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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. Where was John before he appeared publicly to Israel?
2. Which of the following did Jesus not see as an oppressing force?
3. Who helped Moses lead the Israelites out of the desert?
4. Why did Herod have a grudge against John the Baptist?
5. What is the title of the first chapter?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does the title "The Trojan Caesar Comes refer to?
2. What did Jesus teach about the breakup of the family?
3. What do the quotes at the beginning of the section comment on?
4. What does it mean that Jesus was an artisan?
5. What does the author say Jesus' parable about mustard seeds implicate?
6. Why did the Romans want to suppress both John the Baptist and Jesus?
7. Why does the author think that people have interpreted Jesus as being as messianic and apocalyptic as John the Baptist?
8. What does the author say compounds the core problem of the different interpretations of Jesus' life?
9. What does the author claim is the primary focus of Josephus' writings?
10. How does the author describe the class structure during Roman times?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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?
Essay Topic 2
How does the author think the gospels used myth New Testament? What are the arguments for and against the gospels use of myth?
Essay Topic 3
Choose one of the following historical figures in Crossan's book and discuss how Crossan represents them in the book and why he represents that person in that manner? Are there people who would argue against Crossan's representation of that person's life?
1. Jesus Christ.
2. John the Baptist.
3. James the Just.
4. Herod Antipas.
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