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