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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of society was Roman society?

2. What does Virgil say clothes the lambs as the graze?

3. In which town was Jesus said to be born?

4. Who helped Moses lead the Israelites out of the desert?

5. Who ruled during basileia?

Short Essay Questions

1. What influence does the author say he hopes his book has on Christian research?

2. What does the author claim is the primary focus of Josephus' writings?

3. Summarize the two quotes that open this chapter.

4. In terms of upbringing why does the author say he questions the Jesus represented in the New Testament?

5. What does the author say Jesus' parable about mustard seeds implicate?

6. What were the differences between the Baptists and Jesus' teachings?

7. What does it mean that Jesus was an artisan?

8. In One Like a Son of Man what does the author say the original biblical text suggested was a key component of Jesus' teachings?

9. What do the quotes at the beginning of the section comment on?

10. What does the author think Jesus meant by poor?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does the author think the gospels used the Old Testament and its prophecies for the New Testament? What are the arguments for and against the gospels mining the Old Testament for information?

Essay Topic 2

Compare the four gospels.

1. What are the similarities and differences between the four gospels?

2. In what way could the four gospels be said to contradict one another?

Essay Topic 3

How does the author think the gospels used myth New Testament? What are the arguments for and against the gospels use of myth?

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