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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7: Visions of the Cosmic Lord.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What two systems helped define the temple-state?
(a) Purity and salvation.
(b) Power and purity.
(c) Power and cruelty.
(d) Salvation and logic.

2. What is contained in the Gospel of Thomas?
(a) The myth of the resurrection.
(b) Stories of the disciples.
(c) The sayings of Jesus.
(d) Stories of creation.

3. What were some artifacts that helped preserve one's culture?
(a) Language and writing.
(b) Temples and cities.
(c) Books, statues, and symbols.
(d) Gestures and behaviors.

4. What two words came to represent the debate between power and the divine law of nature?
(a) Priests and rulers.
(b) King and tyrant.
(c) Power and nature.
(d) Nature and tyrants.

5. What does Mack claim the kingdom of God represented?
(a) An alternative to the current society.
(b) An alternative to hell.
(c) An alternative to simple death.
(d) An alternative to purgatory.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mack suggest as a reason that Mark was overly critical of the disciples of Jerusalem?

2. What is featured in the Gospel of Thomas that is missing in the Book of Q?

3. How many layers of the Gospel Q exist?

4. Why did Paul tone down his views of the freedom of Christians?

5. What feature of the Jerusalem group allows readers to build a profile?

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