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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 healed the woman with the issue of blood?
2. What was the name of Salome's husband?
3. What Philistine woman lured Samson to ruin?
4. What was Sapphira's greatest sin?
5. On the basis of what did Pilate's wife give her husband a warning?
Short Essay Questions
1. What illness did Simon Peter's mother-in-law develop, and how did Jesus heal her?
2. How was Claudia honored by the Greek Orthodox Church?
3. What did the wise woman of Tekoah influence King David to do?
4. How did a dream about Christ affect Pontius Pilate's wife Claudia, and what did she advise her husband to do as a result?
5. What message did the angel Gabriel give Zacharias and his wife Elisabeth, and what happened to Zacharias when he didn't believe the angel's message?
6. How did Christ usually heal people, and what was different about the way he healed the Syro-Phoenician woman's daughter?
7. Who was Ahinoam?
8. What ailment did the Syro-Phoenician woman's daughter have, and why did Christ initially rebuff her request to heal her daughter?
9. From what affliction did Christ heal Mary Magdalene, and what other possible explanation does Edith Deen say commentators have given for this affliction?
10. Who was Lydia, and what was her role in the early church?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Pick any three of the unnamed women or unnamed groups of women in the Bible and discuss their importance, despite their anonymity. What did their unnamed status say about the role of women in Middle Eastern society during Bible times? How might the stories of these women differ if their societies had been matriarchal rather than patriarchal societies?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the concept of polygamy in the Old Testament using at least three of the following men and their wives as examples: Lamech, Jacob, Elkanah, King David, and King Solomon. How did the practice of polygamy affect women? How did the practice of polygamy affect children and their ability to inherit? In what ways was polygamy a metaphor for idolatry? Cite examples from the text to support your conclusions.
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the daughters of Zelophedad and their fight to inherit their father's property during an era in which women had no property rights. Cite examples from the text to support your arguments.
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