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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 are sophists?
(a) Believers in the Jewish faith.
(b) Paid members of the Church.
(c) Teachers of religious theory in schools.
(d) Wandering teachers who offered insights and knowledge.

2. What term replaced "disciples"?
(a) Cultists.
(b) Apostles.
(c) Followers.
(d) Acolytes.

3. What does Mack believe the authors intended to convey by having Peter and James defend Paul's ideas about Jewish law?
(a) That the Christian message was not meant for Jews.
(b) That the Christian message was meant for gentiles.
(c) That the Christian message was not meant for gentiles.
(d) That the Christian message was meant for Jews.

4. What does Mack claim was the slogan for Paul's gospel?
(a) Freedom from persecution.
(b) Freedom from the law.
(c) Freedom from exile.
(d) Freedom from sin.

5. Why does Mack claim that the Jesus cult succeeded?
(a) People liked the idea of God.
(b) People liked the idea of freedom.
(c) People liked the idea of a kingdom.
(d) People liked the idea of a martyr.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many layers of the Gospel Q exist?

2. What does the term "Christ" imply?

3. What does Mack claim is Mark's greatest achievement?

4. What was Paul's view on circumcision for the Gentiles?

5. Whose stories are mimicked in the Miracle Stories?

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