NBST 621 Quiz 1

NBST 621 Quiz 1: Introduction to Hebrews and the Superiority of God’s Final Revelation

1. Which of the following have NOT been offered as possible authors of Hebrew?
2. Which of the following is NOT true of the original recipients of the letter to the Hebrews according to our textbooks?
3. According to Cockerill, which of the following early church leaders in the west acknowledged Hebrews as apostolic and canonical, though not necessarily Pauline?
4. According to Allen and Cockerill, which Greek word is used in Hebrews 1:3 to refer to Jesus as the “exact representation” of the very being or nature of God?
5. Which of the following may NOT be characterized as the attitude of the author of Hebrews towards the Old Testament Scripture?
6. Although Hebrews is most often referred to as a letter, in all likelihood it represents which of the following?
7. Hebrews is the only New Testament book to refer explicitly to Jesus as:
8. In 1:2b–4, the author lists several things about Jesus that make him superior to the Old Testament prophets/covenant. Which of the following items are true of this portrayal of Jesus?
9. Cockerill claims that Hebrews 1:1-4 extablishes the author’s basic premise:
10. Which of the following church fathers stated, “But who wrote the epistle, in truth, only God knows.”
11. Cockerill understands Hebrews 2:1-4 to be the author’s attempt to differentiate between what two things?
12. Allen agrees with Lane that the main argument/purpose of Hebrews lies in the hortatory sections of the book, having to do with “the necessity of pressing on to maturity in the midst of difficulty.”
13. According to Allen, the expression “man”/”Son of Man” in Psalm 8:4-6, which is cited in Hebrews 2:6-8, was not likely intended by the author in a directly Messianic sense.
14. The identity of the author of Hebrews can be determined with certainty.
15. Allen argues that in the expression “brings his firstborn into the world” in 1:6, the Greek word “Oikoumenē” speaks of Christ’s entrance into the world at the incarnation.
16. Cockerill states that Hebrews 2:11 refers to Jesus’ willingness to identify with the readers by assuming their humanity with its suffering and death.
17. According to Wright, the Greek word character in Hebrews 1:3 was widely used to mean the accurate impression made by the stamp on a coin.
18. Cockerill understands that the suffering of Jesus depicted in Hebrews 2 refers to the means to Jesus’ exaltation as the all- sufficient Savior.
19. Allen argues very strongly for a Lukan authorship of Hebrews and Antioch as the proposed destination of the letter.
20. According to Cockerill, Hebrews was evidently accepted as canonical at an early date by the church leaders in the west.
21. Allen believes that Hebrews is the only truly anonymous letter in the New Testament.
22. According to Cockerill, the “last days” in Hebrews 1:1-4 refer to the time of the great tribulation.
23. Some of the letter’s original readers were apparently wavering in their commitment to Christ when Hebrews was written.
24. A major theme of the Epistle to the Hebrews is that of the absolute supremacy of Christ—a supremacy that allows no challenge, whether from human or angelic beings.
25. According to Cockerill, the reference in Hebrews 2:10 to the perfecting of Jesus has to do with perfecting both His divine and human natures.
26. The writing of Hebrews can conclusively be dated to a time after the destruction of the Jewish Temple in Jerusalem.
27. Wright sees Hebrews 2:17-18 as the earliest statement of the great principle of Jesus’ high priesthood in Hebrews.
28. In the phrase, “for if the word spoken by angels” in Hebrews 2:2, “word” refers to the New Testament revelation.
29. Hebrews was written to non-Christian Jews in an attempt to get them to convert.
30. Cockerill supports Apollos as the possible author of Hebrews.