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Those chosen to accompany Paul to Jerusalem with the collection were selected by lot?
T or F
False
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One main lesson we can all learn from the sacrificial contribution to the collection many made is to...
Be generous ourselves
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Paul's ministry in Macedonia began with...
A vision while in Troas
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Paul's "theology of work" is...
Share with those in need
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The author describes the reception of the famous Dio Chrysostom in a peasant village after he was...
Shipwrecked
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Paul not only intended that the collection would help the poor Christians in Jerusalem, but also...
Promote unity between Jewish and Gentile Christans
Strengthen his Gentile mission
(both A and B)
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One of Paul's favortie words for Christians, according to the author, is...
Saint
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Roughly ___% of the populace in the first century lived at or below the subsistence level
70%
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Economically, Paul described the Macedonian churches as...
extremely poor
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Although equality is heralded in western nations in particular, it was virtually unheard of in Paul's time?
T or F
False
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The author of your textbook says that the Corinthian church was, as a whole, affluent?
T or F
False
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The goddess of agriculture and grain was especially popular among...
The poor
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This member of the Corinthian church had a house big enough to accommodate all the Corinthian house churches at one time...
Gaius
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The daughter of the goddess of grain, agriculture, and bountiful harvests was named ___ and had a temple dedicated both to her and her mother.
Kore
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The local economy of Corinth was agriculturally based?
T or F
False
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The author of your textbook redefines tithing (the giving of 10%) to mean giving "in general" to support the work of the church?
T or F
True
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Phoebe was...
A deaconess
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The goddess of grain, agriculture adn harvest was...
Demeter
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Chloe sent servants or family members to...
Ephesus
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The Corinthian church was wealthier than the Macedonian congregation?
T or F
True
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The Romans were particularly adept at ___ during war
Siege tactics
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Paul's opponents said that while he was a powerful speaker, his letters were weak?
T or F
False
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One 2nd century description of Paul says he had...
A small stature
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In chapter 10-13 Paul focuses on...
Jewish-Christian opponents from outside
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"Ballista" is another name for...
Large stones
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Although Paul was bothered by Sophists in other places, evidently they were no problem in Corinth?
T or F
False
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Manual labor was not held in high honor in antiquity?
T or F
True
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Paul uses war imagery just as does the...
Stoics and Cynics
(both B and C)
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God-fearers were Gentile converts to Judaism?
T or F
False
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One of the most prominent images of Jesus in the New Testament, as well as in the later literature, is that of the...
Lamb
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Paul usually booked passage on merchant ships since passenger ships did not exist in his day?
T or F
True
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The Odeum at Corinth was donated by a wealthy...
Sophist
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The Roman "lictors" used rode made of ___ to beat their prisoners.
Wood
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From what we know about the opponents at Corinth they are...
- Jewish
- Claiming to be apostles
- Relishing oratory
(all of the above)
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Paul pictures himself as the "Father of the bride"?
T or F
True
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Paul condemns boasting by his opponents but ultimately has to resort to it himself?
T or F
True
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The average Roman pagan would have been familiar with the major characters and stories in Jewish scriptures?
T or F
True
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The Cynic philosophers had a reputation for kindness and tact when advancing their views?
T or F
False
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Part of the problem in Corinth is that Paul is being compared to polished, professional orators and found to be inadequate?
T or F
True
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For Paul to refuse financial support from the Corinthians was the same as...
Rejecting their friendship
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Paul says that he had a special religious experience and it happened ___ years before.
14
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After Paul went to the 3rd heaven, he described what he saw in extremely full detail?
T or F
False
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The author of the text says that Paul's "thorn in the flesh" was epilepsy?
T or F
False
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Jewish literature refers not only to 1, 3, 5, and 7 heavens but also to as many as ___ heavens.
955
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The term "super-apostles" refers to...
Paul's opponents in Corinth
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Some at Corinth thought Paul was stealing some of the funds he was collecting for Jerusalem?
T or F
True
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Paul's key affirmation in 2nd Corinthians that crystallizes the argument in chapters 10-13 is the paradox that...
God works best through suffering and weakness
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The author says that all of the items in Paul's "vice list" were taking place in Corinth?
T or F
True
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Paul is preparing to make another visit to Corinth. It will be his ___ visit.
3rd
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Evidently, Paul did not do any "miraculous deeds" in Corinth although he did in other places?
T or F
True
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About a generation after Paul's Corinthian letters, ___ wrote to the Corinthian church about some of the same problems Paul did.
Clement
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The author says that those crucified did not die from the wounds inflicted during the process, but from "exhaustion or suffocation"?
T or F
True
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The half-mortal, half-divine mythic hero named ___ descended to the underworld and brought back a watchdog named Cerberus.
Hercules
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According to the author, crucified victims were nailed to the cross through their wrists?
T or F
True
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An old farmer, after meeting a friend in the city, learned after being laughed at by bystanders that...
they do not kiss (even old friends) in the city
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Roman citizens were regularly crucified, especially those who had cheated in the business deals?
T or F
False
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Paul has a fully developed, fully fleshed out doctrin of the Trinity in 2 Corinthians?
T or F
False
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The idea of having two or three witnesses as Paul advised (when he comes back to Corinth) is based on the pagan principle of "fair and balanced" lawsuits?
T or F
False
based on OT law
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Anyone in Paul's day who claimed to be a "spokesman for the divine" was expected to be...
an orator
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Recently, archaeologists found the ___ of a crucified man near Jerusalem.
heel bone
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