Deck 10: Paul the Letter Writer Part One: The Earlier Letters

Question 1

Paul had a minimal amount of education.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Paul was a new convert when he wrote his letters.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

1 and 2 Corinthians were Paul's first letters.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

Galatians was written in response to false teaching taught by Paul's opponents, the Judaizers.

Question 5

According to your textbook, the idea that in 1 Thessalonians 4:13-5:11 Paul is referring to a rapture of the faithful out of this world and into heaven so that they might avoid the final tribulation on earth is foreign to the context of 1 Thessalonians and foreign to Paul's meaning.

Question 6

The earliest of Paul's known letters was written about how soon after his conversion?

A) 1-2 months
B) 2-3 years
C) 5-6 years
D) 10-15 years

Question 7

Paul's epistles for the most part were . . .

A) careful, thoughtful responses of a seasoned apostle.
B) sudden, "knee-jerk" reactions to specific problems in the church.
C) cast in the genre of ancient poetry.
D) written to a single individual.

Question 8

Into which of the following categories does your author place Galatians?

A) progress-oriented
B) problem-solving
C) inflammatory
D) commendatory

Question 9

Paul's opponents in Galatia were the . . .

A) Galatians themselves.
B) Judaizers.
C) Jerusalem apostles.
D) Roman officials of that region.

Question 10

The term that identifies Jewish Christians who believed that followers of Jesus of whatever ethnic background had to be circumcised and keep the entire Mosaic Law in order to be full-fledged Christians is . . .

A) nomists.
B) antinomians.
C) infralapsarians.
D) Judaizers.

Question 11

What type of rhetoric characterizes Paul's epistle to the Galatians?

A) forensic
B) deliberative
C) epideictic
D) polemical

Question 12

When Paul said, "It is for freedom that Christ has set us free," he meant freedom . . .

A) from the Mosaic Law.
B) from bondage to sin.
C) Both of the above
D) None of the above

Question 13

1 Thessalonians is primarily what type of rhetoric?

A) forensic
B) epideictic
C) Deliberative
D) Quintillion

Question 14

What cultural value does your author note as a highly significant danger surrounding Paul's stern commands to the Thessalonian believers to engage in gainful work?

A) limited resources
B) reciprocity
C) honor-shame
D) past-orientation

Question 15

Paul discouraged lower- or middle-class believers from attaching themselves to a patron because . . .

A) it was humiliating personally.
B) it was humiliating on Christ.
C) Christ alone is their Patron.
D) it led to ethical compromise.

Question 16

Witherington argues that when Paul refers to the Law of Christ he means . . .

A) portions of the Old Testament Law reaffirmed by Christ.
B) the new teaching of Christ.
C) some apostolic teaching.
D) All of the above

Question 17

When Paul says his old self was crucified with Christ on Golgotha, he means . . .

A) only the sinful part of his old self.
B) his spiritual nature.
C) his whole old self - even the Pharisaic-Law-keeping self that at one time had led to his advancing in Judaism.
D) None of the above

Question 18

Which of the following is NOT true about the Mosaic law?

A) It was intended to be temporary.
B) It incited sin.
C) It was rendered obsolete by the coming of Christ.
D) It was defective.

Question 19

Witherington states that for Paul the tension in the Christian life is . . .

A) old self versus new self.
B) flesh versus Spirit.
C) Both a. and. b.
D) None of the above

Question 20

1 Thessalonians was written . . .

A) to urge the Thessalonians to realize that their fellow believers have not died in vain and will be included in the final resurrection.
B) to help the audience to live in hope until the Lord returns.
C) to encourage the audience to work.
D) Both a and b

Question 21

What type of language does Paul use in 1 Thess. 4:13-5:11 which talks about meeting the Lord in the air with both the dead in Christ and the living going forth to meet and greet the Lord as he returns?

A) Language of the rapture
B) Language of a royal visit
C) Kingship language
D) Patriarchal language

Question 22

What type of city was Thessalonica?

A) A walled city
B) A remote city
C) A rural city
D) All of the above

Question 23

The main focus in 2 Thessalonians relates to the concept of . . .

A) work.
B) money.
C) the rapture.
D) holiness.

Question 24

Why did Paul at times refuse financial support for his ministry endeavors?

A) Paul thought ministers should work for free or very little.
B) Paul did not want to become part of a patron client relationship involving himself in a reciprocity cycle.
C) Paul did not want his travel and ability to offer the Gospel free of charge to be restricted.
D) Both b. and c.

Question 25

What does Paul describe himself as when he refers to his relationship between himself and his converts?

A) A mother
B) A midwife or nurse
C) A king
D) Both a and b

Question 26

What was Paul's view of the Mosaic Law after his conversion? Explain the difference between a covenant and the laws within a covenant.

Question 27

What is Paul combating in Galatians?

Question 28

What prompts the writing of 1 and 2 Thessalonians?