1. Which early theorist of religion said the following: “The criticism of religion disillusions man, so that he will think, act, and fashion his reality like a man who has discarded his illusions and regained his senses, so that he will move around himself as his own true sun”? 2. Which early theorist of religion proposed the concept of the numinous? 3. What does Emile Durkheim say that religion essentially is? 4. In Eliade’s model of the sacred and profane, what does it mean for something to be profane? 5. What does Martin Ruel say about the concept of belief in the study of religion? 6. Why does Catherine Bell suggest that 40. Where did the authors of the Dead Sea Scrolls live? 41. In the Damascus Document, who did God raise in order to lead the community? 42. Who was the first Roman emperor to impose anti-Christian edicts? 43. Which early Christian martyr was said to be burned in the arena but gave off a sweet fragrance? 44. What does “the Way” in Confucianism refer to? 45. True of False: In Islam, Mary is a virgin when she gives birth to Jesus. 46. What is the Shahadah? 47. What does Judith Butler say about gender? 48. What model does Thomas Laqueur propose for studying gender in the ancient world? 49. What is the Code of Manu? 50. What is the Indian custom of Sati? 51. What does Russell McCutcheon suggest scholars do to better understand Buddhist self-immolation? 52. What does the Dalai Lama represent? 53. At the beginning of the story, how does Thecla learn Paul’s teachings? 54. What does Jerome emphasize as the most important quality for a Christian woman? 55. From where did Paul write his first letter to the Corinthians? 56. Which of the following is not one of the three qualities that Stephanie Cobb says are indicative of masculinity in early Christian Rome? 57. What does Stephanie Cobb say is the main goal of the Early Christian martyrologies? 58. What have scholars concluded is the primary concern in the Sodom and Gomorrah story in Genesis
