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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2: Teachings From the Jesus Movements.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the form of mythmaking Mack notes these early Jesus people were engaged in?
(a) Epic revision.
(b) Epic tradition.
(c) Epic authorship.
(d) Epic mythmaking.

2. What does Mack claim about the authors of the sections in the New Testament?
(a) They were descendants of Jesus.
(b) They are the people each section is attributed to.
(c) They were uneducated militants, rebelling against the Church.
(d) They are not the people each section is attributed to.

3. What does Mack claim the kingdom of God represented?
(a) An alternative to the current society.
(b) An alternative to simple death.
(c) An alternative to purgatory.
(d) An alternative to hell.

4. What does Mack compare the Pronouncement Stories to in Chapter 2?
(a) The stories of the intellectuals.
(b) The stories of the Cynics.
(c) The stories of the Egyptians.
(d) The stories of the Romans.

5. Why does Mack claim the Bible was important by the end of the fourth century?
(a) It gave the Church credentials for a role in Jewish history.
(b) It gave the Church credentials for a role in the history of Israel.
(c) It gave the Church credentials in the eyes of early Christians.
(d) It gave the Church credentials for a role in Constantine's empire.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Jesus Movements start in Galilee?

2. What two Gods from different cultures were seen to be the same?

3. What notion does Mack believe generated enough excitement to influence the formation of different Jesus groups?

4. What concept was important to the Jewish temple-state, the Greek polis, and the Roman system of government?

5. What is an epic according to Mack?

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