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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 was contained in the "Jefferson Bible"?
(a) Only the sections prior to the New Testament.
(b) Only the teachings of Jesus.
(c) Only the creation myths.
(d) Only the Books of the Prophets.

2. How did the Christ cult differ form the Jesus movement?
(a) It focused on Jesus' life and celebrated his spirit.
(b) It focused on Jesus' death and his teachings.
(c) It focused on Jesus' death and celebrated his spirit.
(d) It focused on Jesus' life and his teachings.

3. What does Mack claim was the slogan for Paul's gospel?
(a) Freedom from persecution.
(b) Freedom from sin.
(c) Freedom from the law.
(d) Freedom from exile.

4. Why does Mack claim groups are forming outside the boundaries of religion to study the Bible?
(a) They hope to find salvation.
(b) They hope to find solutions to political issues.
(c) They hope to discover fundamental truths from the past.
(d) They hope to find their faith.

5. Where did the writer of the gospel of Luke write the gospel, according to Mack?
(a) A location near the Aegean Sea.
(b) Rome.
(c) Nazareth.
(d) Jerusalem.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does each of these movements attempt to link Jesus to, according to Mack?

2. What was the Stoic recommendation for personal virtue?

3. Whose stories are mimicked in the Miracle Stories?

4. What is contained in the Gospel of Thomas?

5. What did the Centrists seek to prove to the challengers?

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