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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Around what year does the author believe Jesus was born?
(a) 5 B.C.E.
(b) 1 C.E.
(c) 15 B.C.E.
(d) 1 B.C.E.

2. Up to approximately what date does the author say he will discuss early theology?
(a) 12 B.C.E.
(b) 134 C.E.
(c) 30 C.E.
(d) 80 C.E.

3. What does A.D. stand for?
(a) After Death.
(b) After Divinity.
(c) Anno Domini.
(d) Accepted Divinity.

4. About which fact of Jesus' life is there no conflict?
(a) The place where Jesus lived.
(b) Jesus' date of birth.
(c) Jesus' date of death.
(d) Jesus' conflict in the Temple.

5. The author says that that Jesus cannot be considered a historical figure because of the non-existence of what?
(a) Oral traditions.
(b) Surviving documents.
(c) Descendents.
(d) Books written about him.

Short Answer Questions

1. There is no evidence that the disciples did what after joining Jesus?

2. How long did Jesus fast in the desert?

3. There are key differences between the Gospels and what science?

4. The author indicates that Jesus was born around the time of whose death?

5. Before becoming monotheists, whom did the Jews believe was the right hand of God?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the terms B.C.E. and C.E. alternate abbreviations for, and what do they stand for?

2. When Pilate was first asked to execute Jesus, why did he refuse?

3. What did Jesus tell the apostles they would one day rule over?

4. Who do historians believed helped take care of the disciples since they no longer worked for a living after they began to follow Jesus?

5. Who were the two pairs of brothers that were disciples of Jesus?

6. Why weren't the disciples with the women when they rolled the stone away from Jesus' tomb?

7. How were the Gospels initially passed down to early Christians?

8. What does Sanders say God calls His people to do in terms of ethical perfectionism?

9. Whose tables did Jesus overturn at the Temple?

10. How does the story of the Prodigal Son illustrate a reversal of values?

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