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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. How many women are mentioned in the genealogy of Jesus in Matthew?

2. Where are the headquarters of the Wycliffe Bible translators?

3. What typifies the Sadducees?

4. What does the name Jesus mean?

5. What is the Golden Rule?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Yancey do with the extremism of Jesus?

2. What is the Temptation in the desert?

3. What does the name of Jesus mean?

4. What may Satan have taken away from the confrontation with Jesus in the wilderness?

5. Who is Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson?

6. What is the Golden Rule?

7. What does Yancey object to in sentimental Christmas card portrayals of Jesus?

8. What is it that restores Jesus's humanity for Yancey?

9. What is the concept from Barbara Tuchman of "no flash-forwards"?

10. Where did Philip Yancey first become acquainted with the stories of Jesus?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why does Yancey choose the title rabbi to most closely describe who the historical Jesus was? What does rabbi mean? How does Yancey describe what a rabbi is? Why is Jesus a rabbi?

Essay Topic 2

What are the psychological realities within the teachings of the Beatitudes? Describe them and why Yancey believes they are so profound.

Essay Topic 3

What is the contrast that Yancey draws between the modern American depiction of Christmas and what he understands might have been the actual experience? What is the modern culture missing about who Jesus was in terms of his birth?

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