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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3: Fragments From the Christ Cult.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the Christ hymn imply about the domain of Jesus?
(a) It encompassed only the gentiles.
(b) It diminished in size.
(c) It encompassed only the Jews.
(d) It encompassed all people.

2. What feature of the Christ cult does Mack claim Paul found irresistible?
(a) The concept of a group dedicated to Jesus and the Jewish codes of cleanliness.
(b) The concept of a social group with mixed ethnicity and social status.
(c) The concept of a social group of only the lower class.
(d) The concept of an unmixed social group.

3. What is the name of the form of mythmaking Mack notes these early Jesus people were engaged in?
(a) Epic revision.
(b) Epic tradition.
(c) Epic authorship.
(d) Epic mythmaking.

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

5. What does Mack claim the Jews had done since the time of David and Solomon?
(a) Recounted their original epic history to retain truth.
(b) Participated in social change.
(c) Revised their epic history.
(d) Lied about their origins to gain social standing.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Mack call the Christ cult the first Christians?

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

3. Whose stories are mimicked in the Miracle Stories?

4. Why does Mack claim the Bible was important by the end of the fourth century?

5. Where does evidence for the Christ cult come from?

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