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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. Who did Jesus imply is responsible for the suffering of the destitute?

2. What does the name Emmanuel mean?

3. Who does the spirit of God descend upon in the second act of remembrance?

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

5. Who does Celus claim was Jesus' legitimate father?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did ancient society believe about children that were not accepted by their father?

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

4. What comparisons does the author draw between Luke and Matthew's gospels?

5. Summarize the two quotes that open this chapter.

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Examine Jesus' early life.

1. What was Jesus' upbringing and how did it influence his teachings.

2. What evidence is there to say that Jesus' upbringing as represented in the bible is not historically accurate.

Essay Topic 3

Compare the four gospels.

1. What are the similarities and differences between the four gospels?

2. In what way could the four gospels be said to contradict one another?

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