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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. Who were the Judaizers?
(a) Jewish missionaries who disagreed with Christianity.
(b) Jewish Christian missionaries who disagreed with Paul's freedom from the law gospel.
(c) Jewish Christian missionaries who agreed with Paul's freedom from the law gospel.
(d) Christian missionaries who sought to bring about the end of the Jews.

2. What does Mack note the Corinthians are the first example of?
(a) A Hellenistic, urban congregation.
(b) A congregation of Paul's disciples.
(c) A congregation gone awry.
(d) A congregation of Jews.

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

4. In the temple-state model of civilization, what system does the priest represent?
(a) Purity.
(b) Salvation.
(c) Power.
(d) Logic.

5. What does Mack claim about the various groups that formed in the schools of Jesus?
(a) They were experimental.
(b) They were dangerous.
(c) They were sent by God.
(d) They were disciples of Jesus.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When do scholars place the writing of the Gospel of John?

3. What is the name of the form of mythmaking Mack notes these early Jesus people were engaged in?

4. What do Paul's letters to the Romans represent?

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

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