- 1. Which book of the New Testament contains Chapter 2, the subject of the text?
A) Gospel of Luke
B) Gospel of John
C) Gospel of Mark
D) Gospel of Matthew
- 2. How many verses are in Matthew chapter 2?
A) 23
B) 20
C) 25
D) 28
- 3. What is the original language in which Matthew 2 was written?
A) Aramaic
B) Classical Hebrew
C) Koine Greek
D) Latin
- 4. Which Codex containing Matthew 2 is dated approximately 325-350 and is complete?
A) Codex Bezae
B) Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus
C) Codex Washingtonianus
D) Codex Vaticanus
- 5. Which Codex is dated approximately 330-360 and is complete?
A) Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus
B) Codex Sinaiticus
C) Codex Bezae
D) Codex Washingtonianus
- 6. Which manuscript is dated approximately 400?
A) Codex Vaticanus
B) Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus
C) Codex Washingtonianus
D) Codex Sinaiticus
- 7. Which Codex is dated approximately 450 and is complete?
A) Codex Washingtonianus
B) Codex Vaticanus
C) Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus
D) Codex Sinaiticus
- 8. Who attempted to kill the infant messiah in Matthew 2?
A) King Herod
B) King David
C) Caesar Augustus
D) Pharaoh
- 9. Where did Joseph and his family flee after the threat by King Herod?
A) Egypt
B) Rome
C) Nazareth
D) Babylon
- 10. Where did Joseph and his family ultimately settle upon returning to live in Israel?
A) Capernaum
B) Bethlehem
C) Jerusalem
D) Nazareth
- 11. Whose infancy story in Jewish literature and Josephus' writings has parallels with Jesus' infancy narrative in Matthew?
A) Isaac
B) Abraham
C) Jacob
D) Moses
- 12. How many Old Testament quotations does Matthew see Jesus fulfilling, according to the four sections of the chapter?
A) 3
B) 6
C) 5
D) 4
- 13. Which Old Testament book is quoted with the words 'And you, Bethlehem ...'?
A) Hosea 11:1
B) Jeremiah 31:15
C) Isaiah 7:14
D) Micah 5:2
- 14. Which Old Testament passage says 'I called my son out of Egypt'?
A) Micah 5:2
B) Isaiah 7:14
C) Jeremiah 31:15
D) Hosea 11:1
- 15. Which prophet is associated with the weeping of Rachel for her children in Ramah?
A) Micah
B) Hosea
C) Isaiah
D) Jeremiah
- 16. Which theologian sees the entire chapter as apologetics for why the messiah moved from Bethlehem to Nazareth?
A) Schweizer
B) Robert H. Gundry
C) R.T. France
D) Krister Stendahl
- 17. According to Krister Stendahl, what do each of the four quotes in Matthew 2 contain?
A) Dates
B) Place names
C) Numbers
D) Royal titles
- 18. Who describes the Old Testament quotations in Matthew 2 as 'notoriously obscure and unconvincing'?
A) Krister Stendahl
B) R.T. France
C) Paul L. Maier
D) Robert H. Gundry
- 19. Which quotation in Matthew 2 does not appear anywhere in the Old Testament?
A) I called my son out of Egypt
B) Rachel weeping for her children
C) And you, Bethlehem
D) He shall be called a Nazarene
- 20. Who associates the phrase 'He shall be called a Nazarene' with Isaiah 11:1 based on the etymology of Nazareth?
A) Jerome
B) Schweizer
C) J. D. Kingsbury
D) Krister Stendahl
- 21. What Hebrew word does Jerome derive the etymology of Nazareth from?
A) Shalom
B) Mashiach
C) Golgotha
D) Ne'tser
- 22. What does the word 'ne'tser' mean in Hebrew according to Jerome?
A) Light
B) Star
C) Branch
D) Mountain
- 23. How many total references to the Old Testament does Matthew 2 contain?
A) 3
B) 4
C) 6
D) 5
- 24. Who sees the chapter as being divided into five subsections, each ending with an Old Testament quotation?
A) Paul L. Maier
B) Schweizer
C) R.T. France
D) J. D. Kingsbury
- 25. In the author of Matthew's parallel with the Exodus, who represents Pharaoh?
A) David
B) Herod
C) Caesar
D) Joseph
- 26. In the author of Matthew's parallel with the Exodus, who represents Moses?
A) Herod
B) Joseph
C) Jesus
D) David
- 27. Jesus being born in Bethlehem echoes which earlier king who was also born in that village?
A) King Hezekiah
B) King Solomon
C) King David
D) King Saul
- 28. Who sees the cooperation of the chief priests and scribes with Herod as prefiguring how Jews and Gentiles will later respond to Christianity?
A) Schweizer
B) Robert H. Gundry
C) Krister Stendahl
D) J. D. Kingsbury
- 29. Which theologian notes that persecution is an important theme of Matthew?
A) R.T. France
B) Robert H. Gundry
C) Paul L. Maier
D) Jerome
- 30. Who rejects the idea that Herod represents Israel and the murdered children represent Israel's punishment?
A) Krister Stendahl and Robert H. Gundry
B) Jerome and Krister Stendahl
C) Schweizer and J. D. Kingsbury
D) Paul L. Maier and R.T. France
- 31. Whose infancy narrative does Matthew 2 differ sharply from?
A) Luke 2
B) Mark 2
C) Acts 2
D) John 2
- 32. How does Robert H. Gundry view Matthew's gospel regarding Luke's narrative?
A) An earlier draft of Luke's
B) A heavily embellished version of Luke's
C) An exact historical copy of Luke's
D) A completely independent and contradictory account
- 33. Who are the humble shepherds transformed into in Robert H. Gundry's view of Matthew's embellishment?
A) The chief priests and scribes
B) Roman soldiers
C) The more exotic magi
D) The prophets
- 34. What event is linked to the Babylonian Captivity through a quote from Jeremiah 31:15?
A) The Flight into Egypt
B) The Birth of Jesus
C) The Massacre of the Innocents
D) The Visit of the Magi
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