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

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

3. How did early Christians think of their world?
(a) As a tomb.
(b) As a social formation.
(c) As a cosmos.
(d) As a kingdom of God.

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

5. How did Mark portray Jesus?
(a) As a powerful authority figure.
(b) As a teacher.
(c) As a backdrop to Jewish scripture.
(d) As a God.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where did Justin claim the Greek philosophers received their wisdom?

3. Who was the leader of the empire who tried to have his images placed in the temple of Jerusalem?

4. Where did the writer of the gospel of Luke write the gospel, according to Mack?

5. What does Mack argue is the point of Paul's letters to Timothy and Titus?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Marcion of Sinope's logic, in terms of his views of two Gods, and what to do about the Jewish contamination in the gospels?

2. Explain Mack's discussion of when the Epistles of Peter and Jude were written. What references does he use to attempt to date the pieces?

3. What two strong desires drove Christianity?

4. What are the four types of miracle interpretation occurring in the Gospel of John?

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

6. 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?

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

8. Describe Mack's observations about James as an author in the first three centuries.

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

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

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