What is the major issue that Paul is trying to address in his epistle to the Romans?

c. Divisions between Jewish and Gentile Christians

What is the very first miraculous act that Jesus performs at the beginning of Mark’s Gospel?

a. Jesus exorcises an unclean spirit from a man.

What had Paul’s opponents been telling the Galatian Christians that caused Paul to write his epistle to the Galatians?

d. That Gentile Christians needed to observe the works of the Law

Being good readers of the Bible means reading the creation stories of Genesis 1—2...

b. ...on their terms, not on ours.

The defectors in 1, 2, and 3 John likely adhered to an early heresy called Docetism. What did Docetism believe?

a. That Jesus only seemed human, but was not truly human.

What is the first thing that Paul does in his epistle to the Galatians after the greeting and opening rebuke?

a. He establishes his apostolic bona fides and calling

What does Paul give to the Corinthians as a reason that they might need to avoid eating food sacrificed to idols?

c. Eating such meat could cause some “weaker” Christians to stumble

There were many groups & sects in Second Temple Judaism. What were the two largest groups during the Greco-Roman period?

c. Diaspora Judaism and Palestinian Judaism

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1
What does the parousia refer to in Paul’s thought?
c. The Rapture
d. The Apocalypse
a. The resurrection of believers
b. Christ’s return
2
Which of the following do most scholars think is the earliest of Paul’s letters?
a. Romans
d. Hebrews
b. Philippians
c. 1 Thessalonians
3
At the beginning of Mark’s Gospel, who is the “voice crying in the wilderness” who prepares the way for Jesus?
d. Nicodemus
a. Elijah
c. John the Baptist
b. The Teacher of Righteousness
4
Which Jewish sect believed that only the written Torah was authoritative as Scripture?
b. Essenes
a. Pharisees
d. Sadducees
c. Sicarii
5
What is the major issue that Paul is trying to address in his epistle to the Romans?
d. Divisions between Christians and the Roman government
a. Questions about predestination
c. Divisions between Jewish and Gentile Christians
b. Questions about the Romans Road
6
What city/town was David from?
b. Shiloh
d. Hebron
c. Bethlehem
a. Jerusalem
7
Paul thinks in terms of a pure theology and doesn’t care all that much about ethical behavior.
False
True
8
What title do the Romans mockingly apply to Jesus that, for Mark and his audience, is actually true?
c. Emperor of the World
d. All of the Above
b. King of the Jews
a. Savior and God
9
What do scholars call the hypothetical source of Jesus's sayings that Matthew & Luke both used in writing their Gospels?
d. The Gospel of Thomas
c. The Secret Gospel
a. The hidden source
b. Q source
10
In which book of the prophets does the mysterious and suffering figure known as “The Servant of YHWH” appear?
a. Jeremiah
d. Hosea
b. Isaiah
c. Ezekiel
11
What province of Asia Minor (modern day Turkey) are the seven churches of Revelation located in?
b. Galatia
c. Pontus
a. Cappadocia
d. Asia
12
What do scholars call Paul’s “now and not yet” eschatology about Christ’s resurrection and return?
d. Catholic eschatology
b. Rapture eschatology
a. Imminent eschatology
c. Reformed eschatology
13
Who is the famous Jewish historian who documented the history of the Jews including the many different sects and groups?
a. Philo of Alexandria
d. Tacitus
c. Simon ben Koseba
b. Josephus
14
What kind of typology does Matthew often use to depict Jesus in his Gospel?
a. New Abraham
c. New Solomon
d. New Noah
b. New Moses
15
Which Jewish sect firmly believed in the resurrection of the dead at the end of history?
a. Pharisees
c. Sicarii
b. Essenes
d. Sadducees
16
Who was appointed by Rome as the client ruler of Galilee during the time of Jesus?
d. Pontius Pilate
a. Herod Antipas
c. Pompey Magnus
b. Herod the Great
17
What is the very first miraculous act that Jesus performs at the beginning of Mark’s Gospel?
c. Jesus calms a storm.
d. Jesus feeds four thousand people.
b. Jesus revives a dead girl.
a. Jesus exorcises an unclean spirit from a man.
18
What term describes the scholarly consensus on which Gospel was written first?
a. Markan priority
d. Johannine priority
b. Lukan priority
c. Matthean priority
19
What other ancient empire does the author of 1 Peter use to refer to Rome in his letter?
c. Babylon
d. Assyria
b. Greece
a. Egypt
20
What major event does the book of Acts begin with after the Ascension of Jesus?
c. Peter’s Vision
b. Pentecost
a. The Council of Jerusalem
d. The Second Coming
21
What do scholars call the part of the world where the Old Testament texts are culturally & geographically situated?
Asia Minor
c. The Iberian Peninsula
b. Sub-Saharan Africa
a. The Ancient Near East
22
What key event of Jesus’s life, that happens at the end of the Synoptics, does John move to the beginning of his Gospel?
a. The Cleansing of the Temple
d. The Healing of the Man Born Blind
c. The Great Commission
b. The Cursing of the Fig Tree
23
After asking Yahweh for wisdom, Solomon was successful in resisting idol worship.
True
False
24
What does the word “catholic” mean in the context of early Christianity?
c. Particular
a. Roman Catholic
d. Universal
b. Orthodox
25
Who becomes Jesus’s primary opposition after he begins to journey toward Jerusalem in the second half of Mark’s Gospel?
a. The Pharisees
d. His family
c. The Romans
b. The disciples
26
Which convert in Acts (a dealer in purple cloth) became both a financial patron and house church leader in Thyatira?
a. Lydia
c. Salome
b. Mary Magdalene
d. Phoebe
27
Which river do the Israelites cross to enter into Canaan?
a. The Euphrates River
d. The Danube River
b. The Jordan River
c. The Nile River
28
What had Paul’s opponents been telling the Galatian Christians that caused Paul to write his epistle to the Galatians?
b. That Gentile Christians needed to neglect their physical bodies
d. That Gentile Christians needed to observe the works of the Law
c. That Gentile Christians did not have to abide by any moral ethics
a. That Gentile Christians needed to receive the Holy Spirit
29
The prophet Amos speaks of a coming day of justice for Israel’s corruption & oppression of the poor. What is its name?
c. Exile Day
b. Judgment Day
a. The Day of YHWH
d. The Day of Atonement
30
What biblical figure does Matthew primarily focus on with this genealogy of Jesus at the beginning of his Gospel?
d. Saul
c. David
a. Moses
b. Nahum
31
What figure/job does Paul use to describe the role of the Law in Galatians?
d. A paterfamilias
b. A centurion
c. A prophet
a. A paidagogos
32
As depicted in Acts and later mentioned by Paul, what was the first major council in Christian history?
a. The Council of Ephesus
d. The Council of Jerusalem
b. The Council of Nicaea
c. The Council of Constantinople
33
Which one of the tribes of Israel was King Saul from?
c. Dan
b. Benjamin
d. Ephraim
a. Asher
34
Where is Jesus’s ministry concentrated in the first half of Mark’s Gospel?
a. Judea
c. Bethlehem
b. Jerusalem
d. Galilee
35
Being good readers of the Bible means reading the creation stories of Genesis 1—2...
c. ...as not being of any real importance.
a. ...as though they were written directly to us.
b. ...on their terms, not on ours.
d. ...as ancient biographies.
36
In Matthew’s birth narrative, where do Joseph, Mary, & Jesus flee to escape Herod’s murder of infants in Bethlehem?
d. Greece
b. Syria
c. Arabia
a. Egypt
37
Rome regularly used the power of the imperial government to persecute Christians in the first 300 years of the Church.
True
False
38
The defectors in 1, 2, and 3 John likely adhered to an early heresy called Docetism. What did Docetism believe?
a. That Jesus only seemed human, but was not truly human.
d. That Jesus was simply an archangel.
c. That Jesus was just God the Father in disguise.
b. That Jesus only seemed divine, but that he was really just a great human
39
What does the term "pseudonymity" mean?
c. Writing under a false name
b. Writing with faulty papyrus
a. Writing with a faulty pen
d. Writing under a true name
40
How is the concept of wisdom depicted at the beginning of the book of Proverbs?
c. As a sage
b. As a man
d. As a woman
a. As a king
41
When does the Assyrian Empire finally exile the ten northern tribes of Israel?
a. 586 BCE
d. 722 BCE
c. 550 BCE
b. 330 BCE
42
Luke’s narrative expands on a key part of Jesus's story, taking up almost a third of Luke's Gospel. Which part is it?
d. Jesus’s Passion
b. The Galilean Ministry
a. The Journey to Jerusalem
c. Jesus’s Childhood
43
Which of the following is a key characteristic of the Epistle of James?
d. Antinomianism
c. Hyperbole
b. Allegory
a. Paraenesis
44
What is the first thing that Paul does in his epistle to the Galatians after the greeting and opening rebuke?
c. He rebukes both Jews and Gentiles of being equally in need of salvation
b. He presents an allegorical reading of the Hagar and Sarah story
a. He establishes his apostolic bona fides and calling
d. He talks about meat sacrificed to idols
45
What genre of literature do most scholars think that the book of Hebrews fits within?
d. Diatribe
c. Homily
a. Epistle
b. Socratic dialogue
46
What does Paul give to the Corinthians as a reason that they might need to avoid eating food sacrificed to idols?
d. Christians should only eat ritually pure foods
a. The pagan gods have “contaminated” the meat
b. Because all Christians should be vegetarians
c. Eating such meat could cause some “weaker” Christians to stumble
47
There were many groups & sects in Second Temple Judaism. What were the two largest groups during the Greco-Roman period?
a. Pharisaic Judaism and Essene Judaism
b. Orthodox Judaism and Reform Judaism
d. Liberal Judaism and Conservative Judaism
c. Diaspora Judaism and Palestinian Judaism
48
What kingdom was Alexander the Great from?
d. Persia
c. Sparta
a. Rome
b. Macedonia
49
A key component of Genesis 1 reappears in the vision of the new creation at the end of Revelation. Which is it?
a. The Tree of Life
b. The Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil
c. The World Tree/Yggdrasil
d. The Giving Tree
50
What major theme related to the in-breaking Kingdom of God runs throughout Luke’s Gospel?
c. Total discontinuity with Israel’s Scriptures
d. All of the above.
a. Dramatic reversal
b. Israelite exclusivity
51
What do scholars call the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke?
d. All of the Above
b. The Synoptic Gospels
a. The Galilean Gospels
c. The First Gospels
52
The audience of 1 Peter is mostly comprised of Jewish Christians.
False
True
53
Who is the patron of Luke’s two-volume work, Luke-Acts?
d. Lydia
b. Josephus
c. Theophilus
a. Philo
54
According to the book of Acts, who is the first Christian martyr?
a. Ananias
d. Stephen
c. Peter
b. Dionysius
55
What does Paul think will happen to the rest of creation when the general resurrection happens?
d. All of the above
a. It will be destroyed by fire
c. It will simply cease to exist
b. It will be renewed by God
56
For Mark, the cross is the true enthronement of Jesus as Lord.
False
True
57
James believes that works of the Law are necessary for salvation.
False
True
58
In Luke’s birth narrative, Jesus’s birth is connected to the birth of another major character in the Gospels. Who is it?
d. John the Baptist
b. Paul
a. Peter
c. Joseph of Arimathea
59
Which of the following letters is considered one of the disputed Pauline letters?
a. Philippians
c. Galatians
d. Philemon
b. Colossians
60
What became the common spoken language of the Mediterranean world after Alexander’s conquests?
a. Koine Greek
b. Church Latin
d. Ancient Sanskrit
c. Biblical Aramaic
61
What is the name of the discipline that scholars use to try and reconstruct the earliest form of the biblical texts?
c. Theological criticism
b. Rhetorical criticism
a. Canonical criticism
d. Textual criticism
62
What is the term that scholars often use to describe the Ten Commandments?
a. The Stone Tablets
d. The Decalogue
b. The Law of the Heavens
c. The Law of the Mountain
63
What was the primary type of economy that the Greco-Roman and Jewish worlds shared during the time of the New Testament?
d. Information
b. Agrarian
c. Shipping
a. Manufacturing
64
What part of a person’s life did ancient biographers believe provided the clearest portrait of a subject’s character?
b. Old Age
d. Death
a. Birth
c. Adolescence
65
In what year did Babylon send the Southern Kingdom of Judah into exile?
325 CE
722 BCE
800 BCE
586 BCE
66
What is distinct about Yahweh’s covenant that he cuts with Abraham compared to other covenants?
a. It involves the cleaving of animal carcasses as part of the process.
b. The weight of keeping the covenant rests only on Yahweh.
d. The covenant is bilateral in nature.
c. The weight of keeping the covenant rests equally on Yahweh & Abraham.
67
What do scholars call the pattern of oppression and redemption in the book of Judges?
b. The Regression Cycle
a. The Judges Cycle
c. The Enslavement Cycle
d. The Downward Spiral Cycle
68
What does Paul mean when he tells the Corinthians they are partaking of the Lord’s Supper unworthily?
c. They haven't undergone a ritual cleansing before the Lord's Supper
a. Rich Christians have ignored poorer Christians in the communal meetings
d. They have not tithed properly to the Corinthian church
b. Some do not hold the correct idea of what is happening sacramentally
69
What event marks the narrative shift halfway through Mark’s Gospel?
a. The Cleansing of the Temple
c. Peter’s Confession of Jesus as the Messiah
b. The Stilling of the Storm
d. Jesus’s Baptism in the Jordan River
70
What other NT text does 1 John intentionally echo in its opening verses?
c. The Epistle to the Galatians
d. The Acts of the Apostles
a. The Gospel of Matthew
b. The Gospel of John
71
What is apocalyptic literature meant to do?
b. It is meant provide a divine perspective on human circumstances.
d. It is meant to be read literally.
a. It is meant to describe the destruction of the world.
c. It is meant to rally Israel to overthrow oppressors.
72
What is the most prominent theme that runs throughout the Acts of the Apostles?
a. The presence of the Holy Spirit
c. The slow spread of the gospel to Gentiles
b. The rapid acceptance of the gospel in Jewish communities
d. The centrality of the Law
73
Nearly all of the writers of the New Testament were Jewish.
True
False
74
Which of the following was one of David’s most significant political acts?
c. He established Jerusalem as the capital of all Israel.
a. He built the central temple in Jerusalem.
b. He established trading networks with Egypt.
d. He successfully eliminated all idol worship in the land of Israel.
75
What event takes place at the very end of Luke’s Gospel that is not in Mark or Matthew?
d. An angel at the empty tomb
c. Jesus’s ascension to heaven
a. Resurrection appearances
b. Final instructions to the disciples
76
Which Jewish sect believed that both human and divine actions worked together to influence history?
c. Sicarii
d. Sadducees
b. Essenes
a. Pharisees
77
What was the name of the head of a typical Roman household?
c. Paidagogos
d. Imperator
a. Materfamilias
b. Paterfamilias
78
What is the Septuagint?
a. The Latin translation of the whole Bible.
c. The Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible.
b. A name that means “hidden things.”
d. The Greek translation of the New Testament.
79
According to the book of Acts, who is the first Gentile convert to the early Christian movement?
c. A Greek king
d. A Gallic warrior
a. A Roman legionnaire
b. An Ethiopian official
80
What was the name of the high gods of the Greco-Roman pantheon (collection of all gods)?
d. The Olympian Gods
b. The Divine Council
a. The Aesir
c. The Chthonians

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