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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 was the name of the tribe Anna was from?

2. Who was prefect of Judea at the time of Jesus' death?

3. What is the name of the barren couple in Genesis?

4. Who did people think a child had to have been acknowledged by to be someone?

5. Who baptized Jesus?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the author think Christians are uncomfortable with the idea that John the Baptist baptized Jesus?

2. What does the author say Jesus' parable about mustard seeds implicate?

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

4. What does the title "The Trojan Caesar Comes refer to?

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

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

7. Why did the Romans want to suppress both John the Baptist and Jesus?

8. What does the author say are his intentions in this book?

9. Describe the author's process of research.

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

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

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

Essay Topic 3

What was the relationship between John the Baptist and Jesus? How does Christianity like to view the relationship between John the Baptist and Jesus? How does John the Baptist influence Jesus?

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