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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. Why do the Christians move the prophets from the middle to the end?

2. What is a "theography?"

3. What is unimportant in Genesis 1, but becomes a matter of shame in Genesis 2?

4. On what is Western civilization built?

5. What story is told twice and is structurally the same, yet different in the details and mood?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the Bible different from both saga and classical epic?

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

3. What is the first prohibition after the flood?

4. What are the "Deuteronomistic History?"

5. How is Elijah's "death" different from those of Jacob, Moses, Joshua, and David?

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

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

8. How can God's inconsistent behavior be understood?

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

10. How does Miles disagree with systematic theologians and the character and actions of God?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

God seems to favor certain individuals in Abraham's family.

Part 1) Who does he favor?

Part 2) Why does he favor these individuals over others?

Part 3) What have we learned about God and His ability to pick and choose specific individuals?

Essay Topic 2

Miles believes the Bible can be studied as a work of literature that explains God's character from a boisterous all-actions God to finally a silent one.

Part 1) Whose precept is used as a model for this study? How does the information and order of the Tanakh follow this precept?

Part 2) Describe God's character throughout the Hebrew Bible with examples from the text.

Part 3) How does Miles explain why God can be understood in human terms?

Essay Topic 3

What plants the seeds of prophecy later in the text? How does Miles describe God's and his chosen people's personality mentioned in chapter three? What do the Israelites forget during their sojourn in Egypt?

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