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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 Paul assure the Thessalonians in terms of "those who had died"?
(a) That those who died before Christ could still be saved.
(b) That those who died with God will live with God.
(c) That those who died with God will never die.
(d) That those who died in sin would not be with God after death.

2. What does Mack argue the author of the letters to the Hebrews is saying?
(a) Jesus is better than the Roman gods.
(b) Jesus is better than Moses.
(c) Jesus is better than God.
(d) Jesus is better than the entire system of Israelite religion.

3. What did early people think their society was based on?
(a) The model of the universe.
(b) The model of the Jewish state.
(c) The model of the Church.
(d) The model of the gods.

4. When did Jesus Movements start in Galilee?
(a) In the late first century.
(b) During the 30s of the first century.
(c) During the 20s of the second century.
(d) At the end of the last century, B.C.E.

5. What does Mack claim was the slogan for Paul's gospel?
(a) Freedom from sin.
(b) Freedom from exile.
(c) Freedom from persecution.
(d) Freedom from the law.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mack note the Corinthians are the first example of?

2. What problem did Paul define as the human problem?

3. What does Mack claim about the various groups that formed in the schools of Jesus?

4. What did the Greek model of civilization give rise to?

5. What feature of the Jerusalem group allows readers to build a profile?

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