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The Books of 1 and 2 Timothy and Titus are called the ___________________. |
| | A) | captivity epistles |
| | B) | pastoral epistles |
| | C) | dark epistles |
| | D) | early epistles |
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The practice of writing new works under the name of a well-known but deceased person is known as __________________. |
| | A) | pseudonymity |
| | B) | pseudepigrapha |
| | C) | apocalyptic |
| | D) | form criticism |
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If Paul wrote 2 Thessalonians, then he wrote it only a few weeks or months after writing 1 Thessalonians. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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Many scholars doubt whether Paul actually wrote 2 Thessalonians because ____________________. |
| | A) | the author of 2 Thessalonians claims to be a Gentile. |
| | B) | the readers of 2 Thessalonians were mostly Gentiles. |
| | C) | early canon lists don't mention a book of 2 Thessalonians. |
| | D) | the eschatology proposed in 2 Thessalonians is quite different from that proposed in 1 Thessalonians. |
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According to 2 Thessalonians, which of the following must occur before the Parousia of Christ? |
| | A) | the raising of the dead |
| | B) | the appearance of a wicked man who desecrates the Jerusalem Temple |
| | C) | the manifestation of the gift of speaking in tongues |
| | D) | nothing |
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If Paul actually wrote Colossians, he had not yet visited the church when he wrote the epistle. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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Many scholars associate the letter to the Colossians with the Book of Galatians because both books include greetings from many of the same persons. |
| | A) | true |
| | B) | False |
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In the Christ hymn of Col. 1:15-20, the author portrays Christ using imagery that recalls _____________________ from the Hebrew Bible and elsewhere in ancient Judaism. |
| | A) | legal rituals |
| | B) | three of the Ten Commandments |
| | C) | the concept of divine Wisdom |
| | D) | the story of Noah and the Flood |
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The purpose of the Christology of the Book of Colossians is to demonstrate that Christ is presently superior to all rival cosmic beings. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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Recalling the initiation language of Greek mystery religions, the author of Colossians portrays baptism as the rite of initiation into Christ's "body," the church. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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The contents and style of the Book of Ephesians closely resemble that of the Book of _________________. |
| | A) | 1 Thessalonians. |
| | B) | Galatians. |
| | C) | 1 Timothy. |
| | D) | Colossians. |
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Many scholars believe that Ephesians was written as a kind of "cover letter" introducing a collection of Paul's letters because ____________________. |
| | A) | Ephesians directs the reader to study Paul's "other letters." |
| | B) | the words "in Ephesus" do not appear in the earliest manuscripts of Eph. 1:1. |
| | C) | the author of Ephesians was plainly a Gentile. |
| | D) | it makes reference to each of Paul's twelve other New Testament letters. |
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The main theme of Ephesians is justification by faith. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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In Eph. 6, the author encourages his readers to be faithful by portraying them as _____________________. |
| | A) | fishermen who toil all night to catch a single fish. |
| | B) | merchants who sail great distances to complete their business. |
| | C) | farmers who sow seed in all kinds of soil. |
| | D) | soldiers who wear their armor and are always ready for battle. |
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The author of 1 Timothy stresses that pastors and deacons must be people who are full of the Holy Spirit. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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The author of 1 Timothy claims that women are not to teach or have authority over men because ___________________. |
| | A) | Eve sinned before Adam in the story of the Fall in Genesis 3. |
| | B) | women are not good public speakers. |
| | C) | there are no prophetesses in the Hebrew Bible. |
| | D) | preachers and teachers are to keep their hair short. |
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Though most scholars doubt the authenticity of all of the pastoral letters, some scholars suspect that parts of the Book of ___________________ might have come from the historical Paul. |
| | A) | 1 Timothy |
| | B) | 2 Timothy |
| | C) | Titus |
| | D) | Philemon |
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The man Titus, to whom the Book of Titus was supposedly written, was a Jewish Pharisee whom Paul converted to Christianity while in Antioch. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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The anonymous first epistle of Clement advocates this principle of selecting church leaders. |
| | A) | casting lots |
| | B) | apostolic succession |
| | C) | prayer and fasting |
| | D) | a three-year internship for all applicants |
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The author of the epistle of Barnabas describes two ways of leading life: a way of "Light" and a way of "Darkness." |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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