A) Luke B) John Mark C) Paul D) Matthew
A) Aramaic B) Greek C) Latin D) Hebrew
A) Peter B) Thomas C) Judas Iscariot D) Andrew
A) A horse B) A camel C) A donkey D) An ox
A) John B) Joseph of Arimathea C) Peter D) Mary Magdalene
A) Augustus Caesar B) Tiberius Caesar C) Pontius Pilate D) Herod Antipas
A) 16 B) 24 C) 20 D) 12
A) Peter B) James C) Judas Iscariot D) John
A) His birth, life, and resurrection B) His ministry from baptism to his death and discovery of his empty tomb C) Only his miracles and teachings D) His childhood and early years
A) As the Light of the World B) As the King of Kings C) As the Lamb of God D) As the Son of Man
A) Bethlehem B) Rome C) Jerusalem D) Capernaum
A) His role as a military general B) His role as a philosopher C) His role as the 'Son of God' D) His role as a political leader
A) The Bar Kokhba revolt B) The Maccabean Revolt C) The First Jewish–Roman War (66–74 AD) D) The Second Jewish–Roman War
A) An evolutionary adaptation model B) A cyclical tradition model C) A media contrast model suggesting a major break from oral to written form D) A linear progression model
A) Thirty B) Twenty C) Ten D) Fifteen
A) A quarter B) Half C) Three-quarters D) One-third
A) It implies a period during the reign of King Herod B) It indicates a time after the fall of Rome C) It suggests a date before Jesus's birth D) It points to the First Jewish–Roman War, suggesting a composition around 70 AD
A) The Olympic gods B) The philosopher king C) The messiah D) The Roman Senate
A) He will become a king on earth B) He will rise again C) He will return to Galilee D) He will be forgotten by the disciples
A) John Dominic Crossan B) William Wrede C) Raymond E. Brown D) N.T. Wright
A) "Jesus' baptism" B) "the Last Supper" C) "secrecy surrounding Jesus' true identity" D) "the resurrection story"
A) Based on households B) In public forums C) In large temples D) As military units
A) Karl Ludwig Schmidt B) Dale Allison C) William Wrede D) Michael Patrick Barber
A) No evidence of any eyewitness accounts B) A structure of lifetime memory that includes various eyewitnesses C) Only written sources with no oral tradition D) Complete fictionalization without historical basis
A) The Messiah was openly declared by Jesus throughout the Gospel B) The Messiah's identity is revealed at the beginning of the Gospel C) Jesus keeps his messianic nature secret and even his disciples fail to understand him D) The Messiah's identity was known only to John the Baptist
A) No ending at all B) The shorter ending C) A completely different story D) The longer ending
A) He suggests it was written before Jesus's ministry B) He argues for a date in the 2nd century C) Most scholars place it during the buildup of the First Jewish-Roman War (65–70 AD) D) He places it after the fall of Jerusalem in 135 AD
A) "the Prophetic visions" B) "the 'Suffering Servant' passages" C) "the Creation narratives" D) "the Exodus story"
A) It was written after Mark's Gospel B) It predates all the Gospels C) There is no agreement, and its lack of existence is suggested by Helen Bond D) It is universally accepted as existing
A) Matthew B) Paul C) Luke D) John
A) It has no relation to the composition of Matthew and Luke B) Most scholars hold to Marcan priority, meaning it was written first and used by Matthew and Luke C) It was written last and used as a source by Matthew and Luke D) It was written simultaneously with Matthew and Luke
A) The Jewish lawkeepers B) John the Baptist C) The disciples D) Satan
A) Jewish audience B) Gentile audience C) Greek philosophers D) Roman officials
A) Sanctuary B) Ekklesia (assembly) C) Temple D) Synagogue
A) Call for help B) Stay to pray C) Return home D) Flee in fear
A) Eusebius B) Rowan Williams C) Origen D) Irenaeus
A) "good news" B) "holy scripture" C) "spiritual message" D) "gospel story" |