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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. How do scholars know that Jesus was not middle-class?

2. Who was the first emperor of the Roman empire?

3. What does divi filius translate as?

4. What did Jesus teach that heaven was not?

5. Why does the author think the Christians are uneasy with the idea that John baptized Jesus?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does the author describe the class structure during Roman times?

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

4. What does the author say the book taught him?

5. How does the author think the Old Testament was important in the writing of the New Testament?

6. What did Jesus teach about the breakup of the family?

7. What does the author say compounds the core problem of the different interpretations of Jesus' life?

8. Describe the author's process of research.

9. What does the quote at the beginning of this section comment on?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why was society so in need of a spiritual leader like Jesus? How did Jesus take advantage of this need?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Greco-Roman society in terms of the following.

1. Politics.

2. Economics.

3. Spirituality.

Essay Topic 3

In what way were Jesus' teachings a product of oppression? In what way could Jesus be seen as a rebel?

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