Crash Course: Judaism to Christianity

Was being the son of a god or gods unusual during this period in history?

• Yes

• No

Which relgion was Jesus born into?

• Judaism

• Buddhism

• Islam

• Hinduism

What is monotheism?

• The belief in many gods.

• The belief in lame gods. 

• The belief in one God.

• The belief that you can become a god. 

What expression is used to describe the Jews after they made their Covenant with God? 

• The lucky ones

• The circumcised

• The hand-picked favorites

• The Chosen people

Judea was a province of

• Greece

• Rome

• Byzantium

• Israel

Why was Jesus killed?

• He angered the Emperor.

• His messages caused riots.

• He was a threat to Roman authority.

• He offended the king.

What is one reason people so readily accepted Jesus as the Messiah?

• The Jews expected the messiah in times of trouble, like they were experiencing.

• The churches praised him as the son of God.

• He was born a king.

• Because of the miracles he performed. 

What was it called when the Jews were expelled from Judea and began to scatter to other countries?

• Christianity

• The destruction of the temple

• The Menorah

• The Diaspora

According to John Green, what is the central reason that Christianity became a world religion instead of just a sect (branch) of Judaism?

• Christianity morphed into a world religion instead of a sect of Judaism because Jesus renounced all the ways of Judaism.

• Christianity opened their religion to non-Jews (Gentiles) aka people not part of the Covenant.

• Christianity created a place where Jews could call home.

• Unlike Judaism, the Romans accepted Christianity. 

Why was Paul (Saul) able to spread the ideas of Christianity throughout the Roman Empire so easily?

• He was a Roman citizen.

• He was the second coming of Jesus.

• He was fluent in numerous languages.

• He was Jewish.