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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9: Inventing Apostolic Traditions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does Mack argue Mark's gospel was written?
(a) Prior to the birth of Christ.
(b) During the fourth century.
(c) Before the Roman-Jewish war.
(d) After the Roman-Jewish war.

2. What does Mack note is mythmaking on a cosmic scale, in terms of the Christ hymn in Philippians 2:6-11?
(a) The reference to Jesus as a martyr.
(b) The reference to Jesus as son of God.
(c) The reference to Jesus as lord.
(d) The concept of Jesus as a religious leader.

3. What does Mack claim about the image of Christ asking his disciples to eat and drink of him?
(a) It is literary.
(b) It is impossible.
(c) It is imaginary.
(d) It is historical.

4. What did the Christ hymn imply about the domain of Jesus?
(a) It encompassed only the Jews.
(b) It diminished in size.
(c) It encompassed all people.
(d) It encompassed only the gentiles.

5. What does Mack believe the authors intended to convey by having Peter and James defend Paul's ideas about Jewish law?
(a) That the Christian message was meant for Jews.
(b) That the Christian message was not meant for gentiles.
(c) That the Christian message was meant for gentiles.
(d) That the Christian message was not meant for Jews.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the sermons in the Acts attempt to do?

2. What feature of the Christ cult does Mack claim Paul found irresistible?

3. What does Mack claim about the Book of Isaiah?

4. What is the Jewish story of the persecuted sage also called?

5. What does the Didache contain?

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