1.Define the term “gospel” and identify the four books in the New Testament that fit in this category.
2.Identify the structural principles that Matthew uses to organize the material in his gospel.
3.Identify the “synoptic gospels”, the meaning of the term, and their purpose in the New Testament.
4.Why might an historian might use the historical labels of BCE and CE instead of BC and AD?
5.Identify the audience for which Matthew is writing his gospel and why this is important for the reader to know.
6.Identify, with a different example for each, three teaching strategies that Jesus uses in Matthew’s Gospel.
7.What is the importance of Jeremiah 31:31-34 to our understanding of the New Covenant?