Who Wrote the New Testament?: The Making of the Christian Myth Test | Final Test - Medium

Burton L. Mack
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Who Wrote the New Testament?: The Making of the Christian Myth Test | Final 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 do the sermons in the Acts attempt to do?
(a) Validate God.
(b) Validate the rights of the Jews.
(c) Validate the authority of the disciples.
(d) Validate the claims of Jesus.

2. Who does Mack argue at the end of Chapter 8 became the beloved disciple?
(a) Mark.
(b) Matthew.
(c) John.
(d) Paul.

3. What does Mack claim was added to John 19:35?
(a) A witness who saw blood and water come out of Jesus.
(b) A witness who saw Jesus turn water to wine.
(c) A witness who saw blood come out of Jesus.
(d) A witness who saw Jesus rise.

4. Why did the book of Hebrews not succeed?
(a) It was against the Jews.
(b) It was too long.
(c) It was illogical.
(d) It was too intellectual.

5. What does Mack say about the letter of Jude?
(a) It is an intellectual masterpiece.
(b) It is a sloppy literary production.
(c) It is literary genius.
(d) It is a historical marvel.

Short Answer Questions

1. What became an interest for early third century scholars?

2. It is as important for the disciples to be apostles as it is for Jesus to be ___________________.

3. What is Ignatius' second appeal in his letters to the churches?

4. Why did the literature that the early bishops threw out survive?

5. What is the only feature that all Christian religions have in common?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the three themes that dominate the story of Jesus and his resurrection in the Gospel of Luke?

2. What are the major points of the sermons contained in the Acts, according to Mack?

3. What are the significant differences between the Pauline and Johannine traditions, as discussed by Mack in chapter 8?

4. Explain the conversion of Constantine, and why it was pivotal in the creation of the Bible.

5. What was Marcion of Sinope's logic, in terms of his views of two Gods, and what to do about the Jewish contamination in the gospels?

6. What two strong desires drove Christianity?

7. What two values are integrated in the Letters of Ignatius, and what is the result?

8. What does Mack say about the "overwhelming concern" in the Didache about the practice of alms, gift giving, and supporting those who ask for hand outs?

9. What were the two key arguments that the centrists tried to use against the non-centrist positions of Valentinus and Marcion?

10. Explain the observations Mack claims are important about Mark's use of the pronouncement stories.

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