2)
a)What percent of the assigned reading did you finish? ______
b)What percent of the assigned reading did you finish on time? _______c)If you had to give yourself a grade for this class, what would you give? ______d) What stands out from class learnings so far? What will you remember ten years from now?
3)Make three statements about the Kingdom from class material/textbooks. Explain one in depth (Upside Down Book, pp 16-20 and class posts...search "Kingdom" in the search bar).
4)Five content questions from The Upside Down Kingdom chapter 3:
a)From p. 53 and 68, explain what Kraybill means by the parachute analogy
b):Pick one: "The ______________ was the centerpiece of Jewish faith":
- i)Torah
- ii)temple
- iii)Wittenberg Door
- iv)synagogue
- v)rabbi
c):The watershed dividing the Pharisees and Sadducees
was _______________________.
d) Pick the true statement:
- i) The Sadducees represented the conservative element: the Pharisees the more progressive element
- ii) The Sadducees represented the progressive element: the Pharisees
- the more conservative element
- iii) The Sadducees and Pharisees were both progressive
- iv) The Sadducees and Pharisees were both conservative
- v) All freshmen are Sadducees
e)Which parties were expecting a Messiah who would rout out the Romans? Pick one:
- i)Pharisees only
- ii)Pharisees and Zealots(freedom fighters)
- iii)Zealots(freedom fighters) only
- iv)Zealots(freedom fighters) and Essenes
- v)Pharisees, Sadducees, Essenes and Zealots(freedom fighters)
5)From Amish Grace, Part 1, (Intro through Chapter 5):
a)Three questions from this section of the book:i)Talk about the issues regarding the Amish driving and riding fire trucks
ii)Why did the shooter say he did it?
iii)From Bishop Eli's quote, what do you learn about the Amish approach to forgiveness?
b)Name the party you are assigned to. Writing as if you were a member of your party, respond to the shooting and its aftermath. In particular, why do you (as a member of your party) agree or disagree with the way the Amish responded.
6) Three questions about the Sermon on the Mount class discussion and posts (see 10/1, 10/3, 10/5, 10/8):
a)What is the idea behind "building a fence" around the Law/Torah?b)How might one explain the several differences between Matthew's account of the sermon and Luke's. Mention at least two differences, and how you might reconcile or contrast them.
Why the differences? What is TTP?
c) How is Jesus a sort of New Moses in the sermon?
7)A muliple choice question about the titles "Son of God" and "Son of Man" will appear here on the final version of the exam (study: text of Matthew, H and Y pp. 229-235 Ktaybill index, class posts dated 10/1) UPDATE: Titles info blog post 10/2. not 10/1. Because i didn't catch this mistake in time, the question will be based solely on the H and Y pages indicated)
8) For three of the signs below, you will be asked to name and explain the idea behind each. Give examples whenever possible.
(Help: names given below, for more info, put each name in the blog search bar at right) )
a Kingdom
b Subversion of Empire
c Intercalation
d Inclusio (n)
e Bounded set
f Remix/revisitation
g The Other Side
h Aggregate (UD, pp 18-19)
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