Using chapter seven of Roetzel's book, answer the following questions. There are 28 questions in this set. 25 of them will be displayed in this session. To get the other three, take the quiz multiple times. A different mix of questions will be displayed each time.
Roetzel thinks the letter to the Colossians was written in part to combat a group of people who
practiced self-indulgence and rejected all asceticism (world denial)
were strongly ascetic (world denying) and rejected all forms of self-indulgence
practiced both physical-indulgence and rejection of the world
In which of the ìdeuteropaulineî letters is the following statement found?
Guard what has been entrusted to you. Avoid the profane chatter and contradictions of what is falsely called knowledge [gnosis]; by professing it some have missed the mark as regards the faith.
Ephesians
Colossians
First Timothy
Titus
The knowledge promised by second-century Gnosticism was
understanding gained through the study of scripture
reunion with the divine source of oneís being
a state of mind achieved by chanting key sacred phrases for long periods of time
Which of the following things happened in 144 CE?
Marcion prevailed in his ongoing argument with Pelagius over the nature of sin.
Marcion was excommunicated from the church at Rome for teaching (among other things) that the church should reject the Jewish scriptures.
Marcion convinced the church at Rome to adopt Gnostic Christianity.
Marcionite Christianity was suppressed in Syria when Bishop Rabbula (411—435 CE)
held a conference of bishops to debate the issue and arrive at a concensus
had Marcionite meeting places destroyed and their property transferred to the Church
agreed to accept certain key Marcionite claims in return for the support of the Marcionite churches
Second-century Gnostics read Romans 8:23 as though it said
. . . we ourselves, who have the first fruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly while we await _______________.
the redemption of our bodies
redemption from our bodies
Who did the second-century Gnostics understand "the god of this world" to be in the following statement from Second Corinthians 4:4?
In their case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.
the devil
the creator God of Israel
the Father of Jesus
The doctrine of original sin defended by Augustine claimed that
sin is transmitted seminally, being inherited from oneís father, so that a child is born guilty and must be baptized to remove the effects of this inherited sin
sin is a conscious act, so babies cannot really be guilty when they are first born, but they will inevitably repeat the original act of sin committed by Adam
each act of sin is original to the person who commits it, so no sin is inherited
According to Pelagius, the doctrine of original sin
is supported by scripture and should be defended by the church
leads to a negative view of God as fundamentally unfair
implies that each act of sin is a deliberate choice by the sinner
Augustine, reading the Latin translation of Romans 5:12, concluded that the text means that
Adam represented all humanity, so when he sinned, all people sinned in him.
All people sin just as Adam did.
Some people manage to live a life without sin.
The Greek text of Romans 5:12 does not allow the interpretation that Augustine made. What does the Greek text imply?
Adam represented all humanity, so when he sinned, all people sinned in him.
All people sin just as Adam did.
Some people manage to live a life without sin.
Which of the following best matches what Paul used the term pistis to mean?
Belief in a set of doctrines about Jesus
A trusting life of faithfulness to God
Obedience to the demands of Torah
What famous biblical scholar of the last century wrote,
"Jesus was not a Christian, he was a Jew"
Julius Wellhausen
William Wrede
Albert Schweitzer
Two of the following scholars saw Paul and Jesus as essentially incompatible. Which one did not share this view?
John Locke
William Wrede
Albert Schweitzer
According to Geza Vermes,
Paul led Christianity astray from the goals originally set by Jesus
hellenistic paganism, not Paul, led Gentile Christianity into error
Jesus claimed to be God's divine Messiah, so Paul's interpretation of him is rooted directly in Jesusí own teaching
Form Criticism, a discipline applied to the Gospels rather than Paul's letters, has contributed to Pauline studies in that
it has shown that the Gospel writers are interpreters of Jesus in the same way that Paul is
the Gospels are objective histories, while Paul is an interpreter of Jesus
Paul's letters provide more reliable objective historical information about Jesus than the Gospels do
Who wrote The Mysticism of Paul the Apostle, a book that revolutionized the study of Paul by proposing that he understood Jesus in light of Jewish apocalyptic thought?
Julius Wellhausen
William Wrede
Albert Schweitzer
Geza Vermes
Augustine and Luther
each rejected his past spiritual efforts when he became a Christian
each saw his new faith as a further development of the faith he had before coming to faith in Christ
had completely different experiences, with Luther converting to Christianity while Augustine did not have a clear conversion experience
According to the New Perspective on Paul,
Paul continued to practice his Jewish faith after becoming a follower of Jesus
Paul rejected Judaism in favor of Christianity
Paul was never really a Jew, even though he claims in his letters to be one
According to Philippians 3:4ó6
Paul was never able to meet the requirements of the Law, so he decided that justification must not be dependant upon the Law
Paul was blameless according to the Law
Paul was never under the jurisdiction of the Jewish Law, so he could neither be approved nor condemned by it
Which of the following texts says that confessing Jesus as Lord is necessary for salvation?
Luke 10:25ó28
Romans 10:9ó10
First Timothy 3:16
According to Roetzel, dislocating Paul from his Jewish past
helps us to see his Christian experience more clearly
does violence to his thought and distorts our picture of first-century Jewish faith
has never been something that very many Christian scholars were willing to do
Rudolf Bultmann saw Paul's message as
fundamentally focused on the individual and what it means to be human
essentially communal, encompassing the whole range of salvation history
concerned neither with the individual nor with the broader questions of salvation history, but with the development of the ekklesia (church)
Who wrote Paul and the Salvation of Mankind, arguing that Paul's experience on the road to Damascus was a prophetic call to bring the Gentiles into the community of Godís people?
Rudolf Bultmann
Johannes Munck
Martin Luther
According to Robin Scroggs, the Greek term kephale (usually translated as head)
implies control, so when Paul says the man is the head of his wife, he means the man is in control
implies source, so Paul meant that Adam (the man) came before Eve (woman) in the creation story, and was her source, not her master
implies intelligence, so when Paul says the man is the head of his wife, he means the man should make the important decisions for the family
Elaine Pagels has argued that Paul was not committed to radically rearranging the social system of his day. Which of the following is a part of her argument to support this view? (Two of the following are false. Which one is true?)
Paul puts restrictions on women, but not on men.
Paul tells poor people to put up with the wealthy, but does not criticize the rich.
Paul does not directly attack the institution of slavery.
Elizabeth Sch¸ssler Fiorenza, in the book In Memory of Her argues that Galatians 3:28 and First Corinthians 11 and 14
are complementary, with the Galatians passage providing Paulís general theological perspective, and the Corinthian passages showing how that theological perspective should be used in concrete situations
are in conflict, with the passages from First Corinthians showing that Paul was not really committed to the radical principle stated in Galations 3:28
According to Roetzel
Paul was a chauvinist, showing clear discrimination against women
Paul was a liberationist, arguing forcefully for equal treatment of women
Paul was neither a chauvinist nor a liberationist. He sometimes challenged traditional hierarchical patters, but sometimes supported them.