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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How has science corroborated the fall of Lachish?
(a) modern archaeological excavations at this site.
(b) carbon dating of rocks.
(c) discovery of scrolls mentioned in the Bible.
(d) archaeology done at Tyre and Sidon.

2. What was the book priest Hilkiah said he found in the Temple?
(a) Deuteronomy.
(b) Exodus.
(c) the Torah.
(d) Genesis.

3. What is a salt lake and named so because the salt content is too high to support life other than microbes?
(a) the Mediterranean Sea.
(b) the Sea of Galilee.
(c) the Dead Sea.
(d) the Red Sea.

4. In short, what is the difference in the two different accounts of events in Genesis?
(a) Author J was an enemy of author E.
(b) Author E favored Israel, while Author J favored Judah.
(c) Author J had limited knowledge of Hebrew history.
(d) Author E lived many centuries before Author J.

5. With all the people who have read and studied the Bible, what is one thing few of them know?
(a) who wrote it.
(b) how many pages are in it.
(c) what languages was it written in.
(d) where it was found.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Friedman suggest the combination of the two writers symbolizes?

2. What did Isaac ibn Yashush notice in the eleventh century about the list of kings in Genesis 36?

3. What lay in the ark under the wings of the cherubs?

4. Why did the idea that there were four authors of the Pentateuch meet with resistance among Christians and Jews?

5. Who became prophets?

Short Essay Questions

1. Before the kings of Israel, who were the hierarchy among the Israelis?

2. What evidence is there that Author J might have been female?

3. Discuss the period of time when the written compilation of the Bible as we have it today began.

4. Describe the locations where the Bible was produced, the lifestyle of the people, and the methods used for writing.

5. How does a fifth person come into the picture regarding the Pentateuch?

6. When was it discovered that at least two people authored parts of the Bible?

7. How did King Jeroboam solidify his position after the kingdoms split into norther and southern kingdoms?

8. What is the traditional belief that Friedman addresses in his book?

9. What method does Friedman use to determine the identity of Author E?

10. What is evidence that Moses did not write the Pentateuch--Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy?

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