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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Rebuttal Evidence.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What changes the way the author thinks about Christ and Christianity?
(a) His wife becomes a Christian.
(b) His children ask him about Jesus.
(c) He almost dies.
(d) He learns he is terminally ill.

2. What criterion does Boyd use in determining that the Jesus in the Bible is not the Jesus who is son of God?
(a) Quantitative and qualitative reasoning.
(b) Function and reliability.
(c) Dissimilarity and multiple attestation.
(d) Naturalism and functionalism.

3. What are the two Jesuses recognized by the group Boyd represents?
(a) Jesus of Mary and Jesus of Mary Magdalene.
(b) Jesus of Faith and Jesus of History.
(c) Jesus of Nazareth and Jesus of Jerusalem.
(d) Jesus of God and Jesus of Mary.

4. Why does Metzger say discrepancies in the New Testament are inconsequential?
(a) Some of their phrases do not exist in today's culture.
(b) The language has changed since then.
(c) They don't affect doctrine.
(d) They are minor.

5. According to Yamauchi, what put expansion of Christianity on hold temporarily?
(a) Jesus left Jerusalem.
(b) Jesus' resurrection.
(c) Jesus' miracles.
(d) Jesus' death.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many experts does the author interview?

2. To which Bible passage does 4Q521 refer?

3. According to Metzger, how many factors are considered in criteria designed to measure a manuscript's appropriateness for inclusion in the New Testament?

4. Why was Jeffry McDonald certain a jury would not convict him?

5. Which centuries decided almost unanimously which books to include in the New Testament?

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