Understanding the Bible: Sixth Edition, 6/e

Stephen Harris, California State University--Sacramento

Additional Portraits of Jesus:Noncanonical Gospels and the Quest for the Historical Jesus

True or False


1	The evidence of many gospels and other early Christian texts demonstrates that Christians beliefs and interpretation of Jesus were remarkably consistent and unified from a very early date.
		A)	True
		B)	False


2	Most scholars agree that the Gospel of Thomas is older than the Gospel of Mark.
		A)	True
		B)	False


3	Of the 114 sayings recorded in the Gospel of Thomas, scholars see connections in 79 of them that resemble passages in the Synoptic gospels.
		A)	True
		B)	False


4	The infancy gospels provide historical information that help us fill out the story of Jesus' birth and childhood.
		A)	True
		B)	False


5	Albert Schweitzer presented Jesus as a devoted but misguided apocalypticist.
		A)	True
		B)	False


6	One of the sharpest debates among contemporary scholars is between those who view Jesus as an apocalyptic prophet announcing the Kingdom of God and those who see Jesus as a Jewish Wisdom teacher.
		A)	True
		B)	False


7	Scholars think that the story of Jesus' baptism by John was probably invented by Mark.
		A)	True
		B)	False


8	Most scholars give credence to the tradition that Jesus was a healer and exorcist.
		A)	True
		B)	False


9	Historians accept the Christian belief that Jesus was crucified because it is not the kind of death believers would fabricate for their leader.
		A)	True
		B)	False


10	Most scholars do not think that Jesus presented himself as the Messiah.
		A)	True
		B)	False

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