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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Epilogue: The Fascination of the Bible.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the common core of the Jewish scriptures?
(a) Revelations.
(b) The Dead Sea Scrolls.
(c) The five books of Moses.
(d) The New Testament.

2. In Revelations, who was found worthy enough to open the seven seals?
(a) Man.
(b) Jesus.
(c) Moses.
(d) The lamb.

3. What did Paul's Jewish sensibility place high value on?
(a) Divinity.
(b) Holiness.
(c) Community.
(d) Honor.

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

5. What were the disciple teachers known as?
(a) Traditions.
(b) Jesus leaders.
(c) Narrative heirs.
(d) Successors.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the term Judeo-Christian mean?

2. What are sophists?

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

4. Who defended the centrist Christian position from those who challenged it?

5. What do Christians call the hidden messages in the Bible?

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