Sophomore Test: Sept. 30, 2008

** REFER TO PAGE 2 of the provided packet of notes ("Introduction to the New Testament/Notes"). That is the study guide for the test. The following study guide will also HELP in your preparations:

- Difference between Disciple & Apostle
- "Jesus' Public Life Terminates with:"
- Apostles leave Jerusalem and scatter throughout Mediterranean world

- Christian Writings & Their Acceptance:
* Geographical Proximity
* Chronological Proximity
* An early return of Christ
[Be able to explain what these mean and give an example]

- Criteria / Standards for Accepting Christian Writings as Sacred Scripture:
* First, apostolic authorship/origin
* Second, addressed to a particular community
* Third, conformity with beliefs of the faith
* Fourth, continuous use of a writing in worship services

DATES in relationship to scripture:
- 200 AD
- 400 AD
- 1546 [Council of Trent]; Jesuits important here

KNOW the following Non-Christian Historians/Writers:
- Flavius Josephus
- Suetonius
- Tacitus
- Pliny the Younger
(This info. is in your notes, accept for Suetonius - please find further information on pages 31-32 of your textbook).

** Be able to identify a passage from one of the historians/writers mentioned above.
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Hellenism
- Be able to define Hellenism (according to the provided photo-copied chapter)
- Be able to explain Hellenization
- Be able to explain Religious Pluralism in light of Hellenism & the Christian expansion throughout the Mediterranean World