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

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

3. How did the Christ cult differ form the Jesus movement?
(a) It focused on Jesus' life and his teachings.
(b) It focused on Jesus' death and celebrated his spirit.
(c) It focused on Jesus' life and celebrated his spirit.
(d) It focused on Jesus' death and his teachings.

4. What does Mack claim is the link that gives the Christian Bible logic and force?
(a) The link between the Jewish scriptures of the Old Testament, and the Catholic Church.
(b) The link between the Jewish scriptures of the Old Testament, and the New Testament.
(c) The link between the Protestant Bible and the Apocrypha.
(d) The link between the Jewish temple, and the New Testament.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mack claim about the various groups that formed in the schools of Jesus?

2. Why does Mack claim Columbus studied the Bible?

3. What does Mack claim the Jews had done since the time of David and Solomon?

4. Who were the super apostles at Corinth?

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

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