Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. According to Flavius Josephus, the first century Roman historian, it was the extreme policies of one Jewish faction, the Essenes, who caused the destruction of the Jewish Temple through their refusal to surrender.
2. As an anthology of Greek documents, the New Testament profoundly reflects its Hellenistic background.
3. Hellenistic schools of thought, such as Platonism, Stoicism, and Epicureanism, exercised a profound influence on the authors of the New Testament.
4. Scholars have identified a number of parallels between the life stories of Jesus and the Greek god Dionysus, suggesting a significant linkage between the two.
5. Mithras, a Persian god adopted by the Romans, was Christianity's chief rival during the first three centuries CE.


1. FALSE
2. TRUE
3. TRUE
4. TRUE
5. TRUE

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