Sample Test
Intro. to the New Testament
Spring 1996: Albright College
II. Group Identifications [3/18]
For the duration of this question, imagine yourself to be Joe or Debby
Am ha'aretz, a poor potter in Jerusalem. Business has been slow because
of the high inflation rate combined with the burdens of taxation placed
upon you by the Roman government. Yet rather than become depressed by
your situation, you decide to sharpen your wits by listening to pieces of
conversation carried out by passers-by and, on the basis of the statements,
identifying the Jewish group to which each pedestrian belongs. You decide
to limit your choice to the three main divisions: Pharisees, Sadducees,
and Essenes.
________ "All those other groups think they know Torah, but ask any person
off the street and nine times out of ten, you'll hear that WE are the ones
who understand it."
III. Identify the Gospels from which five of the following six
quotes come. (All quotes come from your assigned reading. Possibilities
are: 1 Maccabees, Gospel of Mark, 4 Ezra, Daniel 12, Proto-gospel of James,
Testimonium Flavianum) [3/18]
_________ About this time there lived Jesus, a wise man, if indeed one ought
to call him a man. For he was one who wrought surprising feats and was a
teacher of such people as accept the truth gladly.
IV. Multiple Guess [3/18]
1. The Dead Sea Scrolls are probably the work of a sect of Jewish ascetics
called
a) Essenes.
b) Gnostics.
c) Pharisees.
d) Sadducees.
V. Identify [4/20]
Vespasian
VI. Respond to ONE of the following essay questions. You should
use the back of the page for more space (21).
What is textual criticism? What contribution has the discovery of the Dead
Sea Scrolls made to the textual criticism of the Hebrew Bible?
