UMHB New Testament Test 2

T/F. There are many manuscripts dating from the period between AD 200 and 300, together with scraps of manuscripts that can be dated even earlier.

True

T/F. The Gospel of Thomas consists entirely of sayings of Jesus.

True

T/F. 6 original New Testament documents were found in Egypt.

False

T/F. No other traditions about Jesus' life and teaching exist apart from the gospels.

False

T/F. According to the article about the Gospel of Thomas, the Gospel of Thomas was found among the important writings at Nag Hammadi in 1945.

True

T/F. Ancient books were commonly written on three different kinds of material: leather documents, papyrus documents, and vellum documents.

True

T/F. The full significance of who Jesus was, and how that significance might best be articulated, only emerged as his followers reflected on their own experience of him.

True

T/F. The earliest New Testament manuscripts were all written without any punctuation, and often with no spaces at all between words.

True

T/F. The Gospel of Thomas consists of narratives about Jesus

False

T/F. The Gospel of Thomas in its present form dates back to the first century

False

T/F. Jesus is mentioned by Josephus and the rabbis, and the Latin authors Suetonius and Tacitus, and is mentioned in the Quran.

True

T/F. The majority of early copies of the complete New Testament are on vellum, written in what is called uncial writing.

True

T/F. The New Testament canon consists of 21 books.

False

T/F. Papyrus easily decomposed.

True

T/F. Codex Alexandrinus and Codex Vaticanus both are New Testament manuscripts dating to the fourth century.

True

T/F. Codex Sinaiticus dates from the middle of the fourth century and contains the complete New Testament as well as portions of the Old Testament along with the Epistle of Barnabas and the Shepherd of Hermas.

True

T/F. It was well into the fourth century before anyone thought to compile an actual list of New Testament books.

True

T/F. Athanasius and the Council of Carthage in the fourth century had an actual list of the 27 books of the New Testament.

True

T/F. There are almost 3000 minuscule manuscripts of the New Testament.

True

T/F. According to the article about the Gospel of Thomas, the Gospel of Thomas is a Coptic text of about 350 CE.

True

T/F. Many of the contents of the Gospel of Thomas are presented with a Gnostic slant.

True

T/F. According to the article about the Gospel of Thomas, lots of scholars doubt if the Gospel of Thomas is a Gnostic work.

False

T/F. The word "canon" is derived from a Greek word often deemed meaning "a measuring stick."

True

T/F. Irenaeus identified the beloved disciple with John the apostle.

True

T/F. According to the Gospel of John, Jesus left Judea and started back to Galilee because "the Gentiles had yet to hear."

False

T/F. The Word came as a witness.

False

T/F. According to the Gospel of John, John the Baptist identified himself as "the light."

False

T/F. The Gospel of John presents the cross as tragic.

False

T/F. According to the Gospel of John, the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.

True

T/F. It is now widely believed that the fourth gospel is not dependent on the other three, and may well have been written without any knowledge of them.

True

T/F. All things were made through the Word.

True

M/C. In all four gospels:
A)Jesus is born of a virgin
B)Jesus tells parables
C)Jesus has disciples
D)Jesus casts out demons

C) Jesus has disciples

M/C. In all four gospels:
A)Jesus turns water into wine at a wedding in Cana
B)Jesus heals a blind man at the pool in Bethsaida
C)Jesus is resurrected from the dead
D)Jesus is crucified on the day before Passover

C) Jesus is resurrected from the dead

M/C. The following is a literary feature in the Gospel of John:
A)Jesus tells riddles
B)Jesus is the new Moses
C)The Jesus story speeds up and then slows way down
D)Jesus' ministry unfolds according to a divine plan

A) Jesus tells riddles

M/C. The following is unique to the Gospel of John:
A)Lazarus was raised from the dead
B)Jesus was born in Bethlehem
C)The Parable of the Good Samaritan
D)Jesus was found guilty of Blasphemy

A) Lazarus was raised from the dead

M/C. The Gospel of John was written to:
A)Gentile Christians in Rome
B)Ephesus (circulatory letter)
C)Jewish Christians in Antioch, Syria
D)Theophilus

B) Ephesus (circulatory letter)

M/C. Date for Gospel of Mark
A)58-62 CE
B)65-68 CE
C)70-80 CE
D)85-95 CE

B) 65-68 CE

M/C. In the story of Jesus blessing the children in Mark 10, the children are
A)innocent
B)unassuming
C)loud

B) unassuming

M/C. The poor widow in the Temple
A)was taken advantage of
B)was looked after by the priests
C)owned lots of houses
D)sold animals

A) was taken advantage of

M/C.Frequently occurring term/phrase in the Gospel of Mark:
A)immediately
B)it is necessary
C)pax Romana
D)faith

A) immediately

M/C. Who devoured widow's houses?
A)scribes
B)Jesus
C)the people of the land
D)the Romans

A) scribes

M/C. The turning point in the Gospel of Mark is:
A)the feeding of the 5000
B)Jesus walking on water
C)Jesus heals the bleeding woman
D)the transfiguration

D) the transfiguration

M/C.Purpose for writing the Gospel of Mark
A)eyewitnesses were dying
B)as encouragement for Jesus followers in Antioch
C)because Christians had to flea into the mountains of Asia Minor
D)none of these answers

A) eyewitnesses were dying

M/C.The sign above Jesus' cross contained writing in all but the following language:
A)Greek
B)Aramaic
C)Latin
D)Hebrew

B) Aramaic

M/C.What bird was considered a good bird by the ancients?
A)crow
B)raven
C)crane
D)dove

D) dove

T/F. The occurrence of "immediately" slows down after chapter 10 in the Gospel of Mark

True

M/C. Who could enter the Kingdom of God according to Jesus?
A)those who were without sin
B)those closest to Jesus
C)those who are baptized
D)those who became like children

D)those who became like children

T/F. A man carrying a water jar was a common sight in ancient Jerusalem

False

M/C. The oldest manuscripts of the Gospel of Mark end at
A)Mark 15:8
B)Mark 16:4
C)Mark 16:8
D)Mark 16;20

C)Mark 16:8

T/F. Tarsus was surrounded by malarial swamps.

True

T/F. Galilee was quite similar to Jerusalem in terms of culture and religious traditions.

False

T/F. The people who welcomed the message of Peter and were baptized were about twelve.

False

T/F. After the expulsion of the Hellenists, the church in Jerusalem seems to have taken a very conservative direction.

True

T/F. Apart from occasional visits to Jerusalem, Jesus spent almost all his life in Galilee.

True

T/F. In each town on their missionary journeys, the apostles began their work by visiting the local pagan temple.

False

T/F. Stephen was a man full of faith and the Holy Spirit.

True

T/F. The real "god" of Stoic thinking was abstract human reason.

True

T/F. Peter traveled extensively, often accompanied by his wife.

True

T/F. Of the many philosophical schools of the time, Stoicism was probably the most congenial to Paul.

True

T/F.Once Paul and Barnabas head out to Cyprus and beyond, Luke abandons the use of Paul's Hebrew name, Saul.

True

T/F.The third missionary journey was more in the nature of a pastor's ministry.

True

T/F. The crowds crucified Stephen despite his claims to innocence.

True

T/F. The Pharisees were emphasizing the importance of showing commitment to the covenant by faithful observance of the Law.

True

T/F. Paul always regarded GOd as a personal being whose most authentic image was to be found in Jesus.

True

T/F. In the course of his three years' stay at Ephesus, Paul seems to have paid a short visit to Corinth.

True

T/F. Barnabas and Paul shared all the signs and wonders God had done through them among the Gentiles.

True

T/F. According to the New Testament, Paul quoted from the Greek poets in his speech in Athens.

True

T/F. Judaism required Gentiles to be circumcised and accept the various detailed requirements of the Law, effectively becoming Jews before they could be accepted by God.

True

T/F. Mary, the mother of Jesus, stayed in the upstairs room in Jerusalem as well and devoted herself to prayer.

True

T/F. Paul argued from single isolated tests and could merge passages taken from completely different, and unrelated, parts of the Old Testament.

True

T/F. The rabbis projected an oppressed people struggling hard to keep a Law that was always beyond their moral grasp.

False

T/F. Jesus promised his disciples he would restore the kingdom to Israel (right before he ascended to heaven).

False

T/F. The Law, or Torah, was central to Judaism.

True

T/F. Luke uses the meeting of Paul and Barnabas with the proconsul in Paphos as a means to introduce once of the central themes of the book of Acts--the warm reception of Paul's message by representatives of the Roman empire.

True

T/F. Peter was in Jerusalem when he had a vision of a large sheet with unclean animals.

False

T/F. Ephesus was the capital of the Roman province of Asia.

True

T/F. Paul and Barnabas first headed to Barnabas's homeland, Cyprus, where they had an audience with the Roman proconsul Sergius Paulus in the capital Paphos.

True

T/F. Judaism believed there was no salvation outside the Jewish nation.

True

T/F. Stoics found "salvation" in self-sufficiency.

True

T/F. For Paul, believing was essentially an intellectual exercise rather than a personal belief in the risen Christ.

False

T/F. Jesus emphasized that the secret of goodness was to be found not in obedience to rules but in the spontaneous activities of a transformed character.

True

T/F. Phoebe, Priscilla, and Aquila carried the letter from the elders to the church in Antioch.

False

T/F. First and foremost, Paul was a Jew (before he became a Jesus follower).

True

T/F. Applying the Law's teaching literally, Rabbi Hillel insisted that divorce was justified only in the event of some serious breakdowns, whereas Rabbi Shammai took the view that a man could divorce his wife if she displeased him in any way.

False

T/F. Jesus preferred scholarly arguments.

True

T/F. Paul never learned a practical trade because that was not expected of students of the Torah.

False

T/F. Rabbi Hillel took a more liberal approach to the Law than his rival, Rabbi Shammai.

True

T/F. The manner of Stephen's trial and death raises legal and procedural questions similar to the trial and crucifixion of Jesus.

True

T/F. Only a few people who listened to Peter's address on the day of Pentecost were Greek-speaking Jews who had made the pilgrimage to Jerusalem for the great religious festival.

False

T/F. The Hellenists formed an effective and close-knit ministry team with the Hebrews.

False

T/F. The actual influence of the Stoics on Paul was massive.

False

T/F. Pharisees believed in the existence of angels and demons.

True

T/F. Jesus believed it was possible to keep all that as in the Law, and even more, and still not please God.

True

T/F. Many of the Greek-speaking Jews who listened to Peter's address on the day of Pentecost would have been visiting Jerusalem for the first time--their homes were far away but as Jews from the Dispersion they always had a warm regard for Jerusalem and its temple.

True

T/F. All of the speeches reported in Acts have to be verbatum (word for word) accounts.

False

T/F. One of the immediate consequences of Stephen's death was a widespread persecution of the Christians in Jerusalem.

True

T/F. Paul totally abandoned the belief that somehow the Jewish people would remain central to the divine plan.

False

T/F. The most comprehensive accounts of Jewish theology come from the period of the Mishnah (mid-second century onwards) and even later.

True

T/F. The Pharisees emphasized that the secret of goodness was to be found not in obedience to rules but in the spontaneous activities of a transformed character.

False

T/F. Paul retained his believe in angels and demons (as he had as a Pharisee), but transformed it in the light of his experience of Christ by linking it to the cross (the death of Jesus), through which he believed Jesus had vanquished the powers of evil.

True