Who Wrote the New Testament?: The Making of the Christian Myth Quiz | Eight Week Quiz A

Burton L. Mack
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Who Wrote the New Testament?: The Making of the Christian Myth Quiz | Eight Week Quiz A

Burton L. Mack
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1: Clashing Cultures.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mack claim is the link that gives the Christian Bible logic and force?
(a) The link between the Jewish scriptures of the Old Testament, and the New Testament.
(b) The link between the Jewish temple, and the New Testament.
(c) The link between the Protestant Bible and the Apocrypha.
(d) The link between the Jewish scriptures of the Old Testament, and the Catholic Church.

2. What notion does Mack believe generated enough excitement to influence the formation of different Jesus groups?
(a) The concept of Jesus as son of God.
(b) The power of Jesus.
(c) The power of the state.
(d) The kingdom of God.

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

4. What does Mack claim the kingdom of God represented?
(a) An alternative to the current society.
(b) An alternative to purgatory.
(c) An alternative to simple death.
(d) An alternative to hell.

5. What two Gods from different cultures were seen to be the same?
(a) Osiris and Isis.
(b) Hermes and Thoth.
(c) Philo and Alexandria.
(d) Athena and Zeus.

Short Answer Questions

1. What role did women play in associations?

2. What two systems helped define the temple-state?

3. What does the term Judeo-Christian mean?

4. When does Mack claim the books of the New Testament were written?

5. What does Mack claim about the authors of the sections in the New Testament?

(see the answer key)

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