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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Mack believe the authors intended to convey by having Peter and James defend Paul's ideas about Jewish law?
2. How did Mark portray Jesus?
3. What does Mack claim is the point of the Letter of James?
4. Who first discussed the twelve disciples?
5. Whose conversion eventually led to the creation of the New Testament?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. What did the Jewish scripture available to early Christians consist of?
3. What evidence does Mack put forth that the attempts to move into mainstream Christianity worked?
4. Explain the conversion of Constantine, and why it was pivotal in the creation of the Bible.
5. What two values are integrated in the Letters of Ignatius, and what is the result?
6. What are the three concerns underlying the treatise to the Hebrews?
7. What were the two key arguments that the centrists tried to use against the non-centrist positions of Valentinus and Marcion?
8. 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?
9. What was Valentinus' story of the tragedy of the birth of the world?
10. What is Mack's argument about why John wrote Revelations?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss Mack's interpretation of Paul's argument to the Thessalonians in terms of the question of those who had already perished. What was the original intent of the question, according to Mack? How did Paul respond? What were his arguments? How did he alter the message of the Christ myth to fit his argument? Why was the question of a concern for the dead a common issue in the Easter Mediterranean? Why does Mack argue that Paul's response to the question indicates the question was really about belonging? How did Paul's answers lead to an idea of eternal life?
Essay Topic 2
Choose one of the five Jesus groups listed below and discuss their characteristics, and the primary teachings their movement brings forth. Be sure to include what they believed, and why, as well as their primary influence on the concept of Jesus and society in general.
-Community of Q
-Jesus School
-True Disciples of the Gospel of Thomas
-Congregation of Israel
-Jerusalem Pillars
Essay Topic 3
Compare and contrast the response of the Jews to the destruction of the second-temple establishment in Jerusalem to that of the Christians. How did each side react, and why? What similarities are there, and what differences? What accounts for any similar responses? What accounts for their differences? Why did each side respond as they did?
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