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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7: Visions of the Cosmic Lord.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What two Gods from different cultures were seen to be the same?
(a) Osiris and Isis.
(b) Athena and Zeus.
(c) Hermes and Thoth.
(d) Philo and Alexandria.

2. What does Mack suggest as a reason that Mark was overly critical of the disciples of Jerusalem?
(a) They disobeyed the Jewish purity codes.
(b) They believed in the creation myth.
(c) They believed in the concept of Jesus as God.
(d) They adhered to the Jewish purity codes.

3. When did Jesus Movements start in Galilee?
(a) During the 20s of the second century.
(b) During the 30s of the first century.
(c) At the end of the last century, B.C.E.
(d) In the late first century.

4. During the time of the writing of Revelations, what does Mack argue the Christians were being accused of by the Romans?
(a) Murder.
(b) Extortion.
(c) Disloyalty.
(d) Theft.

5. What two notions was Paul caught between in the question of what to do with those already dead?
(a) The Jewish notion of the spirit and the Greek concept of the body.
(b) The Jewish notion of resurrection and the Greek concept of immortality.
(c) The Jewish notion of faith and the Greek concept of religion.
(d) The Jewish concept of purity and the Greek concept of divinity.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mack argue the Letter to the Hebrews is, in reality?

2. What does Mack claim the kingdom of God represented?

3. What were some artifacts that helped preserve one's culture?

4. What does Mack compare the Pronouncement Stories to in Chapter 2?

5. What does Mack claim about the various groups that formed in the schools of Jesus?

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