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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. Why does Mack argue Jesus' death is qualitatively different from all other deaths of the prophets?
(a) Jesus was immortal.
(b) Jesus was the enemy of the state.
(c) Jesus was a martyr.
(d) Jesus was the son of God.

2. In the temple-state model of civilization, what system does the priest represent?
(a) Purity.
(b) Salvation.
(c) Power.
(d) Logic.

3. What does Mack claim about Paul's letters to Colossians and Ephesians?
(a) They are not authentic.
(b) They are filled with lies.
(c) They are attempts to sabotage his name.
(d) They did not truly exist.

4. When does Mack claim most of the works discussed in Chapter 8 were written?
(a) The first century.
(b) The eighth, ninth, and tenth centuries.
(c) The fifth century.
(d) The second, third, and fourth centuries.

5. What are sophists?
(a) Teachers of religious theory in schools.
(b) Believers in the Jewish faith.
(c) Paid members of the Church.
(d) Wandering teachers who offered insights and knowledge.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Paul assure the Thessalonians in terms of "those who had died"?

2. What does Mack claim the author of the Acts of the Apostles set out to show?

3. What was the shift in mythmaking, according to Mack, that occurred at the turn of the second century?

4. When does Mack argue Mark's gospel was written?

5. What does Mack argue John was worried about, which resulted in his authorship of Revelations?

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