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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. Who was the first of this group to attack centrist Christianity?
(a) Valentinus.
(b) Marcion of Sinope.
(c) Justin.
(d) Caesar.

2. What does each of these movements attempt to link Jesus to, according to Mack?
(a) The kingdom of God.
(b) The grand traditions of Israel.
(c) The fight against Rome.
(d) Jerusalem.

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

4. What does Mack claim the author of Acts found, in terms of an answer to what Christianity owed to Jewish history?
(a) The laws of purity.
(b) The Christ myth.
(c) The concept of sacrifice.
(d) A reliance on righteousness.

5. What was the Greek concept of civilization?
(a) The temple-state.
(b) The city-state.
(c) The Church.
(d) The republic.

Short Answer Questions

1. What two notions was Paul caught between in the question of what to do with those already dead?

2. What does Mack claim was the slogan for Paul's gospel?

3. What do Paul's letters to the Romans represent?

4. What is the Jewish story of the persecuted sage also called?

5. Why does Mack claim the Bible is constantly consulted?

(see the answer key)

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