. Finally, you are responsible for knowing the essential outlines of the secondary source readings as well. To study them for an exam, you should be familiar with their relevance to the themes of the course, and with the central arguments and methods of their authors (in this case, primarily Ehrman).

Best of luck!