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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 did not exist.
(c) That God cared only for the Jews.
(d) That the Christian God was not the same as the Jewish God.

2. What is Ignatius' second appeal in his letters to the churches?
(a) For the congregations to obey their bishops.
(b) For the congregations to become martyrs.
(c) For the congregations to rise up against Rome.
(d) For the congregations to pray for Ignatius.

3. Who were the Judaizers?
(a) Jewish Christian missionaries who agreed with Paul's freedom from the law gospel.
(b) Christian missionaries who sought to bring about the end of the Jews.
(c) Jewish missionaries who disagreed with Christianity.
(d) Jewish Christian missionaries who disagreed with Paul's freedom from the law gospel.

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

5. Why does Mack call the Christ cult the first Christians?
(a) They were the first to use the word Christ to refer to Jesus.
(b) They were the first to create a hymn to Jesus.
(c) They were the first to mention the resurrection.
(d) They called themselves Christians.

Short Answer Questions

1. What became the sign of belonging to the new fellowship that became the Christ cult?

2. What does Mack claim the New Testament really is?

3. Who began to give an account of the new religion to Greeks, Romans, and others?

4. What was Paul's view on circumcision for the Gentiles?

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

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