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

Burton L. Mack
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 158 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

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

Burton L. Mack
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Epilogue: The Fascination of the Bible.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does Mack claim the Bible was created?
(a) When Christianity became the religion of the Roman empire.
(b) When Christianity became the religion of Jerusalem.
(c) When Christianity became the religion of the United States.
(d) When Christianity became the religion of the world.

2. When do scholars place the writing of the Gospel of John?
(a) Before Christ.
(b) In the third century.
(c) In the 90s.
(d) In the 1800s.

3. What was the first act in Valentinus' cosmic drama?
(a) Man was destroyed.
(b) The world was destroyed.
(c) Man was created.
(d) The world was created.

4. Where did Rome place its power in the second and first centuries?
(a) In its priests.
(b) In its politicians.
(c) In its laborers.
(d) In its field commanders.

5. What does Paul ask Philemon to do with Onesimus?
(a) Receive him without punishment.
(b) Punish him as God would punish him.
(c) Kill him.
(d) Send him into exile.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the term Judeo-Christian mean?

2. What was the core objective of the epic of Israel through the end of the second temple?

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

4. What do Christians do, but always from the vantage point of Christianity?

5. Why were issues such as homosexuality a source of cultural conflict?

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