A) The Gospel of John B) The Gospel of Mark C) The Gospel of Luke D) The Gospel of Matthew
A) Luke the Physician B) Papias of Hierapolis C) Mark the Evangelist D) Paul the Apostle
A) In the middle of the second century B) In the 40s–50s CE C) In the early fourth century D) In the last quarter of the first century
A) A Roman official B) A disciple of Peter C) A gentile scholar D) A Jewish author familiar with Hebrew
A) As a Roman philosopher B) As the Jewish Messiah C) As a Greek historical figure D) As a critic of all Jewish law
A) The Gospel of Mark B) The Gospel of Luke C) The Gospel of Thomas D) The letters of Paul
A) The Jewish scriptures are rejected B) The scribes and Pharisees are praised C) The church is absorbed into the synagogue D) The Kingdom of Heaven is given to the church
A) The Synoptic development hypothesis B) The Farrer hypothesis C) The Q source hypothesis D) The Matthean Posteriority hypothesis
A) 220 B) 600 C) 661 D) 400
A) That it should not be lost in a gentile church B) That it is irrelevant to the Christian faith C) That it only applies to the scribes D) That it has been entirely replaced by Greek philosophy
A) Michael Goulder and Alan Kirk B) N. T. Wright and John Wenham C) Plutarch and Suetonius D) Papias and the Elder
A) Knowledge of Roman legal procedure B) Fluency in Latin C) Ability to copy texts verbatim D) Scribal memory competence
A) John was written independently of the Synoptics B) The Synoptics were written after John C) John was the primary source for Matthew D) John knew and used the Synoptic Gospels
A) A collection of legal codes B) A series of letters C) Strictly chronological biography D) Alternating narratives and discourses
A) They are closely matched with the Masoretic text B) They differ significantly from Jewish scriptures C) They avoid the use of the Torah D) They are translated solely from Greek book-scrolls
A) 50 AD B) 73 AD C) 70 AD D) 66 AD
A) Antioch B) Jerusalem C) Rome D) Tiberias
A) David B) Adam C) Moses D) Abraham
A) The entire world B) The Samaritans C) The Romans D) Israel
A) Thomas B) John C) Mark D) Luke
A) Sepphoris B) Rome C) Ephesus D) Alexandria
A) And it came to pass B) Thus ends the word of God C) When Jesus had finished D) The Kingdom is at hand
A) Christos B) Euangelion C) Genesis D) Logos
A) Jerusalem B) Egypt C) Nazareth D) Galilee
A) Forty B) Three C) Fourteen D) Eleven
A) The Beatitudes B) The Ten Commandments C) The genealogy D) The Parables of the Kingdom
A) Three B) Two C) Four D) Five
A) Ride on horseback to save time B) Carry only silver and gold C) Travel without staff or sandals D) Bring extra tunics for the journey
A) Blaspheming the Holy Spirit B) Betraying the Jewish people C) Ignoring the Mosaic law D) Stealing from the temple
A) Teacher B) Faithful C) Leader D) Stone
A) The blood of the martyrs B) The temple in Jerusalem C) Bedrock D) The written law
A) The Roman soldiers B) The crowds of pilgrims C) The Pharisees D) The disciples
A) The Herodian caucus B) The Roman governors C) The Sadducees D) The tax collectors
A) One tenth B) One third C) One half D) One quarter
A) He read the scriptures B) He debated with the Pharisees C) He healed the sick D) He drove out the money changers
A) He left the city B) He washed his hands C) He wrote a letter to the Sanhedrin D) He publicly knelt before the crowd
A) A total solar eclipse B) An earthquake C) A sudden rainstorm D) A massive fire
A) Nazareth B) Galilee C) Bethlehem D) Jerusalem
A) Eschatology B) Christology C) Soteriology D) Theology proper
A) Pontius Pilate B) Mary Magdalene C) Christopher Tuckett D) James Barker
A) The Pharisees B) The Romans C) The Sanhedrin D) The Sadducees
A) The new Elijah. B) The new Moses. C) The new David. D) The new Abraham.
A) Asceticism. B) Antinomianism. C) Legalism. D) Gnosticism.
A) Hebrews. B) Israelites. C) Gentiles. D) Pharisees.
A) Jesus's family tree. B) Jesus's childhood. C) Jesus's physical appearance. D) Jesus's teachings.
A) Before the Passover B) On the day of the Passover C) One week after the Passover D) The day after the Passover
A) Mark Goodacre B) Plutarch C) Sanders D) Dale Allison
A) Mark Goodacre B) Sanders C) Dale Allison D) Ignatius of Antioch
A) Ignatius B) Plutarch C) Papias D) Polycarp
A) The Gospel of Thomas B) The Didache C) The Secret Gospel of Mark D) The Acts of Pilate
A) Late B) During the final week C) Early D) At the very end
A) Dale Allison B) Mark Goodacre C) Plutarch D) Justin Martyr |