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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 area do the histories written by Roman authors mainly cover?
2. What season does the author indicate he believes Jesus was born during?
3. Where did Jesus spend the majority of his childhood?
4. What did Jesus claim to have had following his baptism?
5. Who represented the Roman Empire in Judea at the time of Jesus?
Short Essay Questions
1. What did Jesus tell the apostles they would one day rule over?
2. What information do the Roman archives contain about Jesus' crucifixion?
3. Why did Pilate finally decide to have Jesus executed?
4. According to the Gospel of Luke, what did some of the disciples do for some time before recognizing Jesus following the resurrection?
5. Why do biblical scholars say that Jesus' conversation with the apostles concerning a promise to the disciples for a place in Heaven could not have taken place after the crucifixion?
6. How were the Gospels initially passed down to early Christians?
7. What two points does Sanders say are made clear about the Kingdom of God?
8. When Pilate was first asked to execute Jesus, why did he refuse?
9. What prompted Jesus to begin his ministry at around the age of 20?
10. According to external sources written in the first century, what was Jesus considered to be?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Why is Jesus' claim to be the Son of God problematic? What images of Jesus does the claim produce? What does the term Messiah mean now and what did it mean in Jesus' time? Why was the term acceptable to Jesus?
Essay Topic 2
What are the discrepancies that arise concerning the resurrection? Why are these discrepancies problematic?
Essay Topic 3
What impact on the world does Sanders say Jesus' following has had? What is unique about the movement?
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