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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 feature of the Jerusalem group allows readers to build a profile?
(a) The leaders' political ambitions are known.
(b) The leaders' home states are known.
(c) The leaders' names are known.
(d) The leaders' religions are known.

2. What is featured in the Gospel of Thomas that is missing in the Book of Q?
(a) References to creation.
(b) References to the resurrection.
(c) References to God.
(d) References to the disciples.

3. What does Mack claim the kingdom of God represented?
(a) An alternative to the current society.
(b) An alternative to hell.
(c) An alternative to simple death.
(d) An alternative to purgatory.

4. What does Paul assure the Thessalonians in terms of "those who had died"?
(a) That those who died in sin would not be with God after death.
(b) That those who died with God will live with God.
(c) That those who died before Christ could still be saved.
(d) That those who died with God will never die.

5. Whose stories are mimicked in the Miracle Stories?
(a) Greek mythology.
(b) The Jewish scriptures.
(c) Roman myth.
(d) The Egyptian scriptures.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mack claim was the slogan for Paul's gospel?

2. What does Mack argue Paul saw the Christ myth as, in terms of the State of Israel?

3. Who were the Judaizers?

4. What word is used to imply the significance of the miracle stories in the Gospel of John?

5. Why is Paul's' letter to the Romans different from his other letters?

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