Who Wrote the New Testament?: The Making of the Christian Myth Quiz | Four Week Quiz B

Burton L. Mack
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 158 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Who Wrote the New Testament?: The Making of the Christian Myth Quiz | Four Week Quiz B

Burton L. Mack
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 158 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10: Claiming Israel's Epic.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What became the sign of belonging to the new fellowship that became the Christ cult?
(a) Praying together.
(b) Fighting together.
(c) Eating together.
(d) Singing together.

2. When would eternal life be obtained, according the Mack's depiction of Paul's letters to the Thessalonians?
(a) At the end of time.
(b) Never.
(c) In accepting Christ.
(d) In death.

3. 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.

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

5. What are the two activities Mack gives credit to in terms of the creation of Christian beliefs?
(a) Social formation and mythmaking.
(b) Social conflict and experimentation.
(c) Social disintegration and intellectual stimulus.
(d) Apocalyptic preaching and fantasy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Mack argue at the end of Chapter 8 became the beloved disciple?

2. What does Mack argue the Letter to the Hebrews is, in reality?

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

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

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

(see the answer key)

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