The Rise of Christianity

Israel:

Hope in a Messiah:

Jesus of Nazareth:

Reputation:

Claims:

Palm Sunday and significance of Palm Branches:

Expectation of what Jesus would do to Roman Empire:

Last Supper:

Began what Christian tradition:

Judas Iscariot:

Betrays and identifies Jesus with a:

What Peter says he will never do:

What violent act Peter does in defense of Jesus:

What Peter does three times:

Pontius Pilate:

Cat o nine tails:

Word that comes from describing someone going through the process of crucifixion:

INRI:

What was the crime he committed?

What is one of the earliest and best attested facts about Jesus:

Followers originally:

Expect for what male follower:

What different types of people made up his followers?

What type of people stayed to the end with Jesus:

What archeological evidence is there to crucifixion?

Reports quickly circulated:

First witnesses to empty tomb:

Women at this time were considered:

There were many others who had claimed to be the “Messiah” before and after Jesus but none of these people had a claim that they had:

Doubting Thomas:

Thomas’ response to Jesus:

Skeptical family members like:

Jesus family thought he was:

N.T. Wright thinks this about “resurrection”:

John Dominic Crossan’s view on the “resurrection”:

Richard Bauckham’s view:

Saul Paul:

What he did to early Christians:

On the Road to Damascus allegedly he heard the voice of:

Later he Wrote much of the:

Wrote in this language:

How did he use the Pax Romana (the era of Roman Peace):

Christians in the Coliseum (examples of persecution):

Christians in Tar:

What Christians refused to say about Caesar:

In the year 70 CE:

Herod’s Temple:

Today it is called Temple Mount, only today the building there is:

Some Jews want to build here:

Masada:

What the Romans built there:

To celebrate the Romans made:

Diaspora:

Role of Christians:

The Jewish religion and Christian religion:

Early Christians:

Constantine’s Conversion, what caused it and what it resulted in:

Early Christians produced:

Second greatest collection of manuscripts of an ancient work are the works of:

Time from when Herodotus wrote his book Historyto when we have a physical copy:

Number of ancient copies:

Time from when Plato wrote his book to when we have a physical copy:

Number of ancient copies:

Time from New Testament written to when we have a fragment of a book: ±

Number of ancient Greek copies:

Number of copies in Latin:

Quotations of the NT from the Church Fathers:

What you could do with these quotations if all NT manuscripts were destroyed:

How many Textual Variants:

Percent identical?

The vast majority of these differences are so:

Are there other “lost Gospels” that speak meaningfully about the historical life of Jesus?:

The Four New Testament Gospels are the earliest:

Alexamenos Worshipping God, Significance of artwork:

Alexamenos graffito: c. 200 CE, Αλεξαμενος ϲεβετε θεον, “"Alexamenos worships [his] God".