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CCEA AS-Level Religious Studies 4610
An Introduction to the Gospel of LukeAS unit
Topic overviewPalestine at the time of JesusThe Pharisees and the SadduceesThe authorship, date and characteristics of Luke's GospelThe purposes of the Gospel and Luke-Acts as a Christian apologyThe historical accuracy and reliability of Luke's GospelThe annunciations and the births of John and JesusThe shepherds, the Presentation and the boy Jesus in the TempleThe baptism and temptation of JesusThe rejection at Nazareth and controversy with the religious authoritiesThe meaning, purpose and interpretation of parablesThe parables of mercyThe parables of the KingdomThe meaning, purpose and credibility of miraclesHealing, raising and nature miracles in LukeThe call to discipleship, mission and its demandsTeaching to the disciples and the role of PeterSalvation History and the relevance of the Gospel today
An Introduction to the Acts of the ApostlesAS unit
Topic overviewThe authorship of Acts and the 'we' passagesThe date of Acts and challenges to its authorship and accuracyThe purpose, characteristics and context of ActsThe Ascension and the Day of PentecostPeter's speech at Pentecost and the reaction to itThe early church as a fellowship of believersDiscipline in the church and the role of miracles in the spread of the GospelPeter and John: teaching, miracles and oppositionThe seven helpers, Stephen's speech and martyrdomPhilip the evangelist and the mission to SamariaPeter, Cornelius and the mission to the GentilesPeter's escape from prison and the Jerusalem church under HerodPaul's conversion and the three missionary journeysPaul's speeches at Pisidian Antioch and at AthensMission, witness and religious experience in any age
An Introduction to Themes in the Old TestamentAS unit
Topic overviewCovenant: the concept, the Noahic and Abrahamic covenantsThe Mosaic covenant and the DecalogueCovenant failure and the call of IsaiahThe rib: the covenant lawsuit as a literary devicePost-exilic exclusion: Ezra and NehemiahElection, inclusion and the reign of GodThe rise and reign of DavidThe Davidic covenant and Deuteronomistic kingshipThe purpose of the Davidic narrativesThe monarchy, the role of the king and royal propagandaElijah, Elisha and the challenge to royal powerTrue and false prophecyAmos: call, visions and the nature of GodAmos, social justice and the Day of the LordHuman experience: exclusivity, leadership and the prophetic voice
The Origins and Development of the Early Christian Church to AD 325AS unit
Topic overviewThe growth of the early church: religious and political factorsMartyrdom and the martyr accounts: Polycarp, Justin and BlandinaThe causes and effects of persecutionPersecution under Nero and DomitianTrajan, Pliny's letter and Marcus AureliusThe later persecutions: Decius and DiocletianThe origins of baptism in the New TestamentThe development of baptism from the Didache to CyprianThe origins of the Eucharist in the New TestamentThe development of the Eucharist from the Didache to CyprianThe Apostolic Fathers and the life of IgnatiusThe letters of Ignatius and their key themesThe apologists and Justin MartyrConstantine's rise to power and his conversionConstantine's religious policy and the duality of his motives
The Celtic Church in Ireland in the Fifth, Sixth and Seventh CenturiesAS unit
Topic overviewIreland before Christianity: politics, society and religionChristianity before Patrick, and the mission of PalladiusPatrick's ConfessioPatrick's Letter to CoroticusPatrick's mission and the portrait his writings giveThe origins of monasticism in IrelandThe monastic foundersThe nature, appeal and distinctive features of Celtic monasticismMonasticism in church and society, and the shift from bishops to abbotsThe development of Celtic penitential practiceThe penitentials of Finnian, Columbanus and CummeanThe impact and value of the penitentialsCeltic hagiography: Muirchú's Patrick and Cogitosus' BrigitThe purpose, reliability and devotional value of hagiographyHuman experience: faith, asceticism, sin and the example of the saints
An Introduction to IslamAS unit
Topic overviewArabia before Islam and the early life of MuhammadThe call to prophethood and the Night of PowerPreaching and persecution in MeccaThe Hijra and the community at MedinaConflict with Mecca and the return to the cityThe death of Muhammad and his continuing significanceThe revelation, collection and compilation of the Qur'anThe structure, language and devotional use of the Qur'anSunnah, hadith and the sources of Islamic authoritySharia, the law schools and systems of governmentShahada, Zakat and the meaning of the pillarsSawm, Ramadan and Eid-ul-FitrHajj and Eid-ul-AdhaSalat, Friday prayer and worship as ibadahThe mosque and its place in Muslim life
Foundations of Ethics with Special Reference to Issues in Medical EthicsAS unit
Topic overviewThe Decalogue, the Sermon on the Mount and the role of moral commandsNarrative ethics, moral absolutes and faith in the public squareNatural moral law: origins and historical developmentNatural moral law: the precepts, key features and proportionalismBentham, Mill and classical utilitarianismSinger, preference utilitarianism and Christian utilitarianismSituation ethics: origins and the moral teaching of Jesus and PaulFletcher's principles, agape and the link with utilitarianismAbortion: circumstances, the moral status of the unborn and personhoodAbortion: the rights of the woman, and religious, secular and feminist viewsTherapeutic abortion, double effect and the slippery slopeEuthanasia: types, autonomy and the acts and omissions doctrineEuthanasia: sanctity of life, quality of life, assisted dying and trustInfertility, IVF, surrogacy and the status of the embryoPGD, embryo research, mitochondrial donation and the HFEA
An Introduction to the Philosophy of ReligionAS unit
Topic overviewReason and faith in the philosophy of religionThe ontological argument: Anselm and DescartesCritiques of the ontological argumentThe cosmological argument: Aquinas's three waysCritiques of the cosmological argumentMoral and natural evil and the problem of sufferingThe Augustinian theodicyThe Irenaean theodicy and Hick's modificationProcess theodicy, Swinburne and the free will defenceDefining miracle: Aquinas, Hume and the BibleMiracle as coincidence and interpretationThe variety of religious experienceReligious experience as proof for God's existenceReason, faith and secularisation in the modern worldEvil, conversion and moral behaviour in the life of the believer
An Introduction to the Gospel of Luke
- 17 subtopics
- 45 things to know
- AS
- Two AS units chosen from eight
What An Introduction to the Gospel of Luke covers
An Introduction to the Gospel of Luke is examined in AS 1, one of the two AS units chosen — area of study: Textual Studies. Worth 20% of the A level. A student may not take two units from the same area of study.. It covers Palestine at the time of Jesus, the Pharisees and the Sadducees, the authorship, date and characteristics of Luke's Gospel, the purposes of the Gospel and Luke-Acts as a Christian apology, the historical accuracy and reliability of Luke's Gospel, the annunciations and the births of John and Jesus, the shepherds, the Presentation and the boy Jesus in the Temple, the baptism and temptation of Jesus, the rejection at Nazareth and controversy with the religious authorities, the meaning, purpose and interpretation of parables, the parables of mercy, the parables of the Kingdom, the meaning, purpose and credibility of miracles, healing, raising and nature miracles in Luke, the call to discipleship, mission and its demands, teaching to the disciples and the role of Peter and salvation History and the relevance of the Gospel today.
Where it is assessed
AS
One of the two AS units chosen, from four areas of study.
Check the CCEA specification ↗The 17 subtopics
Each one has its own page. CCEA AS Religious Studies students sit this topic in the first year.
- Palestine at the time of JesusRuler of Galilee during the public ministry of Jesus, function of the synagogue in a first-century Jewish town and relationship between Jews and Samaritans.Open →
- The Pharisees and the SadduceesName Pharisee most probably, what is meant by the oral tradition and three beliefs the Pharisees held that the Sadducees denied.Open →
- The authorship, date and characteristics of Luke's GospelThe case for Luke the physician, the dating debate, the dedication to Theophilus and the features that mark the gospel out.Open →
- The purposes of the Gospel and Luke-Acts as a Christian apologyWhat is meant by describing Luke-Acts as a Christian apology and saying the Gospel has a catechetical purpose.Open →
- The historical accuracy and reliability of Luke's GospelDifficulty raised by Luke's account of the census and two different ways Christians read the Gospels today.Open →
- The annunciations and the births of John and JesusGabriel's announcements to Zechariah and Mary, the Magnificat and Benedictus, and the birth and presentation narratives.Open →
- The shepherds, the Presentation and the boy Jesus in the TempleFirst recorded words of Jesus in this Gospel and rite of initiation.Open →
- The baptism and temptation of JesusTheological significance of the baptism in this Gospel, first temptation and the answer Jesus gives and second temptation in Luke's order and the answer Jesus gives.Open →
- The rejection at Nazareth and controversy with the religious authoritiesTasks named in the passage Jesus reads, how the paralysed man was brought to Jesus and dispute about plucking grain on the Sabbath.Open →
- The meaning, purpose and interpretation of parablesWord parable, joachim Jeremias's approach to the parables and four characteristics of the parables of Jesus.Open →
- The parables of mercySetting of the parable of the Forgiving Father and significance of the elder brother.Open →
- The parables of the KingdomThe Good Samaritan, the Prodigal Son and the Lost Sheep and Coin, and what mercy and forgiveness reveal about the Kingdom.Open →
- The meaning, purpose and credibility of miraclesHealings and raisings in Luke, what the miracles signify about the Kingdom, and the debate over their credibility.Open →
- Healing, raising and nature miracles in LukeMeeting outside Nain, point of the one leper who returns and what happens during the storm on the lake.Open →
- The call to discipleship, mission and its demandsCall of Simon Peter by the lake, simon told and distinctive about the second sending in this Gospel.Open →
- Teaching to the disciples and the role of PeterThe call and mission of the Twelve, the cost of discipleship, and Peter's confession, denial and restoration.Open →
- Salvation History and the relevance of the Gospel todaySalvation History, conzelmann's Satan-free period and three Christian responses to the truth claims of other religions.Open →
What you need to know
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What was the Sanhedrin?
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Explain what is meant by the oral tradition.
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State three beliefs the Pharisees held that the Sadducees denied.
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Why has Luke been called the Gospel of the Holy Spirit?
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Why can the historical reliability of a sacred text matter to a believer in any age?
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What happened at the naming of John?
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What does Simeon say in the Nunc Dimittis?
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What does Luke record happening as Jesus was baptised?
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How does Luke describe the setting of the temptations?
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State the third temptation in Luke's order.
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Which themes of the whole Gospel does the Nazareth episode announce?
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Distinguish realised from future eschatology in the reading of the parables.
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What exactly does the Samaritan do in the parable of the Good Samaritan?
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What is the significance of the elder brother in the parable of the Prodigal Son?
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Describe the four kinds of ground in the parable of the Sower.
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What advice about hospitality precedes the parable of the Banquet?
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What excuses do the invited guests give in the parable of the Great Banquet?
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What place does faith have in Luke's miracle stories?
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Describe the meeting outside Nain.
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What is the point of the one leper who returns in the healing of the ten lepers?
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Describe the feeding of the five thousand as Luke tells it.
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What does Jesus say to the three would-be followers on the road?
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What might the demands of discipleship mean for a believer in any age?
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Set out the three epochs Hans Conzelmann found in Luke.
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What purpose does Luke state for writing to Theophilus?
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What is the point of the story of the friend who comes at midnight?
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Whom does the author address in the opening verses of the Gospel?
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Who was Theophilus?
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What does the prologue claim about the sources behind the Gospel?
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Which chapters make up the Infancy Narrative, and why are they called an overture?
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What message does the angel bring to the shepherds, and what sign are they given?
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What does Jesus say after rolling up the scroll in the synagogue at Nazareth?
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What was Joachim Jeremias's approach to the parables?
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What words does Luke use for the miracles of Jesus?
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What does Jesus promise those who keep asking?
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Why did Conzelmann think Luke reshaped the tradition into three epochs?
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Which power ruled Palestine during the lifetime of Jesus?
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Which scriptures did the Pharisees accept as authoritative?
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What method does the prologue claim for the Gospel?
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What is meant by saying the Gospel has a catechetical purpose?
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What did A.N. Sherwin-White contribute to the debate about historical accuracy?
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Who were Zechariah and Elizabeth?
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What do the heavenly host sing?
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Why is it significant that Jesus stops the Isaiah quotation at Nazareth where he does?
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Which power ruled Palestine during the lifetime of Jesus?
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Rome ruled Palestine, governing Judea directly through a prefect and the surrounding territories through client rulers of the Herodian family.
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Who was Herod the Great?
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Herod the Great was the Roman client king of the Jews from 37 to 4 BC, best known for the vast rebuilding of the Jerusalem Temple.
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How was Herod the Great's kingdom governed after his death?
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Herod's territory was divided between his sons, and from AD 6 Judea was administered directly by Roman prefects answerable to the legate of Syria.
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Name the ruler of Galilee during the public ministry of Jesus.
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Herod Antipas, a son of Herod the Great, ruled Galilee and Perea as tetrarch from 4 BC until AD 39.
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Luke fixes the beginning of John's preaching by naming rulers. Give four of the figures he lists.
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Luke names the emperor Tiberius in his fifteenth year, Pontius Pilate as governor of Judea, Herod Antipas as tetrarch of Galilee and Philip as tetrarch of Ituraea, adding Lysanias of Abilene and the high-priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas.
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What was the Sanhedrin?
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The Sanhedrin was the supreme Jewish council in Jerusalem, presided over by the high priest and drawn from the chief priests, the elders and the scribes.
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An Introduction to the Gospel of Luke revision questions
- Is An Introduction to the Gospel of Luke examined at AS in CCEA Religious Studies?
- Yes. It sits in AS, which you take in the first year, so it is on the AS paper as well as counting towards the full A level.
- What does An Introduction to the Gospel of Luke cover in CCEA AS-Level Religious Studies?
- 17 subtopics: palestine at the time of jesus, the pharisees and the sadducees, the authorship, date and characteristics of luke's gospel, the purposes of the gospel and luke-acts as a christian apology, the historical accuracy and reliability of luke's gospel, the annunciations and the births of john and jesus, the shepherds, the presentation and the boy jesus in the temple, the baptism and temptation of jesus, the rejection at nazareth and controversy with the religious authorities, the meaning, purpose and interpretation of parables, the parables of mercy, the parables of the kingdom, the meaning, purpose and credibility of miracles, healing, raising and nature miracles in luke, the call to discipleship, mission and its demands, teaching to the disciples and the role of peter and salvation history and the relevance of the gospel today. Each one has its own page with questions and model answers.
- How is An Introduction to the Gospel of Luke organised?
- By the CCEA 4610 specification, subtopic by subtopic, so it matches the order you are taught it in.
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