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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 causes some of the differences between the stories of the New Testament?
(a) They were written by different people from different groups.
(b) They were written by the same person over the course of time.
(c) They were written by one person, posing as different people.
(d) They were written by different people of the same group.

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

3. What is contained in the Gospel of Thomas?
(a) The sayings of Jesus.
(b) Stories of creation.
(c) Stories of the disciples.
(d) The myth of the resurrection.

4. What is different about Peter in comparison to Jude?
(a) It clarifies the opponents more clearly.
(b) It is completely different in content.
(c) It is more socially demoralizing.
(d) It is more violent.

5. When does Mack claim the books of the New Testament were written?
(a) During the life of Jesus.
(b) During the ninth century.
(c) From the 50s in the first century to the middle of the second century.
(d) From the end of the second century to the end of the fourth century.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the Greek concept of civilization?

2. Why does Mack think putting aside conventional ideas of the origins of Christianity is difficult for some?

3. What does Mack claim the author of Acts found, in terms of an answer to what Christianity owed to Jewish history?

4. What are the two activities Mack gives credit to in terms of the creation of Christian beliefs?

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

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