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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) Adhere to the Jewish purity codes.
(b) Believe in the creation myth.
(c) Disobey Jewish purity codes.
(d) Believe in the concept of Jesus as a god.

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

3. How many layers of the Gospel Q exist?
(a) Twenty.
(b) Five.
(c) Two.
(d) Three.

4. What does Mack claim is the purpose of the Miracle Stories of Mark?
(a) To explain the supernatural powers of the disciples.
(b) To describe the wonders of faith.
(c) To explain historic facts of Jesus.
(d) To create the impression of a divine power.

5. What three figures did Paul bring together to combat the concept that the divine spirit was all that mattered?
(a) The individual, Christ, and God.
(b) The individual, Christ, and the congregation.
(c) The mind, body, and soul.
(d) The heart, mind, and soul.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did early people think their society was based on?

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

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

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

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

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