SOME QUESTIONS TO CONSIDER

What was most interesting to you about the New Testament section of Illustrated Bible Story By Story?  What were its strengths and weaknesses?  How effective was this book as a general introduction to the New Testament?

How did this book add to your understanding of the role that Jesus plays within the Christian tradition?

How would you begin to describe the relationship between the New Testament and the Old Testament?  What are some ways in which the stories and themes of the latter inform and structure and New Testament?

What are various ways in which water becomes a symbol in the New Testament and how does this compare to the Old Testament?

Listed below are some significant events and terms associated with the life of Jesus.  Offer short definitions of each and explore the analysis of these episodes offered by Illustrated Bible Story By Story:

Annunciation

Escape to Egypt

Temptation in the Wilderness

Wedding Feast at Cana

Feeding the 5,000

Jesus' Walk on Water

Transfiguration

Good Samaratin

Prodigal Son

Cleansing of The Temple

Last Supper

Garden of Gethsemane

Via Dolorosa

Gologotha

Road to Emmaus

Ascension

Identify the following individuals and the role they play in the stories told about Jesus and the early years of Christianity:

John The Baptist

Peter

Paul

John

Judas Iscariot

Pontius Pilate

Zechariah

Elizabeth

Magi

Salome

Elijah

King Herod

Lazarus

Caiaphas

Barabbas

Joseph of Arimathea

Doubting Thomas

Stephen

James the Just

Identify the following terms and places with reference to their relationship to the history of Christianity:

Messiah

Apostles

Pharisees

Sadducees

Sanhedrin

Pentecost

Council of Jerusalem

Galilee

Gerasa

Decapolis

Antioch

Philippi

Ephesus

Corinth

Patmos