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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 is the title of Part Three?

2. Who did John the Baptist call the Lamb of God?

3. What is the English translation of the German word quelle?

4. Complete the following title: In Chains to?

5. What does the Hebrew word Almah mean in English?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does the author state there is a need to search for the historical Jesus?

3. Summarize the two quotes that open this chapter.

4. Describe the author's process of research.

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

6. What parallels does the author draw between Augustus and Jesus' life?

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

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

9. Why does the author think the gospels say that the governor executed Baptist because he criticized his sexual activities?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How did Josephus represent John the Baptist? In what way and why was Josephus's representation of John the Baptist restricted by the government at the time?

Essay Topic 2

What different variation does the Q Gospel give on Jesus' teachings? How do the Christians view the Q Gospel?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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