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

2. What did Clement argue about the "new song" of Christianity?
(a) It was based on Judaism.
(b) It was an incorrect theory.
(c) It was a new, vibrant way to view God.
(d) It was not new at all.

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

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

5. What does Mack argue the Letter to the Hebrews is, in reality?
(a) False letters from the Jewish leaders.
(b) A philosophical exhortation.
(c) Letters that should be attributed to Paul.
(d) A statement of principle.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who first discussed the twelve disciples?

2. How many layers of the Gospel Q exist?

3. What did the temple at Jerusalem serve as, in terms of a symbol?

4. Who does Mack claim most of the sermons in the Acts of the Apostles are written for?

5. What does Mark's gospel do to the disciples that the story of Q did not?

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