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

Short Answer Questions

1. Implied in these modifications in the traditional religions and their concepts of God is the notion that ____________.

2. Darwin's ORIGIN OF THE SPECIES seemed to ____________.

3. The effect of this behavior towards Jewish people was ____________.

4. Who was a Dutch Jew who had become discontented with the ideas in the Torah and joined a group of Gentile freethinkers, which led to his expulsion from the synagogue of Amsterdam?

5. Christianity attempted to qualify the highly personalized cult of God incarnate by introducing ____________.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Armstrong describes the practices of early Christians.

Part 1) What does she say about their early practices? What proof of this does she give?

Part 2) Why might the early Christians practice their faith in this way?

Part 3) How did St. Paul change early Christianity? What are the consequences of this? Why did some Christians not follow Paul? What might this say about Paul and Christianity as we know it?

Essay Topic 2

Armstrong asks the question of whether God has a future.

Part 1) What is Armstrong's survey of our world today? How does she validate her points?

Part 2) What does Armstrong believe mankind should do regarding their beliefs about God? Why?

Part 3) What strong movements does Armstrong see in each religion? How does she feel about these movements? Why does she feel this way? How do you feel about these movements? How do you see them affecting mankind?

Essay Topic 3

The first section foreshadows Christianity.

Part 1) How is the advent of Christianity foreshadowed? What role do the Greeks play in the beginnings of Christianity?

Part 2) How do Judaism and Greek ideas blend? How does this blending leading to the Christian religion?

Part 3) How does Philo give evidence of the mixing of Judaism and Greek thinking?

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