Deck 22: Q Material, Synoptic Writers, and Pseudonymous Documents in the New Testament

Question 1

The Sermon on the Mount is likely . . .

A) a record of what Jesus preached on a single, historic occasion.
B) a collection of things Jesus said on various occasions arranged topically.
C) traceable to the teachings of Rabbi Shammai.
D) none of the above

Answer 1

B

Question 2

The material in what scholars label "Q" is . . .

A) entirely sayings material.
B) entirely narrative material.
C) mostly sayings material with a few narrative sections.
D) mostly narrative material with a few sayings interspersed.

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Which of the Synoptic writers most likely preserves the original order of Jesus' sayings?

A) Matthew
B) Mark
C) Luke
D) Thomas

Answer 3

C

Question 4

How many sayings of Jesus are in the "Q" material?

A) 100
B) 75
C) 50
D) 49

Question 5

Into how many sections is the "Q" material divided?

A) Two
B) three
C) five
D) seven

Question 6

According to your textbook, which Synoptist preserves Jesus' sayings closest to his exact original words?

A) Matthew
B) Mark
C) Luke
D) Thomas

Question 7

What is Q?

Question 8

What is the Synoptic problem?

Question 9

Why do scholars think that Matthew and Luke used Mark's Gospel as a source?

Question 10

Pseudonymous documents existed in the first century A. D.

Question 11

The creation of pseudonymous documents was accepted as ethical for early Jews and Christians and these documents are included in the NT.

Question 12

For a pseudonymous work to be effective, it needs to be written in the name of a famous enough person at a great enough remove in time from its putative author and audience.

Question 13

Witherington argues that James and Jude were not written by the brothers of Jesus but by other early Christians who bore the same names as James and Jude.

Question 14

The rhetorical technique called "impersonation" (prosopopoeia) was used to deceive the audience about who was writing.

Question 15

In what year was it first suggested that there were pseudonymous documents in the NT?

A) A. D. 50
B) A. D. 250
C) 1792
D) 2001

Question 16

What document allows us to conclude that there were objections by Christians to the practice of pseudepigraphy?

A) Muratorian canon list
B) Letter to Aristeas
C) 4 Ezra
D) None of the above

Question 17

Early Christian writers such as Paul believed . . .

A) that both orally and in writing they were speaking the word of God.
B) that the ancient practice of pseudonymous letters was acceptable.
C) that their letters were not for specific situations.
D) None of the above

Question 18

Discuss the indications that the concept of intellectual property was not foreign to antiquity and that writers took steps to protect their work from being co-opted or added to or subtracted from.