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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10: Claiming Israel's Epic.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did Clement argue about the "new song" of Christianity?
(a) It was not new at all.
(b) It was a new, vibrant way to view God.
(c) It was based on Judaism.
(d) It was an incorrect theory.

3. What did early people think their society was based on?
(a) The model of the Church.
(b) The model of the Jewish state.
(c) The model of the universe.
(d) The model of the gods.

4. What does Mack claim about Justin's treatise to the Jews?
(a) No one ever read it.
(b) It was made up by the Jews.
(c) Justin never wrote it.
(d) No Jew ever listened to it.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mack believe the authors intended to convey by having Peter and James defend Paul's ideas about Jewish law?

2. What are sophists?

3. When does Mack claim most of the works discussed in Chapter 8 were written?

4. What two sources does Mack claim Matthew used for his gospel?

5. Where was Jesus from?

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