10 Questions on Western Religions - Study Guide for Apocalypticism | RELS 2101, Study notes of World Religions

Download 10 Questions on Western Religions - Study Guide for Apocalypticism | RELS 2101 and more Study notes World Religions in PDF only on Docsity! Study Guide for Apocalypticism – Fall 2007 11. Apocalypticism is defined as religious protest literature. What is it protesting? 12. Explain how apocalypticism re-works the trio of equations. 13. Revelation is a text that belongs to: a. the Torah b. the New Testament c. the Old Testament d. the Apocrypha e. the Quran 14. Explain how apocalyptic literature draws on the theme of combat (from creation myths) to provide an answer to suffering. 15. Explain the difference between those Israelites who were waiting for a Son of God to come as Messiah, and those Israelites who were waiting for a Son of Man. 16. To what historical events does the text of Revelation respond? 17. The text of Revelation is trying to get the early Christians to rebel against Rome in order to put the right king on the throne. T/F? Apocalypticism begins with Christianity. T/F? 18. What belief leads Christianity, Judaism, and Islam to pose suffering as a problem? 19. In the text of Job, God and chaos are: a. separated b. unrelated c. intertwined. 20. In Revelation, God and chaos are: a. separated b. unrelated c. intertwined.