View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Mack claim is the purpose of the Miracle Stories of Mark?
(a) To explain historic facts of Jesus.
(b) To create the impression of a divine power.
(c) To explain the supernatural powers of the disciples.
(d) To describe the wonders of faith.

3. Which of the layers of Q is least embellished?
(a) The first.
(b) The fifth.
(c) The second.
(d) The third.

4. What notion does Mack believe generated enough excitement to influence the formation of different Jesus groups?
(a) The concept of Jesus as son of God.
(b) The power of Jesus.
(c) The kingdom of God.
(d) The power of the state.

5. What is featured in the Gospel of Thomas that is missing in the Book of Q?
(a) References to God.
(b) References to the resurrection.
(c) References to creation.
(d) References to the disciples.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mack argue Paul saw the Christ myth as, in terms of the State of Israel?

2. What two notions was Paul caught between in the question of what to do with those already dead?

3. What concept was important to the Jewish temple-state, the Greek polis, and the Roman system of government?

4. What does Mack claim the kingdom of God represented?

5. What did the Greek model of civilization give rise to?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 384 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample