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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. What does the Didache contain?
(a) Instructions for congregations.
(b) The Commandments.
(c) The Gospel of Thomas.
(d) Sayings of Jesus.

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

3. What two systems helped define the temple-state?
(a) Power and purity.
(b) Power and cruelty.
(c) Salvation and logic.
(d) Purity and salvation.

4. What does Mack claim is the point of the Letter of James?
(a) Showing the importance of living a moral life.
(b) Showing the importance of the Christian faith.
(c) Showing the importance of God's will.
(d) Showing the importance Jesus' word.

5. Who began to give an account of the new religion to Greeks, Romans, and others?
(a) Roman rulers.
(b) Jewish intellectuals.
(c) Local Bishops.
(d) Christian intellectuals.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were the disciple teachers known as?

2. What were some artifacts that helped preserve one's culture?

3. What does Mack say about the letter of Jude?

4. What does Mack claim is the purpose of the Miracle Stories of Mark?

5. What became the sign of belonging to the new fellowship that became the Christ cult?

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