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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. Why does Mack claim the Bible is constantly consulted?
(a) It is important to our politicians.
(b) People require it for their faith.
(c) It is highly important to religious institutions.
(d) It is the only book of God.

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

3. What did Paul's argument do to Jews and Christians?
(a) Set Jews in opposition to Christians.
(b) Put the two together in brotherhood.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Made the two into one religion.

4. In the temple-state model of civilization, what system does the king represent?
(a) Salvation.
(b) Power.
(c) Purity.
(d) Logic.

5. Where did the Jesus movement begin their change to the Christ cult?
(a) Western Syria.
(b) Eastern Syria.
(c) Northern Syria.
(d) Southern Syria.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What two words came to represent the debate between power and the divine law of nature?

3. What did the Christ hymn imply about the domain of Jesus?

4. What does the passage in Romans 3:21-26 say about why Jesus' death was effective?

5. What does Mack suggest the taking up of residence in Jerusalem signifies for the group?

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