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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. What is a mistake God will not repeat?

2. What is another word for solitude?

3. This Book is a cycle of poems about young lovers attributed to King Solomon.

4. What happens to most of the men in the Book of Ruth?

5. What does God vow to Israel?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happen after Ezra reads the "scroll of the Teaching of Moses?"

2. What lesson did God's demand for Isaac's sacrifice teach? Give an example.

3. How is the love between the man and wife before and after the reconciliation?

4. Why is the Book of Job a favorite in literary circles and with skeptics?

5. Why is the Tanakh closer in spirit to "Hamlet," rather than "Oedipus Rex?"

6. What are the four things Job does, according to the common interpretation of the Book of Job?

7. To what type of knowledge does the knowledge described in Isaiah refer?

8. How does God begin when he creates the world and all that is on it?

9. Why is it confusing that the prophets contradict one another?

10. How does the Book of Ruth portray men?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The relationship between God and Abraham's son and grandson differ.

Part 1) How is God's relationship with Isaac different from his relationship with Abraham?

Part 2) What deal does Jacob offer God?

Part 3) How has God's power and control changed with Isaac and Jacob?

Essay Topic 2

God allows Sodom and the surrounding region to be destroyed.

Part 1) What is Miles' explanation for the scope of vengeance?

Part 2) This story of Sodom is traditionally considered a lesson on morality. How can Miles' explanation for Sodom's destruction change one's attitude towards the purpose of this story?

Part 3) What does this story say about God's desire for power?

Essay Topic 3

Western civilization is built on the belief that God created humankind in His own image and the Bible is the key to understanding Western character.

Part 1) Name two distinct personalities of God. How does humanity reflect these multiple personalities?

Part2) How is the Tanakh used to create a "theography" of the Judeo-Christian faith? Why is it chosen, rather than the Old Testament?

Part 3) What evidence does Miles give that proves the idea that God is the same yesterday, today, and forever wrong?

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