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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14 The World That the Bible Produced.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened to the first books that suggested the traditional ideas about who wrote the Bible were wrong?
(a) the books became required reading for clergy.
(b) the books became best sellers.
(c) the books were banned or burned.
(d) the books were placed in all libraries.

2. To determine if insertions have been made in a text, two or more of what elements must be present?
(a) vocabulary, annotated references, and historical context.
(b) cross references, credentials, and clear writing style.
(c) dates, times, proper names, and subject matter.
(d) wording, grammar, syntax, theme, and literary structure.

3. Where are there references to the guilt and pain of the exile?
(a) Proverbs, 2 Chronicles, Hosea, and Amos.
(b) Judges, Ruth, Esther, and Obadiah.
(c) Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John.
(d) Psalms, Lamentations, Ezekiel, Jeremiah, and Isaiah.

4. How does Jeremiah see the Aaronid priests like Author P?
(a) as a priestly class that casts Moses in a bad light.
(b) as the true inheritors of the priesthood.
(c) as liberals bent on changing the law.
(d) as usurpers of God's command for Levite priests.

5. How do Graf and others see the Tabernacle?
(a) as a metaphor.
(b) as a building formula.
(c) as a fiction, a pious fraud.
(d) as a stop gap measure.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Friedman identify as the writer of Deuteronomy?

2. What was different about the religion of the Jews and those of other nations?

3. From where does Friedman speculate the laws came from in the writings of Author P?

4. To what do the books of the Early Prophets bear a remarkable similarity?

5. What is the first law given in Deuteronomy?

(see the answer key)

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