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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8: Letters from the Apostles.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What three figures did Paul bring together to combat the concept that the divine spirit was all that mattered?
(a) The heart, mind, and soul.
(b) The individual, Christ, and God.
(c) The individual, Christ, and the congregation.
(d) The mind, body, and soul.

2. What does Mack note the Corinthians are the first example of?
(a) A congregation of Jews.
(b) A Hellenistic, urban congregation.
(c) A congregation gone awry.
(d) A congregation of Paul's disciples.

3. What was the Greek concept of civilization?
(a) The republic.
(b) The Church.
(c) The city-state.
(d) The temple-state.

4. What was the Stoic recommendation for personal virtue?
(a) That man could learn what was naturally right.
(b) That man could never learn what was naturally right.
(c) That man could only pretend to know what was naturally right.
(d) That man should avoid what was naturally right.

5. When would eternal life be obtained, according the Mack's depiction of Paul's letters to the Thessalonians?
(a) At the end of time.
(b) Never.
(c) In accepting Christ.
(d) In death.

Short Answer Questions

1. What two systems helped define the temple-state?

2. What is the myth of Jesus' death and resurrection rooted in, according to Mack?

3. Which group makes up the fifth of the Jesus Movements?

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

5. What term replaced "disciples"?

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