CHST-112 REVIEW TEST QUESTIONS
WITH CERTIFIED ANSWERS
Which prominent Jewish sect accepted only the first five books of the Bible as Scripture,
denied the future resurrection, and didn't believe in angels? - Answer-Sadducees
Which prominent Jewish sect were fiercely loyal to Jewish traditions and opposed any
foreign influence of Palestine? - Answer-Zealots
(T/F) Monotheism is the belief in multiple gods. - Answer-False
(T/F) Gnosticism is the term scholars use to describe the early religion of the Jews. -
Answer-False
(T/F) The focus of the mystery religions in Jesus' day was mystical union with the divine.
- Answer-True
(T/F) Jesus could not have been born later than 4 BC, because that's when Herod died.
- Answer-True
(T/F) Jesus was probably around 36 years old when he died (4 BC - AD 33). - Answer-
True
(T/F) Some of the wording of the Gospels, especially the sayings of Jesus, are identical
from one Gospel to another. - Answer-True
Which Gospels are called the "synoptic" Gospels? - Answer-Matthew, Mark, Luke
(T/F) Your textbook dates Matthew to the "50s or 60s" and isn't much more specific. -
Answer-True
(T/F) According to your textbook, Matthew the disciple and tax-collector probably didn't
write the Gospel of Matthew. - Answer-False
(T/F) In addition to being a "theological biography" of Jesus, Matthew's Gospel is also a
manual for discipleship. - Answer-True
How many major discourses are there in Matthew's Gospel? - Answer-Five but there
are six if you include the discourse
(T/F) Matthew's Gospel does not try to demonstrate that Jesus was virgin born. -
Answer-False
(T/F) Modern scholars are pretty certain that Matthew's Gospel was written from a
Jewish person from Palestine and to Jews in Palestine. - Answer-False
WITH CERTIFIED ANSWERS
Which prominent Jewish sect accepted only the first five books of the Bible as Scripture,
denied the future resurrection, and didn't believe in angels? - Answer-Sadducees
Which prominent Jewish sect were fiercely loyal to Jewish traditions and opposed any
foreign influence of Palestine? - Answer-Zealots
(T/F) Monotheism is the belief in multiple gods. - Answer-False
(T/F) Gnosticism is the term scholars use to describe the early religion of the Jews. -
Answer-False
(T/F) The focus of the mystery religions in Jesus' day was mystical union with the divine.
- Answer-True
(T/F) Jesus could not have been born later than 4 BC, because that's when Herod died.
- Answer-True
(T/F) Jesus was probably around 36 years old when he died (4 BC - AD 33). - Answer-
True
(T/F) Some of the wording of the Gospels, especially the sayings of Jesus, are identical
from one Gospel to another. - Answer-True
Which Gospels are called the "synoptic" Gospels? - Answer-Matthew, Mark, Luke
(T/F) Your textbook dates Matthew to the "50s or 60s" and isn't much more specific. -
Answer-True
(T/F) According to your textbook, Matthew the disciple and tax-collector probably didn't
write the Gospel of Matthew. - Answer-False
(T/F) In addition to being a "theological biography" of Jesus, Matthew's Gospel is also a
manual for discipleship. - Answer-True
How many major discourses are there in Matthew's Gospel? - Answer-Five but there
are six if you include the discourse
(T/F) Matthew's Gospel does not try to demonstrate that Jesus was virgin born. -
Answer-False
(T/F) Modern scholars are pretty certain that Matthew's Gospel was written from a
Jewish person from Palestine and to Jews in Palestine. - Answer-False
