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A) Direct political ambition of the early church B) The discovery of historical documents in Rome C) Eyewitness scientific verification D) Religious experiences such as visionary appearances and inspired reading of biblical texts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