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Burton L. Mack
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Who Wrote the New Testament?: The Making of the Christian Myth Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

Burton L. Mack
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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mack suggest the taking up of residence in Jerusalem signifies for the group?
(a) A disrespect for Jewish tradition.
(b) A loyalty to the Pharisee.
(c) A religious agenda.
(d) A political agenda.

2. What does Mack claim is the purpose of the Miracle Stories of Mark?
(a) To describe the wonders of faith.
(b) To explain historic facts of Jesus.
(c) To explain the supernatural powers of the disciples.
(d) To create the impression of a divine power.

3. What was the Stoic recommendation for personal virtue?
(a) That man should avoid what was naturally right.
(b) That man could never learn what was naturally right.
(c) That man could only pretend to know what was naturally right.
(d) That man could learn what was naturally right.

4. How many layers of the Gospel Q exist?
(a) Twenty.
(b) Three.
(c) Five.
(d) Two.

5. What two notions was Paul caught between in the question of what to do with those already dead?
(a) The Jewish notion of resurrection and the Greek concept of immortality.
(b) The Jewish notion of the spirit and the Greek concept of the body.
(c) The Jewish notion of faith and the Greek concept of religion.
(d) The Jewish concept of purity and the Greek concept of divinity.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Paul's view on circumcision for the Gentiles?

2. Why does Mack claim Columbus studied the Bible?

3. What feature of the Christ cult does Mack claim Paul found irresistible?

4. What happened at Corinth that made Paul nervous?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What myths did the concept of the death and resurrection of Christ draw upon?

2. What is the third Jesus movement discussed in the book, and what is/are the primary components of the movement's teachings?

3. What is the fourth Jesus movement discussed in the book, and what is/are the primary components of the movement's teachings?

4. What did Paul mean by "freedom from the law", according to Mack?

5. What were Paul's arguments against the concept that Christians had to follow Jewish law, if they were claiming to be Jewish?

6. Why are Paul's letters to the Thessalonians important?

7. Explain Mack's view of how the writings of the New Testament were chosen, and why these choices created centrist Christianity.

8. Explain what was meant by Jesus in referring to his body as the bread, and his blood as the wine.

9. What is the catch-22 Mack finds when discussing the New Testament and the origins of the Christian Church?

10. Explain how Mack views the authors of the literature in the New Testament.

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