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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 do the pillars in the Jerusalem group do that other Jesus movements do not?
(a) Disobey Jewish purity codes.
(b) Believe in the concept of Jesus as a god.
(c) Adhere to the Jewish purity codes.
(d) Believe in the creation myth.

2. What does Mack claim are the building blocks of the Gospel of John?
(a) The references to Q.
(b) The miracle stories.
(c) The references to Mark.
(d) The proclamation stories.

3. How many books of the New Testament is Paul responsible for, according to Mack?
(a) All of them.
(b) Over one half.
(c) Five.
(d) One.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Rome place its power in the second and first centuries?

2. What does Paul assure the Thessalonians in terms of "those who had died"?

3. How many miracles occur in the Gospel of John?

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

5. In the temple-state model of civilization, what system does the king represent?

(see the answer key)

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