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

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

Burton L. Mack
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5: Paul's Letters to the Greeks and Romans.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Paul's letters to the Romans represent?
(a) A plea for the Romans to accept Christianity.
(b) A defense against other missionaries.
(c) A complete statement of his religious ideas.
(d) An angry accusation of lewdness and persecution.

2. Why does Mack claim groups are forming outside the boundaries of religion to study the Bible?
(a) They hope to find solutions to political issues.
(b) They hope to discover fundamental truths from the past.
(c) They hope to find salvation.
(d) They hope to find their faith.

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

4. What does Mack believe the figure of Jesus became with the Pronouncement Stories?
(a) A mystic.
(b) A martyr.
(c) Interpreter of the law.
(d) A teacher.

5. What was contained in the "Jefferson Bible"?
(a) Only the creation myths.
(b) Only the teachings of Jesus.
(c) Only the sections prior to the New Testament.
(d) Only the Books of the Prophets.

Short Answer Questions

1. What two Gods from different cultures were seen to be the same?

2. What does Mack claim was the slogan for Paul's gospel?

3. Why does Mack claim the Bible was important by the end of the fourth century?

4. What does Mack claim is the purpose of the Miracle Stories of Mark?

5. What two notions was Paul caught between in the question of what to do with those already dead?

(see the answer key)

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