U6 Review (Mid Unit)

Which statement is true about the historical evidence of Jesus' existence?

• Jesus left behind writings of his own for Christians to follow

• There are only Christian sources that mention Jesus

• There are numerous records of Jesus written during his lifetime

• There are no records of Jesus written during his lifetime

​Jesus grew up in the town of ___________ the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea.​

• Bethlehem

• Nazareth

• Jerusalem

• Jericho

This city was the headquarters of Jesus' ministry

• Bethlehem

• Nazareth

• Capernaum

• Jericho

This is the city where Jesus was born

• Bethlehem

• Nazareth

• Capernaum

• Jericho

What is the significance of non-Christian sources on Jesus' life?

• They are the only sources that mention Jesus

• They offer independent evidence of Jesus' existence

• They contradict the Old Testament writings

• They are not important for Christians

What is the name of the twenty-volume history of the Jews written by Josephus?

• Antiquities of the Jews

• The Holy Land under Roman Rule

• The Life of Jesus

• The Jewish War

This was a commentary on Jewish law written in the 3rd century CE. It mentions "Yeshu" (Jesus) who "practiced magic and led Israel away from true Jewish worship."

• Babylonian Talmud 

• TaNaK

• Assyrian Apocrypha

• Antiquities of Claudius

Roman historian writing approximately 115 CE. He reports the famous fire that broke out in Rome under the reign of emperor Nero.

• Tacitus

• Suetonius

• Pliny the Younger

• Josephus

Roman biographer who wrote about the expulsion of the Jews from Rome in CE 38. He blamed the riots which had occurred on "Chrestus."

• Tacitus

• Suetonius

• Pliny the Younger

• Josephus

Prolific letter writer and legate to Bithynia, he wrote a long letter to the Emperor Trajan which detailed many things about the Christians and their practices. Among them was the Christian practice of celebrating Eucharist "on a fixed day of the week."

• Tacitus

• Suetonius

• Pliny the Younger

• Josephus