A) The Gospel of Luke B) The Gospel of Mark C) The Gospel of John D) The Gospel of Matthew
A) Paul the Apostle B) Mark the Evangelist C) Luke the Physician D) Papias of Hierapolis
A) In the middle of the second century B) In the 40s–50s CE C) In the early fourth century D) In the last quarter of the first century
A) A disciple of Peter B) A Jewish author familiar with Hebrew C) A Roman official D) A gentile scholar
A) As a critic of all Jewish law B) As the Jewish Messiah C) As a Roman philosopher D) As a Greek historical figure
A) The Gospel of Mark B) The Gospel of Luke C) The letters of Paul D) The Gospel of Thomas
A) The church is absorbed into the synagogue B) The scribes and Pharisees are praised C) The Jewish scriptures are rejected D) The Kingdom of Heaven is given to the church
A) The Farrer hypothesis B) The Synoptic development hypothesis C) The Q source hypothesis D) The Matthean Posteriority hypothesis
A) 400 B) 220 C) 600 D) 661
A) That it has been entirely replaced by Greek philosophy B) That it only applies to the scribes C) That it is irrelevant to the Christian faith D) That it should not be lost in a gentile church
A) Plutarch and Suetonius B) Papias and the Elder C) Michael Goulder and Alan Kirk D) N. T. Wright and John Wenham
A) Ability to copy texts verbatim B) Fluency in Latin C) Knowledge of Roman legal procedure D) Scribal memory competence
A) The Synoptics were written after John B) John knew and used the Synoptic Gospels C) John was the primary source for Matthew D) John was written independently of the Synoptics
A) A series of letters B) A collection of legal codes C) Strictly chronological biography D) Alternating narratives and discourses
A) They differ significantly from Jewish scriptures B) They avoid the use of the Torah C) They are translated solely from Greek book-scrolls D) They are closely matched with the Masoretic text
A) 70 AD B) 50 AD C) 73 AD D) 66 AD
A) Tiberias B) Rome C) Jerusalem D) Antioch
A) David B) Adam C) Abraham D) Moses
A) The Samaritans B) Israel C) The Romans D) The entire world
A) Luke B) John C) Mark D) Thomas
A) Rome B) Alexandria C) Ephesus D) Sepphoris
A) The Kingdom is at hand B) When Jesus had finished C) Thus ends the word of God D) And it came to pass
A) Euangelion B) Logos C) Genesis D) Christos
A) Nazareth B) Jerusalem C) Egypt D) Galilee
A) Three B) Fourteen C) Forty D) Eleven
A) The genealogy B) The Beatitudes C) The Parables of the Kingdom D) The Ten Commandments
A) Two B) Five C) Four D) Three
A) Bring extra tunics for the journey B) Carry only silver and gold C) Ride on horseback to save time D) Travel without staff or sandals
A) Blaspheming the Holy Spirit B) Stealing from the temple C) Ignoring the Mosaic law D) Betraying the Jewish people
A) Stone B) Faithful C) Leader D) Teacher
A) The blood of the martyrs B) The temple in Jerusalem C) Bedrock D) The written law
A) The Pharisees B) The crowds of pilgrims C) The Roman soldiers D) The disciples
A) The Roman governors B) The Sadducees C) The tax collectors D) The Herodian caucus
A) One quarter B) One tenth C) One half D) One third
A) He drove out the money changers B) He debated with the Pharisees C) He healed the sick D) He read the scriptures
A) He wrote a letter to the Sanhedrin B) He publicly knelt before the crowd C) He left the city D) He washed his hands
A) A total solar eclipse B) An earthquake C) A massive fire D) A sudden rainstorm
A) Nazareth B) Galilee C) Jerusalem D) Bethlehem
A) Eschatology B) Soteriology C) Christology D) Theology proper
A) Pontius Pilate B) James Barker C) Mary Magdalene D) Christopher Tuckett
A) The Pharisees B) The Sanhedrin C) The Sadducees D) The Romans
A) The new David. B) The new Moses. C) The new Abraham. D) The new Elijah.
A) Asceticism. B) Gnosticism. C) Antinomianism. D) Legalism.
A) Israelites. B) Hebrews. C) Pharisees. D) Gentiles.
A) Jesus's teachings. B) Jesus's family tree. C) Jesus's childhood. D) Jesus's physical appearance.
A) The day after the Passover B) Before the Passover C) On the day of the Passover D) One week after the Passover
A) Sanders B) Mark Goodacre C) Dale Allison D) Plutarch
A) Ignatius of Antioch B) Mark Goodacre C) Dale Allison D) Sanders
A) Papias B) Plutarch C) Polycarp D) Ignatius
A) The Acts of Pilate B) The Secret Gospel of Mark C) The Gospel of Thomas D) The Didache
A) At the very end B) During the final week C) Late D) Early
A) Mark Goodacre B) Plutarch C) Dale Allison D) Justin Martyr |