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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7: Visions of the Cosmic Lord.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mack compare the Pronouncement Stories to in Chapter 2?
(a) The stories of the Romans.
(b) The stories of the intellectuals.
(c) The stories of the Cynics.
(d) The stories of the Egyptians.

2. Why were issues such as homosexuality a source of cultural conflict?
(a) It was accepted by one culture, and rejected by another.
(b) It was accepted by all cultures.
(c) It was not accepted by any culture.
(d) It was unheard of in any culture.

3. What concept was important to the Jewish temple-state, the Greek polis, and the Roman system of government?
(a) Politics.
(b) Virtue.
(c) Law.
(d) Divinity.

4. What does Mack claim about Paul's letters to Colossians and Ephesians?
(a) They are attempts to sabotage his name.
(b) They did not truly exist.
(c) They are filled with lies.
(d) They are not authentic.

5. What are sophists?
(a) Teachers of religious theory in schools.
(b) Paid members of the Church.
(c) Believers in the Jewish faith.
(d) Wandering teachers who offered insights and knowledge.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is featured in the Gospel of Thomas that is missing in the Book of Q?

2. What was Paul's first argument against the idea that Christians should practice Jewish law?

3. What does Mack believe the figure of Jesus became with the Pronouncement Stories?

4. Which of the layers of Q is least embellished?

5. What do the pillars in the Jerusalem group do that other Jesus movements do not?

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