Deck 16: The Suffering Servant-1 Peter

Question 1

The term Ebionite is a term literally meaning "the poor" and is used as a reference to a small but important sect of Jewish Christians who seem to have had issues with Paul and his Gospel and also had a low Christology, believing that Jesus was not part of the Godhead

Answer 1

True

Question 2

1 Peter is the only New Testament document that systematically addresses the issue of Christians' being resident aliens within the macro-structures of the larger society.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

1 Peter was intended for the Pauline churches.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

The mention of Pontus and Cappadocia in 1 Peter 1:1 (cf. Acts 2:9) suggests that Peter "followed up" on his initial success with the Diaspora Jews at Pentecost by literally following his converts to their home regions and building on those social networks.

Question 5

The literary and rhetorical level of 1 Peter is more likely due to Silvanus than to Peter himself.

Question 6

According to your textbook, Simon may have been the first person to have the nickname "Peter," which later became a proper name.

Question 7

According to your textbook, no book in the New Testament offers a richer and more developed understanding of Christian suffering than 1 Peter.

Question 8

Jewish Christians did not continue to exist in community after the first century.

Question 9

1 Peter addresses the issue of divine foreknowledge.

Question 10

1 Peter states that it was written from . . .

A) Rome.
B) Babylon.
C) Jerusalem.
D) Antioch.

Question 11

In all likelihood, Peter uses "Babylon" as a code word for . . .

A) Rome.
B) Alexandria.
C) pride.
D) sin.

Question 12

According to your textbook, 1 Peter is primarily a . . .

A) robust appeal for unity in the body of Christ.
B) commentary on the Law of Moses.
C) defense of Christ's resurrection.
D) reflection on suffering for Christ.

Question 13

About how many Jews were part of the population in the provinces listed at the beginning of 1 Peter (Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, Bithynia) in the first and second centuries of the common era?

A) 200,000
B) 300,000
C) 4 million
D) 5 million

Question 14

What were the two major streams of early Christian life?

A) Palestinian and Diaspora
B) male and female
C) Jewish and Gentile
D) legalists and antinomians

Question 15

What is the Greek term for adherents of Christ or those belonging to Chrust.

A) Ebionites
B) Christianos
C) Christians
D) Christos

Question 16

As applied to a group of letters, the term "Catholic" means . . .

A) authoritative, inspired.
B) traditional, accepted.
C) ecclesiastical.
D) general, universal.

Question 17

When was 1 Peter written?

A) A.D. 40s
B) A.D. 55
C) A.D. mid 60s
D) A.D. 90

Question 18

The letters in the last part of the New Testament are called "Catholic" because . . .

A) they came to be especially cherished by the Roman Catholic church.
B) for the most part they are not addressed to a single locality.
C) they are addressed mostly to an individual.
D) they emphasize the doctrine of the church.

Question 19

The probable carrier of 1 Peter was . . .

A) Demetrius.
B) Tertius.
C) Diotrephes.
D) Silvanus.

Question 20

The territories listed in the greeting of 1 Peter are in the general geographic area of . . .

A) Macedonia.
B) Achaia.
C) Asia Minor.
D) Syria.

Question 21

The "resident alien" language of 1 Peter . . .

A) should be understood in a spiritual sense.
B) should be understood in a sociological sense.
C) both a and b
D) neither a nor b

Question 22

1 Peter's language of "resident aliens" probably refers to .

A) Jews.
B) Jewish Christians.
C) Jews of Pharisaic descent.
D) Gentiles.

Question 23

When your author suggests that Jude has something of a completionist reading of the earlier history of Israel, he means . . .

A) Israel completed the commission God gave to Adam.
B) Israel completed her mission.
C) Christ completed Israel's commission.
D) Jew and Gentile united in Christ is the continuation of God's people Israel.

Question 24

The audience of Jude is experiencing . . .

A) verbal abuse but not physical abuse or legal action.
B) physical torture for their faith.
C) martyrdoms for their faith.
D) a revival through the healing ministry of Jude.

Question 25

In early Christianity, Jewish Christians and Gentile Christians . . .

A) were in separate social networks.
B) were intermingled in just about every church.
C) viewed each other as heterodox.
D) were virtually indistinguishable.

Question 26

The term "encyclical" refers to . . .

A) an event that recurs in regular time intervals.
B) a specific instance of fallacious logic in which the speaker begins by assuming what she or he is trying to prove.
C) a jeweled ornamental band around a tiara.
D) a letter written for several audiences.
E) none of the above

Question 27

Which of the following is likely NOT true: The apostle Peter was . . .

A) married.
B) from Bethsaida.
C) a fisherman by trade.
D) the spokesman for the twelve.
E) the first bishop of Rome.

Question 28

Where did Peter's memoirs end up?

A) St. Peter's Basilica in Rome
B) St. Catherine's monastery in Egypt
C) a deserted warehouse on the outskirts of town
D) the Gospel of Mark.

Question 29

The apostle Peter was . . .

A) the apostle of all Christians everywhere.
B) the founder of the church in Rome.
C) the most important of all the disciples of Jesus.
D) never married.

Question 30

Peter was primarily an apostle to . . .

A) Jews.
B) Greeks.
C) Gentiles.
D) Samaritans.

Question 31

When did the first persecution of Christians at the hands of the Roman government occur?

A) immediately after Pilate had Jesus crucified
B) after the Maccabean revolt against Rome
C) when Nero falsely accused Christians of starting the fire that leveled Rome
D) during World War II

Question 32

Identify the geographical and social location of the audience of 1 Peter, and show how this homily addressed the issues they faced.

Question 33

What is the internal evidence in 1 Peter that the audience is Hellenized Jews, and what passages in 1 Peter have caused some to suggest a more Gentile audience?

Question 34

How do you explain the Asiatic style of Greek and rhetoric coming from the pen of the apostle Peter?

Question 35

What internal evidence suggests that the apostle Peter was the author of the document that bears his name?