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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5: Paul's Letters to the Greeks and Romans.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What two systems helped define the temple-state?
(a) Power and cruelty.
(b) Salvation and logic.
(c) Purity and salvation.
(d) Power and purity.

2. What became the sign of belonging to the new fellowship that became the Christ cult?
(a) Eating together.
(b) Fighting together.
(c) Praying together.
(d) Singing together.

3. What does Carsten Thiede claim about the Magdalen fragments?
(a) They are from the fourth century.
(b) They are from the mid first century.
(c) They are not real.
(d) They are from the eighth century.

4. Why were issues such as homosexuality a source of cultural conflict?
(a) It was accepted by one culture, and rejected by another.
(b) It was not accepted by any culture.
(c) It was unheard of in any culture.
(d) It was accepted by all cultures.

5. What two realms did the Corinthians combine?
(a) Greek philosophy and the Christ myth.
(b) Jewish belief and Greek myth.
(c) The Christ myth and Jewish belief.
(d) Greek philosophy and Jewish belief.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened at Corinth that made Paul nervous?

2. When would eternal life be obtained, according the Mack's depiction of Paul's letters to the Thessalonians?

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

4. What role did women play in associations?

5. What did early people think their society was based on?

(see the answer key)

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