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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 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 the entire system of Israelite religion.
(c) Jesus is better than God.
(d) Jesus is better than Moses.
2. What was the Greek concept of civilization?
(a) The Church.
(b) The republic.
(c) The city-state.
(d) The temple-state.
3. What do the sermons in the Acts attempt to do?
(a) Validate the rights of the Jews.
(b) Validate the claims of Jesus.
(c) Validate God.
(d) Validate the authority of the disciples.
4. How many layers of the Gospel Q exist?
(a) Twenty.
(b) Three.
(c) Five.
(d) Two.
5. What collection of early Christian texts does the Didache now belong to?
(a) The Apostolic Fathers.
(b) The Dead Sea Scrolls.
(c) Revelations.
(d) Acts of the Apostles.
Short Answer Questions
1. In Revelations, who was found worthy enough to open the seven seals?
2. What is the name of the form of mythmaking Mack notes these early Jesus people were engaged in?
3. What does Mack claim about the image of Christ asking his disciples to eat and drink of him?
4. What two systems helped define the temple-state?
5. What does Mack claim about the authors of the sections in the New Testament?
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