LIBERTY UNIVERSITY NBST 515
NEW TESTAMEN T ORIENTATION I
(ICE): THE GENERAL
EPISTLES/REVELATION (A+
GRADED)
Question :Author of Hebrews
Correct answer:Originally believed to be Paul; almost
definitely not Paul (Hebrews 2:3). Unknown.
Question :Place Hebrews was written.
Correct answer:Unknown
Question :Recipients of Hebrews
Correct answer:Unknown
Question :Introduction to Hebrews
Correct answer:Discussion of how Jesus is higher and
better than angels (arguing for divinity of Jesus).
Question :Date of Hebrews
Correct answer:Likely before AD 70 (as present-tense
reference to Temple worship insinuating it was written before the Temple's destruction)
Question :Key concept of Hebrews
Correct answer:Jesus as high-priest in order of
Melchizedek forever
Question :Hall of Faith
Correct answer:Passage in Hebrews 11 referring to Old
Testament giants of the faith.
Question :Passage on "Falling Away"
Correct answer:Hebrews 6
Question :Genre of Hebrews
Correct answer:Some claim it is an epistle, some state it
was a sermon.
Question :Mount Zion in Hebrews
Correct answer:Declared to be "higher" than Mount
Sinai.
Question :Debated Canon
Correct answer:Hebrews, James, 2 Peter, 2 & 3 John,
Jude, and Revelation
Question :Author of James
Correct answer:James (Most likely the half-brother of
Jesus)
Question :Jerusalem Council
Correct answer:James, half brother of Jesus, presided as
chair of council.
Question :James' Childhood
Correct answer:Did not originally recognize nor believe
Jesus was the Messiah.
Question :Works in James
Correct answer:Works are stated to "justify" faith, but
the word used for justification would be better off translated "vindicate"; to evidence true faith.
Question :Date of James
Correct answer:Considered by many to be AD 40 which
would place it as the earliest written NT book.
Question :Recipients of James
Correct answer:Jewish Christians: The Twelve Tribes in the Dispersion
Question :Introduction to James
Correct answer:Trials, wisdom, and joy.
Question :Conclusion to Hebrews
Correct answer:Benediction
Question :Key Themes in James
Correct answer:Suffering, favoritism, the tongue, works,
healing, and wisdom.
Question :Aphorisms
Correct answer:"A concise statement of a principle that
also defines its meaning" (Used in James)
Question :Where James was Written From
Correct answer:Unknown
Question :Author of 1 Peter
Correct answer:Apostle Peter
Question :Recipients of 1 Peter
Correct answer:Pilrgrims (Dispersion) of Five Roman
Provinces: Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and
Bithynia
