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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 did the Centrists seek to prove to the challengers?
(a) That the Christian God was the same as the Jewish God.
(b) That God cared only for the Jews.
(c) That the Christian God was not the same as the Jewish God.
(d) That God did not exist.

2. What word is used to imply the significance of the miracle stories in the Gospel of John?
(a) Gifts.
(b) Signs.
(c) Logos.
(d) Revelations.

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

4. What two notions was Paul caught between in the question of what to do with those already dead?
(a) The Jewish concept of purity and the Greek concept of divinity.
(b) The Jewish notion of resurrection and the Greek concept of immortality.
(c) The Jewish notion of faith and the Greek concept of religion.
(d) The Jewish notion of the spirit and the Greek concept of the body.

5. What does Mack claim the Christ hymn was the result of?
(a) A burning desire for a personal Deity.
(b) A lie by the disciples.
(c) A vision of Paul.
(d) A conflict of authority.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were some artifacts that helped preserve one's culture?

2. What does Mack believe the authors intended to convey by having Peter and James defend Paul's ideas about Jewish law?

3. What feature of the Christ cult does Mack claim Paul found irresistible?

4. Which group makes up the fifth of the Jesus Movements?

5. What does Mack claim about Paul's letters to Colossians and Ephesians?

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