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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 name Jesus mean?

2. Who marries the granddaughter of Augustus Caesar?

3. How many Jews live in the Roman Empire in the first century?

4. How many ordinary activities do the Pharisees outlaw on the Sabbath?

5. How old is Jesus when he dies?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Jacob Neuser's primary objection to Jesus?

2. What experience did Yancey have that began to change his understanding of Jesus?

3. What are the Beatitudes?

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

5. What is the one word label Yancey would bestow upon Jesus?

6. Who is Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson?

7. What is the Temptation in the desert?

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

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

10. What does Yancey discover as he begins to study the Jesus of the Gospels?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What in the Pharisee-influenced world that Jesus lived in did he stand against? Why was he so radical in terms of his own present day religious climate?

Essay Topic 2

What did Jesus mean by the term "my kingdom"? How does Yancey see the Kingdom of God as different from national or political entities? What does Yancey believe the kingdom of God means?

Essay Topic 3

Does Yancey believe in the Resurrection? What is his struggle? How does he overcome his doubts and fears?

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