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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mack claim are the building blocks of the Gospel of John?
(a) The miracle stories.
(b) The references to Q.
(c) The proclamation stories.
(d) The references to Mark.

2. What does canon mean?
(a) Norm or standard.
(b) A religious book.
(c) A date or time.
(d) A book of history.

3. What was Valentinus' claim about what Christ made possible, in terms of knowledge of God?
(a) That Christ made it possible to know God by acquaintance.
(b) That Christ made it possible to know about God.
(c) That Christ made it possible to know God through scripture.
(d) That Christ made it possible to know God through apostles.

4. What does Mack argue the Gospel of Matthew is a document for?
(a) The Christ cult.
(b) Jewish Christianity.
(c) Christianity.
(d) Judaism.

5. It is as important for the disciples to be apostles as it is for Jesus to be ___________________.
(a) The Christ.
(b) Son of God.
(c) Son of man.
(d) God.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the core objective of the epic of Israel through the end of the second temple?

2. What is the common core of the Jewish scriptures?

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

4. What is different about Peter in comparison to Jude?

5. How many miracles occur in the Gospel of John?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the three themes that dominate the story of Jesus and his resurrection in the Gospel of Luke?

2. What did the Jewish scripture available to early Christians consist of?

3. What are the major points of the sermons contained in the Acts, according to Mack?

4. Describe Matthew's depiction of Jesus.

5. What are the standard writing conventions used in the Acts of the Apostles?

6. What are the three concerns underlying the treatise to the Hebrews?

7. What does Mack say about the "overwhelming concern" in the Didache about the practice of alms, gift giving, and supporting those who ask for hand outs?

8. What were the two key arguments that the centrists tried to use against the non-centrist positions of Valentinus and Marcion?

9. What is Mack's argument about why John wrote Revelations?

10. What are the significant differences between the Pauline and Johannine traditions, as discussed by Mack in chapter 8?

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