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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4: Paul and His Gospels.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What feature of the Jerusalem group allows readers to build a profile?
(a) The leaders' religions are known.
(b) The leaders' home states are known.
(c) The leaders' political ambitions are known.
(d) The leaders' names are known.

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

3. What way did ethnic or cultural groups create small social units within the larger culture they found themselves in?
(a) They created fellowships and associations.
(b) They worked with one another.
(c) They met in educational institutions.
(d) They met in government.

4. What is a Christ hymn?
(a) A song specifically geared toward God.
(b) A genre of praise poetry.
(c) A genre of poetry to the angels.
(d) A song specifically geared toward Jesus.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the Greek concept of civilization?

2. What does Mack claim happens when a person brings in a Biblical position to an argument of social discussion?

3. What does Mack claim the Christ hymn was the result of?

4. Why does Mack think putting aside conventional ideas of the origins of Christianity is difficult for some?

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

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