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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10: Claiming Israel's Epic.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Mack state that people become silent when confronted with Biblical information?
(a) There is little public knowledge about the Bible.
(b) There is too much public knowledge about the Bible.
(c) People are afraid to be incorrect in their interpretations of the Bible.
(d) People have too much time invested in the study of the Bible.

2. What way did ethnic or cultural groups create small social units within the larger culture they found themselves in?
(a) They met in educational institutions.
(b) They worked with one another.
(c) They created fellowships and associations.
(d) They met in government.

3. What does the gospel of Matthew argue Jesus' teachings were based on?
(a) The gospel of Mark.
(b) The gospel of Luke.
(c) The Torah.
(d) The gospel of Q.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Paul tone down his views of the freedom of Christians?

2. What is contained in the Gospel of Thomas?

3. Why does Mack claim the Bible is constantly consulted?

4. Why does Mack argue Jesus' death is qualitatively different from all other deaths of the prophets?

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

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