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

2. What does Mack claim was the slogan for Paul's gospel?
(a) Freedom from exile.
(b) Freedom from sin.
(c) Freedom from persecution.
(d) Freedom from the law.

3. How many miracles occur in the Gospel of John?
(a) Three.
(b) Five.
(c) Seven.
(d) Ten.

4. What does Paul assure the Thessalonians in terms of "those who had died"?
(a) That those who died with God will never die.
(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 in sin would not be with God after death.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mack suggest the taking up of residence in Jerusalem signifies for the group?

2. What three figures did Paul bring together to combat the concept that the divine spirit was all that mattered?

3. What problem did Paul define as the human problem?

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

5. What are sophists?

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