Week 5 Quiz Review

A purity system does all EXCEPT:

Helen Bond describes the Quest of the Historical Jesus as being divided into

Borg believes that Jesus became a religious seeker and underwent a conversion experience.

According to Sanders, the following was NOT unique to Jews in the first century CE

According to Bond, the Third Quest of the Historical Jesus is characterized by all of the following, except

The historical factors that led to the Quest of the Historical Jesus included (choose all that apply):

Which features of John's gospel emphasize the divinity of Jesus? Choose all that apply.

Most scholars agree with Borg that Jesus was not expecting the end of the world within his lifetime.

Judaism had these elements in common with the pagan religions, except:

How much of the Gospel of John is different from the Synoptics?

According to Bond, the Jesus described by the Jesus Seminar was all of the following, except

Borg's preferred way of describing the different ways of understanding Jesus is...

Boyarin based his argument on the distinction between permitted/forbidden food and what?

Marcus Borg, as a new seminary student, was most troubled by the gospel of

John describes Jesus differently from the Synoptic gospels. These *differences* include (choose all that apply):

Acc. to Boyarin, the Gospels show a clear break from Judaism by Jesus & early disciples to form a new religion.

Which of the following is not one of four "positive strokes" in Borg’s sketch of the pre-Easter Jesus?

Christianity adopted from Judaism

Which of the following is not one of four "positive strokes" in Borg’s sketch of the pre-Easter Jesus?