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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 note the Corinthians are the first example of?
(a) A congregation gone awry.
(b) A congregation of Paul's disciples.
(c) A congregation of Jews.
(d) A Hellenistic, urban congregation.

2. How many books of the New Testament is Paul responsible for, according to Mack?
(a) All of them.
(b) Over one half.
(c) One.
(d) Five.

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

4. What two words came to represent the debate between power and the divine law of nature?
(a) King and tyrant.
(b) Power and nature.
(c) Priests and rulers.
(d) Nature and tyrants.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Mack argue at the end of Chapter 8 became the beloved disciple?

2. Why is Paul's' letter to the Romans different from his other letters?

3. What does Mack claim about the authors of the sections in the New Testament?

4. What does Mack argue the Gospel of Matthew is a document for?

5. How did Mark portray Jesus?

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