Chapter 8 Self Quiz

. Redaction criticism is a form of reader-response criticism.

True

False

. Markan priority depends on the Four-Source Hypothesis.

True

False

. The Gospels of Matthew and Luke most likely used the Gospel of Mark as a source.

True

False

. Redaction criticism is:

A study of how an author changes his source

A study of the end of times

A criticism of historical constructions of Jesus

A critical inquiry into the nature of miracles

. Both Matthew and Luke used _____________ as a literary source.

John

Peter

Jesus

Mark

. "Synoptic" means:

Three

Gospel

Seen together

Editor

. The most popular scholarly resolution to the Synoptic Problem is:

Markan priority

Q

The Four-Source Hypothesis

Redaction criticism

. Most scholars believe that Q contains mostly:

Jesus' birth narrative

Jesus' sayings

Jesus' death narrative

Stories of Jesus' resurrection appearances

. Although we cannot know for certain, many scholars believe Q probably did not contain:

A Passion narrative

A command to love your enemies

The Lord's Prayer

The Beatitudes

. Who assembled all the miracle stories dispersed throughout Mark into one large collection?

Matthew

Luke

John

Thomas

. If genre criticism uncovers the same points uncovered by redaction criticism, then why use the redactional approach?

To compare the two texts in an attempt to find any differences in the points made

Editorial activity provides more empirical evidence for the aim of the text.

To show that the Gospels stand up to any method of scrutiny

As a means of interpretation

. When Mark and Matthew tell the same story, Mark's story is:

Less detailed

Shorter

Longer

Closer to the facts

. The "Four-Source Hypothesis" relies on the idea that:

Mark was written first.

Q was written first.

There were four distinct sources that were employed in the writing of Mark.

Scholars have recently discredited

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