Jesus, the Jewish Messiah: The Test Bank + Answers Chapter 6

Chapter 6

Test Bank

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 06 Question 01

1. The Gospel of Matthew was written in _____.

a. Greek

b. Hebrew

c. Aramaic

d. Latin

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 06 Question 02

2. According to the four-source hypothesis, Gospel of Matthew used all of the following sources except _____.

a. Mark

b. Q

c. M

d. L

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 06 Question 03

3. The Gospel of Matthew was probably written _____.

a. in Palestine around 60–65 CE

b. outside Palestine around 60–65 CE

c. in Palestine around 90–95 CE

d. outside Palestine around 80–85 CE

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 06 Question 04

4. The Gospel of Matthew is _____.

a. a biography

b. an apocalypse

c. a novel

d. a history

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 06 Question 05

5. Matthew traces Jesus’ lineage to _____.

a. Abraham

b. God

c. Adam

d. Moses

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 06 Question 06

6. Matthew divides his genealogy into the three generations of fourteen listed below except _____.

a. Adam to Abraham

b. Abraham to David

c. David to the deportation to Babylon

d. the deportation to Babylon to the messiah

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 06 Question 07

7. In Hebrew, the consonants in King David’s name, DVD, add up to _____.

a. 7

b. 14

c. 21

d. 24

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 06 Question 08

8. Matthew’s birth narrative centers mostly on _____.

a. Anna

b. Joseph

c. John the Baptist

d. Gabriel

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 06 Question 09

9. At the beginning of the Gospel of Matthew, Mary and Joseph live in _____.

a. Nazareth

b. Bethlehem

c. Jerusalem

d. Caesarea

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 06 Question 10

10. All of the following are included in Matthew’s infancy narrative except _____.

a. Jesus’ birth in Bethlehem

b. Herod’s slaughter of children

c. Gabriel’s appearance to Mary

d. Jesus’ family moving to Egypt

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 06 Question 11

11. Scholars refer to Matthew’s use of the Hebrew Scriptures to show Jesus is the messiah as _____.

a. fulfillment citations

b. proof texts

c. scripture references

d. prophetic sayings

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 06 Question 12

12. In Matthew, Jesus’ birth story is most reminiscent of whose birth?

a. Samuel’s

b. Moses’

c. Abraham’s

d. Isaac’s

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 06 Question 13

13. First-century Jews thought the messiah might appear in any of the following manifestations except _____.

a. a warrior king

b. a cosmic figure

c. an authoritative priest

d. a suffering man

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 06 Question 14

14. Matthew’s genealogy refers to all of the following women except _____.

a. Hannah

b. Ruth

c. Rahab

d. Tamar

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 06 Question 15

15. Matthew’s birth narrative includes all of the following except _____.

a. Magi

b. star

c. shepherds

d. Herod

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 06 Question 16

16. In Matthew, John the Baptist _____.

a. readily baptizes Jesus

b. is hesitant to baptize Jesus

c. does not baptize Jesus

d. is baptized by Jesus

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 06 Question 17

17. Redaction criticism focuses on _____.

a. Jesus’ divinity

b. an editor’s work

c. the genre of a piece of literature

d. a criticism of a writer’s style

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 06 Question 18

18. Matthew portrays Jesus as the new _____.

a. David

b. high priest

c. Moses

d. Pharisee

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 06 Question 19

19. According to the four-source hypothesis, much of the Sermon on the Mount is taken from which one of these sources?

a. Mark

b. Luke

c. M

d. Q

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 06 Question 20

20. Which of the following is a major part of the Sermon on the Mount?

a. beatitudes

b. baptism

c. miracles

d. temptation

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 06 Question 21

21. In Matthew, Jesus _____.

a. abandons the Law

b. agrees with the Pharisees about the Law

c. teaches that his followers should follow the Law

d. does not talk about the Law

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 06 Question 22

22. For Matthew, the core of the Law is _____.

a. the commandment to love

b. the commandment against adultery

c. the commandment to sacrifice

d. a belief in Jesus’ death and resurrection

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 06 Question 23

23. In Matthew, Jesus explicitly teaches against _____.

a. circumcision

b. keeping the Sabbath

c. keeping dietary laws

d. the Pharisees’ hypocrisy

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 06 Question 24

24. Matthew assumes that _____.

a. Jesus came to bring an entirely new Law

b. his community will reject all the Jewish Law

c. his community will follow traditional Jewish Law

d. his community will reject all laws except circumcision

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 06 Question 25

25. Matthew _____.

a. insists that Gentiles become Jews

b. insists that Gentiles must not become Jews

c. does not explicitly discuss the Gentile’s relationship to Jewish Law

d. insists that Gentiles be circumcised

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 06 Question 26

26. In the Gospel of Matthew, Jesus’ main opponent(s) are _____.

a. the Jewish people

b. the Jewish leaders

c. Pilate

d. Herod

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 06 Question 27

27. Which of the following occurs only in Matthew?

a. Jesus’ trial before Pilate

b. Jesus’ trial before Herod

c. Pilate’s washing of his hands of Jesus’ blood

d. the Jews’ preference to release Barabbas instead of Jesus

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 06 Question 28

28. At the end of Matthew’s Gospel, Jesus tells his disciples to teach the gospel and baptize the nations. This passage is called _____.

a. the Great Commission

b. the resurrection

c. the ascension

d. Pentecost

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 06 Question 29

29. The Gospel of the Nazareans is similar to Matthew, but _____.

a. lacks a birth narrative

b. was composed in Hebrew

c. rejects the maintenance of the Jewish Law

d. is among the Dead Sea Scrolls

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 06 Question 30

30. Which non–New Testament Gospel is famous for its walking-talking cross?

a. Gospel of Nicodemus

b. Gospel of Thomas

c. Gospel of Judas

d. Gospel of Peter

Type: essay/short answer question

Title: Chapter 06 Question 01

1. As specifically as you can, discuss the elements of the Sermon on the Mount. How does this sermon continue Matthew’s portrayal of Jesus in the first part of the narrative, and how do these themes continue through the rest of the Gospel?

Feedback: The Sermon on the Mount contains both the Beatitudes (words of comfort to those oppressed) and the Antitheses (fuller explanations of the commandments of the Law). This sermon is the first of five blocks of Jesus’ teaching in the Gospel of Matthew, an arrangement that may imitate the five books of Moses. In this sermon, Jesus is portrayed as the new Moses who stands on a mountain and delivers the laws of God to God’s people. By casting Jesus as a lawgiver like Moses, Matthew continues the portrayal of Jesus as the new Moses that began with the birth narrative.

Type: essay/short answer question

Title: Chapter 06 Question 02

2. Discuss the ways Matthew portrays Jesus as the new Moses. Why is this particular parallel important in Matthew’s Gospel?

Feedback: Matthew compares Jesus to one of the most important prophets in Jewish history: Moses. Matthew’s Gospel seems to have been written for a Jewish-Christian audience that was concerned about the relationship between their Jewish heritage and their new belief in Jesus as the Jewish messiah. By casting Jesus in a particularly Jewish light, as the new Moses, Matthew assures his community that there is no contradiction in their beliefs. Some of the important stories in Matthew’s Gospel that reveal this connection between Jesus and Moses are the birth narrative and the Sermon on the Mount.

Type: essay/short answer question

Title: Chapter 06 Question 03

3. Discuss the reasons scholars think Matthew’s community was composed of both Jews and Gentiles.

Feedback: On the one hand, of the canonical Gospels, Matthew seems most Jewish. He traces Jesus’ lineage back to Abraham, the father of the Jews; he compares Jesus to Moses, the prophet who freed the Jewish people from oppression; and he emphasizes the continuity between Judaism and Christianity. On the other hand, Matthew’s Jesus teaches that some Gentiles will enter the kingdom of God ahead of Jews. Moreover, the Gospel ends with the “Great Commission,” Jesus’ commandment to spread his teachings to all nations. By including this commandment, Matthew may be explaining to his community how Gentiles came to be included not only in the kingdom of God but also in their own church.

Type: essay/short answer question

Title: Chapter 06 Question 04

4. Read the account of Jesus’ baptism in Mark 1:9–11 and Matthew 3:13–17. Employing the redactional method, discuss the changes Matthew made to Mark and what these changes reveal about Matthew’s emphases.

Feedback: Mark’s Gospel began with John’s apocalyptic message and Jesus’ baptism. The baptism story introduced the reader to Mark’s secrecy motif: John apparently did not recognize Jesus as the messiah; after Jesus was baptized in Mark, he saw the heavens open, and the voice that spoke from heaven addressed him, “You are my beloved . . . .” Matthew changed the narrative quite a bit. When Jesus first approached John, John recognized him as the messiah and was hesitant to baptize Jesus because he recognized Jesus’ superiority. In Jewish tradition, the spiritually superior person baptized the person who was inferior. Matthew did not want Jesus to appear inferior, so he added John’s acknowledgement that it was he who needed to be baptized by Jesus. Another change Matthew made to Mark’s narrative was the statement of Jesus’ sonship. Rather than addressing only Jesus, in Matthew the voice from heaven spoke those who were present: “This is my son . . . .” These changes point to Matthew’s interest in showing Jesus’ superiority and that some people recognized and accepted Jesus’ messiahship.

Type: essay/short answer question

Title: Chapter 06 Question 01

1. How does one go about using a redactional method to interpret Matthew’s Gospel?

Type: essay/short answer question

Title: Chapter 06 Question 02

2. How does Matthew’s genealogy show that Jesus is the Jewish messiah?

Type: essay/short answer question

Title: Chapter 06 Question 03

3. What are the key features of Matthew’s birth narrative? How does this narrative convey the main themes of Matthew’s gospel?

Type: essay/short answer question

Title: Chapter 06 Question 04

4. How does the Sermon on the Mount serve to show that Jesus is the new Moses?

Type: essay/short answer question

Title: Chapter 06 Question 05

5. In Matthew’s Gospel, what is Jesus’ view of the Law of Moses? Does he do away with it all? Should his followers keep it? How? Why?

Type: essay/short answer question

Title: Chapter 06 Question 06

6. If Jesus is portrayed as thoroughly Jewish in Matthew’s Gospel and as fully supportive of Judaism, why does he have such significant conflict with the Jewish authorities? How does he react to this conflict?

Type: essay/short answer question

Title: Chapter 06 Question 07

7. When, where, by whom, and for whom was the Gospel of Matthew written? What evidence leads scholars to these conclusions?

Type: essay/short answer question

Title: Chapter 06 Question 08

8. According to the Gospel of Matthew, how does Jesus fulfill scripture?

Type: essay/short answer question

Title: Chapter 06 Question 09

9. What is the relationship between the Beatitudes and the Antitheses? How do they work toward the larger point of the Sermon on the Mount?

Type: essay/short answer question

Title: Chapter 06 Question 10

10. If Matthew makes a point to depict Jesus as thoroughly Jewish, how do you make sense of the anti-Jewish nature of the Gospel (e.g., the Passion Narrative). That is, why does Matthew portray Jesus as Jewish but denounce the Jewish leaders?