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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 was the shift in mythmaking, according to Mack, that occurred at the turn of the second century?
(a) Christians began to associate gospels with disciples.
(b) Christians began to disassociate from John.
(c) Christians began to leave behind the gospels.
(d) Christians began to attribute more writings to Jesus himself.

2. What did the Greek model of civilization give rise to?
(a) Democracy.
(b) Social stratification.
(c) Satanism.
(d) Altruism.

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. What does Mack claim the Jews had done since the time of David and Solomon?
(a) Lied about their origins to gain social standing.
(b) Recounted their original epic history to retain truth.
(c) Revised their epic history.
(d) Participated in social change.

5. What was the Greek concept of civilization?
(a) The Church.
(b) The temple-state.
(c) The city-state.
(d) The republic.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the temple-state model of civilization, what system does the priest represent?

2. What collection of early Christian texts does the Didache now belong to?

3. How did the Christ cult differ form the Jesus movement?

4. What were the disciple teachers known as?

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

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