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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. Who did Paul argue was the seed of Abraham?
(a) God.
(b) Matthew.
(c) Paul himself.
(d) Jesus.

2. What does Mack claim was added to John 19:35?
(a) A witness who saw blood and water come out of Jesus.
(b) A witness who saw Jesus turn water to wine.
(c) A witness who saw Jesus rise.
(d) A witness who saw blood come out of Jesus.

3. What does the passage in Romans 3:21-26 say about why Jesus' death was effective?
(a) Because he was faithful.
(b) Because he was the son of God.
(c) Because he was a sinner.
(d) Because he was justified.

4. What was the shift in mythmaking, according to Mack, that occurred at the turn of the second century?
(a) Christians began to attribute more writings to Jesus himself.
(b) Christians began to leave behind the gospels.
(c) Christians began to disassociate from John.
(d) Christians began to associate gospels with disciples.

5. What two systems helped define the temple-state?
(a) Salvation and logic.
(b) Power and purity.
(c) Power and cruelty.
(d) Purity and salvation.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mack argue John was worried about, which resulted in his authorship of Revelations?

2. What is a Christ hymn?

3. Whose stories are mimicked in the Miracle Stories?

4. Where did Rome place its power in the second and first centuries?

5. Why did Paul tone down his views of the freedom of Christians?

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