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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is the Bible unique?

2. How is God's interaction with Moses different from that with Abraham?

3. What does God become when Pharaoh legislates that all Israelite boys be killed at birth?

4. What did God stop twice from doing?

5. What Jewish and Christian texts cover the same material?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do critics and scholars differ on their approach to literary characters?

2. By using foreign nations to punish his people, how is God opening the door to other nations?

3. What is the first prohibition after the flood?

4. What does Exodus conclude with Moses constructing?

5. What are two firsts mentioned near the beginning of the chapter?

6. How do the Israelites respond to Moses leading them in the desert? How does God respond to them?

7. How does God show mercy towards the Israelites after the destruction in Deuteronomy?

8. Whose traits does one see in God in 2 Samuel?

9. What does God invite readers to do, at which critics might scoff? Why?

10. What are three ways in which God is different from the gods of Greek mythology?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the accepted opinion of women in the Tanakh? Give three examples from the Tanakh that show the status of women and explain how they relate to the accepted opinion of women.

Essay Topic 2

Miles says it is revolutionary for God to become the "God of Abraham."

Part 1) Why is this revolutionary?

Part 2) What is God and Abraham's relationship like?

Part 3) What is the importance of Abraham's family?

Essay Topic 3

What is the purpose of the Book of Leviticus? How did the book get its name? What do the procedures described in Leviticus do to God?

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