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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1: Clashing Cultures.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Mack believe the stories in the New Testament were chosen to be included?
(a) They are the most interesting.
(b) They are the only stories found of the time of Jesus.
(c) They are believed to be written by the prophets.
(d) They produce a history that seems cohesive.

2. What concept was important to the Jewish temple-state, the Greek polis, and the Roman system of government?
(a) Politics.
(b) Virtue.
(c) Law.
(d) Divinity.

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

4. Where was Jesus from?
(a) Greece.
(b) Galilee.
(c) Israel.
(d) Italy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Mack claim groups are forming outside the boundaries of religion to study the Bible?

2. Why does Mack state that people become silent when confronted with Biblical information?

3. When does Mack claim the books of the New Testament were written?

4. What was the Greek concept of civilization?

5. What does Carsten Thiede claim about the Magdalen fragments?

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