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A) The apostles B) God C) Jesus himself D) The angels
A) The seventh day B) The third day C) The first day D) The fourth day
A) Master and Teacher B) Prophet and Savior C) Christ and Lord D) King and Judge
A) Heaven B) The dead C) Creation D) The grave
A) The Kingdom of God B) The Mosaic law C) The heavenly temple D) The age of the Gentiles
A) His disciples B) The high priests C) The Roman authorities D) The Pharisees
A) Healing the sick and casting out demons B) Building churches and writing scriptures C) Gathering wealth and ruling nations D) Forgiving sin and baptizing repenters
A) He remained in Galilee B) He descended into the underworld C) He traveled to Rome D) He ascended to Heaven
A) A transformed body powered by spirit B) A purely spiritual form without a body C) A physical body unchanged from before D) A temporary ghost-like apparition
A) Paul and the gospel authors B) Peter and John C) Secular scholars D) The Roman historians
A) A secondary historical event B) The central mystery of the Christian faith C) A metaphorical teaching D) An optional doctrine
A) Pentecost B) Advent C) Easter D) Christmas
A) All human beings regardless of faith B) Only the apostles C) Only the martyrs D) All the Christian dead
A) Epiphany B) Rapture C) Parousia D) Apocalypse
A) As completely separate from historical facts B) As an event disproven by historical records C) As a myth created by later generations D) As a precondition for understanding the historical Jesus, his suffering, and vindication
A) Direct political ambition of the early church B) The discovery of historical documents in Rome C) Eyewitness scientific verification D) Religious experiences such as visionary appearances and inspired reading of biblical texts
A) Egyptian mythology B) Greek philosophy C) Roman prophecies D) The scriptures
A) They completely disprove them B) They treat them as proven scientific facts C) They universally agree on them D) They tend to avoid the topic
A) Because it happened too recently to study B) Since many see resurrection as a matter of faith and outside the scope of historical study C) Because the church banned its study D) Because there are no texts mentioning it
A) Greek theatrical traditions B) Pagan solstice traditions C) Roman imperial traditions D) Passover traditions
A) The creation of the world B) The fall of humanity C) God's redemption D) The coming of winter
A) The Shroud of Turin B) The Holy Grail C) The True Cross D) The Crown of Thorns
A) That no resurrection ever takes place B) That both body and soul are resurrected physically C) That only the physical body is resurrected D) That only the soul is resurrected
A) That another person was crucified in his place permanently B) That Jesus survived the crucifixion and lived in Rome C) That Jesus was crucified and resurrected on the third day D) That Jesus was not crucified but directly ascended to God
A) That Jesus died on the cross and rose three days later B) That Jesus was never born C) That Jesus survived the crucifixion and carried on his mission elsewhere D) That Jesus was physically resurrected into heaven
A) Yes, in the Gospel of Mark only B) Yes, by eyewitnesses in all gospels C) Yes, in great detail D) No, only the aftermath
A) Passages in which Jesus predicts them or contains allusions B) Exact dates and times of the resurrection C) Scientific explanations of the miracle D) Testimonies from Roman guards
A) Photographic evidence and official decrees B) Medical reports of his death C) Letters from Pontius Pilate D) Accounts of an empty tomb and purported appearances of Jesus
A) Book of Revelation B) Epistle to the Romans C) First Epistle to the Corinthians D) Gospel of John
A) 1 Corinthians 10:12–15 B) 1 Corinthians 13:1–3 C) 1 Corinthians 3:1–5 D) 1 Corinthians 15:3–8
A) That it was added to the text centuries later B) That it predates Paul and the writing of First Corinthians C) That it was written by Paul during his imprisonment D) That it was invented by the church at Corinth
A) Rabbinic style B) Legal Roman style C) Prophetic apocalyptic style D) Philosophical Greek style
A) Geza Vermes B) Paul Barnett C) Hans Grass D) Pontius Pilate
A) Within the Jerusalem apostolic community B) Within the church at Rome C) Within the Pharisaic council in Galilee D) Within the Greek mystery cults
A) Several centuries B) A few years C) A millennium D) Exactly fifty years
A) Hans Grass B) Hosea C) Geza Vermes D) Isaiah
A) In about 10 AD B) In about 500 AD C) In about 70 AD D) In about 34 AD
A) Cephas, then to the twelve B) More than five hundred brothers C) James, then to Mary Magdalene D) Paul on the road to Damascus
A) Seventy-two B) More than five hundred C) A thousand D) Exactly twelve
A) Most of them are still alive, though some have died B) All of them became authors of gospels C) All of them had already died D) None of them believed the vision
A) Cephas, then to the Roman governor B) James, then to all the apostles C) John the Baptist D) The high priest Caiaphas
A) Last of all, as to one untimely born B) First of all, as the primary witness C) In a dream while sleeping in Jerusalem D) Through a letter sent from heaven
A) An apologetic rationale for the death of Jesus as being part of God's plan B) A rejection of Jewish scripture C) A political statement against the Roman Empire D) A medical description of his execution
A) A reason to enforce strict adherence to Jewish law B) An excuse to abandon all religious practices C) A basis for the salvation of sinful Gentiles apart from the Torah D) A justification for military rebellion
A) Isaiah B) Daniel C) Ezekiel D) Jeremiah
A) Isaiah 40:1–5 B) Isaiah 53:4–11 C) Isaiah 61:1–3 D) Isaiah 7:14
A) 4 Maccabees B) The Book of Jubilees C) 1 Enoch D) Psalms of Solomon
A) Zechariah B) Micah C) Amos D) Hosea
A) Hosea 14:4–8 B) Hosea 6:1–2 C) Hosea 1:1–3 D) Hosea 3:1–2
A) Through an angel delivering a stone tablet B) In a completely different and unique way C) As a glowing voice without a visual form D) In the same fashion in which he appeared to the earlier witnesses
A) A journey to the depths of the earth B) A man in Christ who was caught up to the third heaven C) A vision of the creation of the universe D) An encounter with Roman soldiers in Damascus
A) The empty tomb in Jerusalem B) Jesus enthroned at the right hand of God C) The gates of hell opening up D) Moses and Elijah on a mountain
A) By his birth in Bethlehem B) By his miraculous teachings C) By his baptism in the Jordan River D) By his resurrection from the dead
A) Moses B) Solomon C) Abraham D) David
A) Keep the commandments of the Torah B) Preach the gospel to the Gentiles only C) Remember Jesus Christ, raised from the dead D) Do not fear the Roman authorities
A) He is suffering even to the point of being chained like a criminal B) He is traveling freely throughout Rome C) He is reigning as a king in Corinth D) He is writing the book of Revelation
A) God's word has been lost B) God's word is forbidden in court C) God's word is not chained D) God's word is kept secret
A) λόγος τοῦ θεοῦ B) ἀνάστασις τοῦ Ἰησοῦ C) basileia tou theou D) εὐαγγέλιον τοῦ χριστοῦ
A) logos tou theou B) anástasis toú Iēsoú C) evangelion tou christou D) parousia christou
A) Caiaphas B) Peter C) John D) Paul
A) Gamaliel B) Barnabas C) Ananias D) Stephen
A) sanhedrin B) synagogue C) ekklēsia D) assembly of elders
A) 1:1–3 B) 15:2–4 C) 6:28–29 D) 10:12–14
A) Riches B) Immunity C) Wisdom D) Power
A) Nazareth B) Galilee C) Jerusalem D) Emmaus
A) James B) Mary Magdalene C) Peter D) John
A) Seven days B) Forty days C) Three days D) Fifty days
A) 2nd century BC B) 3rd century BC C) 1st century BC D) 4th century BC
A) 3rd century BC B) 2nd century BC C) 1st century BC D) 4th century BC
A) The Essenes B) The Sadducees C) The Pharisees D) The Greeks
A) The Essenes B) The Sadducees C) The Greeks D) The Pharisees
A) The Essenes B) The Sadducees C) The Pharisees D) The Zealots
A) The Greeks B) The Essenes C) The Sadducees D) The Pharisees
A) Steve Mason B) Dag Øistein Endsjø C) Josephus D) Outi Lehtipuu
A) Angelic beings B) Greek philosophers C) Fleshly mortals D) Spirits of the underworld
A) Angels B) Demons C) Souls D) Prophets
A) Outi Lehtipuu B) Dag Øistein Endsjø C) Josephus D) Steve Mason
A) Hellenistic Greece B) Early Christianity C) Old Testament Judaism D) Second Temple Judaism
A) Jewish tradition B) Roman imperial tradition C) Egyptian polytheism D) Pagan mythology
A) Apollo B) Romulus C) Alexander the Great D) Zeus
A) Plutarch B) Romulus C) Zeus D) Apollo
A) Negative B) Positive C) Enthusiastic D) Indifferent
A) Roman imperial apotheosis B) Seasonal cycles C) Atonement for human sin D) One-time historical events
A) Pagan resurrection B) Apotheosis C) Transubstantiation D) Translation by Elysium
A) No B) Yes C) Only if they were Roman emperors D) Only in pagan mythology
A) Its length B) Its author C) Its historicity D) Its language
A) Gerd Ludemann B) Richard Swinburne C) Schroter D) Bockmuehl
A) Bockmuehl B) Jacobi C) Swinburne D) Ludemann
A) The consensus B) Unpublished C) Widely accepted D) A minority
A) Leviticus 19:18 B) Exodus 20:1–3 C) Deuteronomy 21:22–23 D) Genesis 1:1–3
A) Corpus Juris Civilis B) Codex Justinianus C) Digesta D) The Edict of Milan
A) Jehohanan B) The Tel Dan Stele C) The James Ossuary D) The Caiaphas Ossuary
A) James Dunn B) John Granger Cook C) Craig A. Evans D) Martin Hengel
A) Bart D. Ehrman B) John Dominic Crossan C) Dale Allison D) Maurice Casey
A) John Granger Cook B) Martin Hengel C) Dale Allison D) Byron McCane
A) Byron McCane B) John Dominic Crossan C) Maurice Casey D) Bart D. Ehrman
A) Maurice Casey B) Martin Hengel C) Bart D. Ehrman D) John Dominic Crossan
A) Bart D. Ehrman B) Craig A. Evans C) James Dunn D) John Granger Cook
A) Markan literary invention B) Early oral memory C) Later Pauline theology D) Creative story-telling
A) Craig A. Evans B) John Dominic Crossan C) Martin Hengel D) Bart D. Ehrman |