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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. Who first discussed the twelve disciples?
(a) John.
(b) Matthew.
(c) Paul.
(d) Luke.

2. Who does Mack argue at the end of Chapter 8 became the beloved disciple?
(a) Paul.
(b) Matthew.
(c) John.
(d) Mark.

3. When do scholars place the writing of the Gospel of John?
(a) In the 1800s.
(b) Before Christ.
(c) In the 90s.
(d) In the third century.

4. What list became the Christian Bible?
(a) The list of Jerome's translations.
(b) The letter of Trier.
(c) The list of Eusebius.
(d) The Festal Letter of Athenasius.

5. What collection of early Christian texts does the Didache now belong to?
(a) Acts of the Apostles.
(b) Revelations.
(c) The Dead Sea Scrolls.
(d) The Apostolic Fathers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mack claim are the building blocks of the Gospel of John?

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

3. How did early Christians think of their world?

4. Who was the first of this group to attack centrist Christianity?

5. What did the Centrists seek to prove to the challengers?

Short Essay Questions

1. What two values are integrated in the Letters of Ignatius, and what is the result?

2. Describe Matthew's depiction of Jesus.

3. What was Valentinus' story of the tragedy of the birth of the world?

4. What were the four ways of reading the scripture that supported the Christian inclusion of Jewish scripture in their religion?

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

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

7. 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?

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

9. What evidence does Mack put forth that the attempts to move into mainstream Christianity worked?

10. What two strong desires drove Christianity?

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