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

2. What is contained in the Gospel of Thomas?
(a) The sayings of Jesus.
(b) The myth of the resurrection.
(c) Stories of the disciples.
(d) Stories of creation.

3. Why is Paul's' letter to the Romans different from his other letters?
(a) He wrote the Romans to ask for funding.
(b) The letter was written in anger.
(c) The letter was not written by Paul.
(d) He wrote the Romans for different reasons.

4. What does Mack claim about Paul's letters to Colossians and Ephesians?
(a) They did not truly exist.
(b) They are attempts to sabotage his name.
(c) They are filled with lies.
(d) They are not authentic.

5. What did Paul's Jewish sensibility place high value on?
(a) Community.
(b) Divinity.
(c) Holiness.
(d) Honor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What way did ethnic or cultural groups create small social units within the larger culture they found themselves in?

2. What two systems helped define the temple-state?

3. What two realms did the Corinthians combine?

4. What does Mack argue John was worried about, which resulted in his authorship of Revelations?

5. What happened at Corinth that made Paul nervous?

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