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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 does the author say the revelations in the New Testament were defined by?

2. What is the meal that the author mentions in Part Seven?

3. What does the author say that miraculous is the primary anchor of?

4. What title was Jesus' brother bestowed with?

5. What miracle does the author talk about in this section?

Short Essay Questions

1. What parallels does cross-cultural research draw between Jesus' teachings and other philosophies?

2. What effect did the patrron/client relationship have on Greco-Roman society?

3. How does the author interpret the story of Jesus casting demons into a herd of pigs?

4. In what way does the author think Jesus challenged society by touching the leper?

5. What were the reasons Jesus went to Jerusalem?

6. In what way does the author think Jesus trod a fine line between the passive and direct forms of confrontation?

7. What does the author say was the intention of the resurrection stories?

8. Why does the author think crucifixion was the ultimate form of punishment?

9. Why did Jesus' followers reinterpret history to suit their own purposes?

10. What does the author think Jesus was an individualist?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose one of the following vectors the author used to present his argument aspects of that vector and how the author uses it to come to his conclusion.

1. Cross-cultural.

2. Jewish and Greco-Roman history.

3. Literal and textual interpretation.

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

What were the differences between Jesus and John the Baptist's teachings? Why did Jesus' ideas become the foundation for the Christian faith rather than John the Baptist's?

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