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