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A) Religious experiences such as visionary appearances and inspired reading of biblical texts B) The discovery of historical documents in Rome C) Eyewitness scientific verification D) Direct political ambition of the early church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