Quiz 1
1. According to 1 Corinthians 15, Jesus’ __ set the precedent for
believer’s resurrection to eternal life?
2. According to Eph 1:19-2:10, the power of God that raised Jesus from
the dead, raises believers in Christ from spiritual __ and energizes
them to live a life of faith and obedience.
3. All four canonical Gospel’s present Jesus Christ’ preexistence, birth,
earthly ministry, death, and resurrection.
4. All four canonical Gospels detail Jesus Christ’s crucifixion, death,
and resurrection.
5. Between Chalcedon (451) and the Reformation, Thomas Aquinas
gave a great deal of attention to Jesus Christ’s __.
6. In Romans 4-6, the apostle Paul emphasizes that Jesus’ __ and
resurrection made it possible for sinners to be forgiven for their
sins; be placed in a right relationship with God; experience the
results of justification; and live a new life.
7. In a letter to the emperor written c. 110, ___ referred to Christians
who gathered before dawn on a particular day to chant hymns “to
Christ as to a god” and to partake of a meal together.
8. In addition to the canonical Gospels, extracanonical sources attest
to the historical Jesus of Nazareth.
9. John associates Jesus Christ with the eternal Logos.
10. Luke traces Jesus’ genealogy to Adam to show Jesus’
relationship to all humanity.
11. Monothelite, the view that Jesus Christ possessed ___ ___, was
condemned at Chalcedon in 680.
12. Multiple choice: Following his baptism and temptation in the
wilderness, Jesus began his public ministry by proclaiming the ____
and calling people to repent and believe the gospel (Mk 1:15; Matt
4:17).
13. One significant ramification of the New Testament documents
being written within a couple decades of the death and resurrection
of Jesus Christ is that eyewitnesses were still alive who could
confirm the accuracy of what was written.
14. Paul emphasizes in Eph 1:19-2:10 that the very same
resurrection power of almighty God that raised Jesus from death is
at work in those who believe in Jesus.
15. Possibly the earliest post-NT heresy regarding the Person of
Jesus, __ emphasized Jesus humanity to the neglect of his deity.
16. Proposed it was necessary for God to subsume human nature
via the incarnation in order to accomplish salvation for humanity.
17. Proposed that the Logos replaced Jesus’ human mind/will.
18. Select the Gospel that refers to Jesus Christ as the eternal
Logos.
19. Select the Jewish historian who referred to Jesus in two
contexts (Ant. 18.3.3 and 20.9.1).
20. Select the Roman historian who referred to the origin of the
name Christian as coming from Christ who had been executed by
Pontius Pilate during the reign of Tiberius.
21. Select the Roman who referred to the Jews whom Claudius
expelled from Rome because, being instigated by Crestus (i.e.,
Christos), did not cease causing unrest.
22. Select the correct definition of Bultmann’s practice of
“demythologization.”
23. Select the individual who referred to the execution of the wise
king of the Jews.
24. Select the notable proponent of Docetism who made a sharp
distinction between Jesus and the Christ.
25. Select the notable proponent of Docetism who taught that
Jesus the Christ merely appeared to be human.
26. Select the reference below that contains Jesus’ genealogy.
27. Short Answer: How does John associate Jesus Christ with the
eternal Logos?
28. Short answer: Briefly describe the New Testament’s (especially
the four Gospels) portrait of Jesus of Nazareth.
29. Short answer: How did Jesus scholars shift focus during the first
decade of the twentieth century?
30. Short answer: How did John Calvin’s view of Christ’s presence
in the Eucharist differ from the Roman Catholic view of
transubstantiation?
31. Short answer: What is one benefit gained by the Second
Quest?
32. Short answer: What is the goal of Third Questers?
33. When he says that “the Son” does not know, he uses this
divine title merely as a self-designation, and not to mean that what
he says applies to himself in his divine nature.[17] This is a possible
explanation, but it can be charged with implying that natures know
or do not know, whereas knowing and not knowing are properties of
persons, not natures. To put it more simply, Jesus did not say, “My
human nature does not know,” but rather said that he did not know.
34. Short answer: What is the significant characteristic of the Third
Quest?
35. The First Quest for the historical Jesus (1778-1906) was
characterized by a(n) __ bias.
36. The __ was a major focus of christological controversy during
the Protestant Reformation.
37. The canonical Gospels portrays Jesus of Nazareth as a real
historical person who died by crucifixion and rose from the dead.
38. The orthodox solution regarding the two natures of Christ
(divine and human) was reached during the Council of __ in 451.
39. The view that Jesus Christ, while the Son of God, was the first
created being.
40. Third Questors describe Jesus in various ways based on their
research into the historical and cultural context in which Jesus lived.
Who describes Jesus as a Hasid, a Jewish holy man?
41. What triggered the First Quest?
42. Which Third Questor describes Jesus as a “marginal” Jew?
43. Which Third Questor describes Jesus as a sage or embodiment
of wisdom?
44. Which Third Questor describes Jesus as an apocalyptic
prophet?
45. Who preferred the term Christotokos over theotokos in
reference to Mary, Jesus’ mother?
46. Who referred to the phenomenon of darkness that occurred
during Jesus’ crucifixion?
47. Who wrote a satire entitled “The Passing of Peregrinus,” in
which he refers to Christians as worshipping “the man who was
crucified in Palestine because he introduced a new cult into the
world”?
48. __ made significant contributions to the debates surrounding
the Person of Christ. One such contribution may be summed up in
the statement, “what is not assumed is not redeemed.”
Answers
1. Resurrection
2. Death
3. True
4. True
5. Incarnation
6. Death
7. Pliny the Younger
8. True
9. True
10. True
11. One divine will
12. Kingdom of God
13. True
14. True
15. Ebionitism
16. Necessity of the incarnation
17. Apollinarianism
18. John
19. Josephus
20. Tacitus
21. Suetonius
22. Interpreting biblical texts by removing or explaining the mythological elements
23. Josephus
24. Cerinthus
25. Marcion
26. Matthew 1:1-17, Luke 3:23-38
27. John associates Jesus Christ with the eternal Logos by presenting Jesus as the divine Word or
Reason through whom all things were created, and who became flesh to dwell among humanity,
revealing God's glory and truth.
28. The New Testament, especially the four Gospels, portrays Jesus of Nazareth as a real historical
figure who was born, lived, taught, performed miracles, was crucified, died, and rose from the dead,
fulfilling Messianic prophecies and inaugurating the Kingdom of God.
29. Jesus scholars shifted focus during the first decade of the twentieth century from primarily
theological concerns to historical and critical analysis of the New Testament texts and the life of Jesus.
30. John Calvin's view of Christ's presence in the Eucharist differed from the Roman Catholic view of
transubstantiation in that Calvin believed in a spiritual presence of Christ in the elements rather than a
literal transformation of the bread and wine into the body and blood of Christ.
31. One benefit gained by the Second Quest was a renewed emphasis on the Jewish context of Jesus'
life and teachings, leading to a better understanding of Jesus as a historical figure within first-century
Judaism.
32. The goal of Third Questers is to gain a deeper understanding of Jesus as a historical figure by
employing various methods of historical and cultural analysis to interpret the New Testament texts and
extrabiblical sources.
33. This excerpt discusses different interpretations of passages where Jesus speaks in a manner that
might imply limitations to his knowledge or attributes. One interpretation is that when Jesus speaks, he
uses divine titles as self-designations, not to attribute knowledge or lack thereof to his natures but to
himself as a person.
34. The significant characteristic of the Third Quest is its emphasis on interpreting Jesus within his
Jewish context and using multiple interdisciplinary approaches to understand him as a historical figure.
35. The First Quest for the historical Jesus (1778-1906) was characterized by a **theological** bias.
36. Nature of Christ
37. True
38. Chalcedon
39. Arianism
40. Geza Vermes
41. The First Quest was triggered by the Enlightenment's challenge to traditional religious beliefs and
the rise of historical-critical methods in biblical scholarship.
42. Geza Vermes
43. John Meier
44. E.P. Sanders
45. Nestorius
46. Thallus
47. Lucian of Samosata
48. Gregory of Nazianzus
