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appearances and inspired reading of biblical texts B) Direct political ambition of the early church C) The discovery of historical documents in Rome D) Eyewitness scientific verification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