Chapter 9 and 10
Jesus of Nazareth died around:
30 C.E.
The Gospel of Mark was probably written around:
70 C.E.
When Jesus is baptized, the spirit of God descends on him in the shape of:
A dove
Luke's Gospel begins with:
A preface
In pre-Christian Jewish circles, the term "Christ" could refer to all of the following except:
A prosecuted person
Matthew traces Jesus' lineage to:
Abraham
In the story of the women who find Jesus' tomb empty and are instructed to go tell Peter and the other disciples, the last twelve versus of this story in Mark were:
Added to the Gospel of Mark by a scribe
Which of the following was not unique to Judaism?
Animal sacrifice
Which of the following was not a Jewish holy man?
Apollonius of Tyana
Who lived about the same time as Jesus, was reported to have had a life and death similar to Jesus, and was considered to be his displaces to be the Son of God?
Apollonius of Tyana
John, the forerunner of Jesus, proclaims forgiveness of sins and performs:
Baptisms
At Jesus' trial in Mark, the Sanhedrin charges him with:
Blasphemy
The word "sicarii" means:
Dagger
Which of the following refers to a group of lesser gods in the Greco-Roman world?
Daimonia
The group of texts used by the Essenes is called the:
Dead Sea Scrolls
"Diaspora" means:
Dispersion
According to the Synoptic Gospels, Jesus spoke fluent Greek.
False
Alexander the Great overthrew the Hasmonean kingdom of Judea.
False
At least one Gospel claims to be eyewitnesses to the events that he narrates.
False
In the Gospel of Matthew, Jesus claims that it is impossible to follow the Law perfectly.
False
In the Gospels of Luke, Jesus begins his ministry by "cleansing the temple."
False
Pharisees rejected the authority of all written texts except the Torah of Moses.
False
Sirach is an example of an early Jewish apocalypse.
False
The Christian Gospels are partially modeled on the early accounts of the life of Apollonius of Tyana.
False
The Gospel of Luke concludes with the "Great Commission"
False
The Gospel of Mark was originally written in Aramaic.
False
The additions to the book of Esther are included in the Jewish canon.
False
The book of Tobit was originally written in Greek.
False
There is only one accepted scholarly solution to the Synoptic Problem.
False
This wisdom of Solomon was likely written in the third century B.C.E.
False
According to the one of the Dead Sea Scrolls (called the War Scroll),the final war that is due to take place of time will last:
Forty years
Which group urged armed rebellion against foreign powers in Palestine?
Fourth Philosphy
Scholars refer to Matthew's use of Hebrew Scriptures to show Jesus the messiah as:
Fulfillment citation
All of the following are included in Matthew's infancy narrative except:
Gabriel's appearance to Mary
Luke's genealogy traces Jesus' lineage to:
God
The New Testament Gospels belong to which genre?
Greco-Roman Biography
Most of the Jews in Diaspora no longer spoke the ancient tongue of Judea, which was:
Hebrew
The Maccabean revolt led to the formation of all these Jewish sects except:
Hellenists
The spread of Greek culture and language is known as:
Hellenization
Matthew assumes that:
His community will follow traditional Jewish law
Biographies written by Christians in the first century put a significant (and unusual) amount of emphasis on what event in Jesus' life.
His death
Luke is different from the other Gospels because:
It has a sequel
Which of the following stories is found only in Luke?
Jesus teaching in the Temple when he was twelve years old
"Q" contains mostly:
Jesus' sayings
The phrase "Jesus' Passion" refers to:
Jesus' suffering
Which New Testament Gospel was probably written last?
John
Which of the following is not a Synoptic Gospel?
John
Matthew's birth narrative centers mostly on:
Joseph
Who discussed the sects of Judaism that emerged in the first century BCE?
Josephus
According to the four-source hypothesis, in addition to Mark, both Matthew and Luke used:
L
The word "gospel" means:
Life
In which Gospel are we informed explicitly that the author, as well as other Gospel authors, acquired his information from Christians who had told stories about Jesus?
Luke
Both Matthew and Luke probably used _____________ as a literary source.
Mark
Which is the shortest, overall, of the three Synoptic Gospels?
Mark
"Markan priority" means:
Mark was the first Synoptic Gospel written
Methodological character development of the central character of a biography would be expected by readers of:
Modern biographies
The term ___________ refers to the belief in one god.
Monotheism
Matthew depicts Jesus as the new:
Moses
In Matthew, Jesus' birth story is most reminiscent of whose birth?
Moses'
According to Mark, Jesus is from:
Nazareth
Modern biographers are less trusting of _____________ of information than the ancient biographers were.
Oral sources
The Gospel of Luke came to be attributed to a man who was thought to be:
Paul's traveling companion
The group of Jews developed a supplementary set of traditional interpretations and laws to ensure that they kept the written Law:
Pharisees
The largest sect of Judaism was the:
Pharisees
This group of Jews ran the Temple in Jesus' day.
Pharisees
Which group believed in the authority of the "oral law"?
Pharisees
Which of the following occurs only in Matthew?
Pilate washing his hands of Jesus' blood
Who was the Roman governor who ordered Jesus crucified?
Pontius Pilate
Ancient biographies are most concerned with which of the following?
Portraying essential character traits
The Jewish sect that produced the Dead Sea Scrolls lived in:
Qumran
The sect of Judaism that wielded the most political power was the:
Sadducees
What group was aristocratic and most closely tied to the Temple?
Sadducees
Which Jewish sect did not believe in the existence of angles?
Sadducees
Which Jewish sect did not believe in the idea of the future resurrection of the dead?
Sadducees
"Synoptic" means:
Seen together
Matthew's birth narrative includes all of the following except:
Shepherds
According to Mark, the messiah must:
Suffer and die
A place of worship where Jews came together in the community to discuss the sacred traditions of the Torah was called a(n):
Synagogue
Which one of these is not one of the four sources in the four-source hypothesis?
T
The Septuagint is:
The Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible
Luke suggests that the Gospel came to the Gentiles because:
The Jews rejected it
How far into the narrative would ancient readers/ listeners of the Gospel have expected to get before they would be able to discern Jesus' character and identity?
The opening scenes
1 Maccabees is our primary source for the historical events surrounding the Maccabean Revolt.
True
2 Maccabees is actually an abridgement of a much longer work.
True
Both Matthew and Luke contain versions of the "Beatitudes."
True
Luke largely avoids depicting Jesus as suffering:
True
Matthew and Luke follow Mark's sequence of stories throughout their narratives:
True
Most biblical scholars believe Matthew and Luke both used Mark as a source.
True
The Pax Romana made travel much easier and safer.
True
The book of Sirach was originally written in Hebrew and translated into Greek by the original author's grandson.
True