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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 does Mack compare the Pronouncement Stories to in Chapter 2?
(a) The stories of the Egyptians.
(b) The stories of the Romans.
(c) The stories of the Cynics.
(d) The stories of the intellectuals.

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

3. What does Mack claim the Bible is the story of?
(a) God's purposes for humankind.
(b) The history of Christ.
(c) God's love for the Jews.
(d) The history of the world.

4. Why does Mack claim that the Jesus cult succeeded?
(a) People liked the idea of God.
(b) People liked the idea of freedom.
(c) People liked the idea of a martyr.
(d) People liked the idea of a kingdom.

5. What three figures did Paul bring together to combat the concept that the divine spirit was all that mattered?
(a) The mind, body, and soul.
(b) The individual, Christ, and God.
(c) The individual, Christ, and the congregation.
(d) The heart, mind, and soul.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the term for "a small group of writings believes to have been written by bishops and others" who knew the apostles?

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

4. What did Paul's argument do to Jews and Christians?

5. What does Mark's gospel do to the disciples that the story of Q did not?

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