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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 word is used to imply the significance of the miracle stories in the Gospel of John?
(a) Logos.
(b) Signs.
(c) Gifts.
(d) Revelations.

2. What two words came to represent the debate between power and the divine law of nature?
(a) Priests and rulers.
(b) Power and nature.
(c) King and tyrant.
(d) Nature and tyrants.

3. Which of the layers of Q is least embellished?
(a) The second.
(b) The first.
(c) The fifth.
(d) The third.

4. What did Paul's argument do to Jews and Christians?
(a) Set Jews in opposition to Christians.
(b) Made the two into one religion.
(c) Put the two together in brotherhood.
(d) Nothing.

5. What problem did Paul define as the human problem?
(a) Greed.
(b) The power of false idols.
(c) Pride.
(d) The power of sin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What two notions was Paul caught between in the question of what to do with those already dead?

2. What does Mack claim are the building blocks of the Gospel of John?

3. During the time of the writing of Revelations, what does Mack argue the Christians were being accused of by the Romans?

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

5. What concept was important to the Jewish temple-state, the Greek polis, and the Roman system of government?

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