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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 concept was important to the Jewish temple-state, the Greek polis, and the Roman system of government?
(a) Politics.
(b) Virtue.
(c) Divinity.
(d) Law.

2. Why did Paul tone down his views of the freedom of Christians?
(a) He did not want a repeat of the out of control behaviors at Corinth.
(b) He wanted to tie down Christians to make them more holy.
(c) He was reverting back to his Jewish roots.
(d) He was told by God to tame the behaviors of man.

3. What does Mack note causes some of the differences between the stories of the New Testament?
(a) They were written by the same person over the course of time.
(b) They were written by one person, posing as different people.
(c) They were written by different people of the same group.
(d) They were written by different people from different groups.

4. What does Mack argue the author of the letters to the Hebrews is saying?
(a) Jesus is better than the entire system of Israelite religion.
(b) Jesus is better than God.
(c) Jesus is better than Moses.
(d) Jesus is better than the Roman gods.

5. How did Mark portray Jesus?
(a) As a powerful authority figure.
(b) As a teacher.
(c) As a God.
(d) As a backdrop to Jewish scripture.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mark's gospel do to the disciples that the story of Q did not?

2. What does Mack claim is the point of the Letter of James?

3. What does Mack argue the Letter to the Hebrews is, in reality?

4. How did the Christ cult differ form the Jesus movement?

5. What was the shift in mythmaking, according to Mack, that occurred at the turn of the second century?

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