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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 is Ignatius' second appeal in his letters to the churches?
(a) For the congregations to obey their bishops.
(b) For the congregations to rise up against Rome.
(c) For the congregations to become martyrs.
(d) For the congregations to pray for Ignatius.

2. What happened at Corinth that made Paul nervous?
(a) The congregation became a place for extravagant displays of spiritual behavior.
(b) The congregation became a place for worship of other deities.
(c) The congregation became a place for criminals.
(d) The congregation became a place for lies and treachery.

3. What does the term Judeo-Christian mean?
(a) Local tradition.
(b) Common tradition.
(c) Temple tradition.
(d) Biblical tradition.

4. What does Mack say the Christ cult laid the foundation for?
(a) The Church.
(b) A battle between the Christ cult and the Jesus movements.
(c) A Roman-Christian war.
(d) A distinctly Christian mentality.

5. What does Mack claim about Paul's letters to Colossians and Ephesians?
(a) They are filled with lies.
(b) They are not authentic.
(c) They are attempts to sabotage his name.
(d) They did not truly exist.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does John portray Jesus, according to Mack?

2. What do the pillars in the Jerusalem group do that other Jesus movements do not?

3. What does Mack compare the Pronouncement Stories to in Chapter 2?

4. What was the Greek concept of civilization?

5. What did Clement argue about the "new song" of Christianity?

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