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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 Mack argue is the point of Paul's letters to Timothy and Titus?
(a) For people to follow the gospel and the instructions of the Romans.
(b) For people to follow the gospel and the instructions of the overseer.
(c) For people to follow the gospel and the instructions of God.
(d) For people to follow the gospel and the instructions of Jesus.

2. What does the term "Christ" imply?
(a) That Jesus was mortal.
(b) That Jesus was the son of God.
(c) That Jesus was God.
(d) That Jesus was approved by God.

3. What does Mack claim is the link that gives the Christian Bible logic and force?
(a) The link between the Protestant Bible and the Apocrypha.
(b) The link between the Jewish scriptures of the Old Testament, and the New Testament.
(c) The link between the Jewish scriptures of the Old Testament, and the Catholic Church.
(d) The link between the Jewish temple, and the New Testament.

4. What does Mack claim about Paul's letters to Colossians and Ephesians?
(a) They are filled with lies.
(b) They are attempts to sabotage his name.
(c) They are not authentic.
(d) They did not truly exist.

5. What does Mark's gospel do to the disciples that the story of Q did not?
(a) Worships them.
(b) Names them.
(c) Kills them.
(d) Ignores them.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Justin say about the treatment of the Jews by God, in terms of the fall of the temple and the diaspora?

3. What does Mack claim is the reason for the many portrayals of Jesus?

4. What is the Jewish story of the persecuted sage also called?

5. What does Mack believe the figure of Jesus became with the Pronouncement Stories?

(see the answer key)

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