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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 God's story the key to understanding?

2. To what have believers grown accustomed?

3. What are the three aspects of divine self-discovery?

4. How does a fully-integrated Yahweh/Elohim God appear to Moses?

5. What is the order of the Christian text?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is "new historicism?"

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

3. What part of Abram/Abraham does God personally control?

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

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

6. How does God show mercy towards the Israelites after the destruction in Deuteronomy?

7. What does Exodus conclude with Moses constructing?

8. In Gen. 4-11, how does God the Destroyer feel toward human beings?

9. How does God deal with humans?

10. What did Neil Simon take for granted when he writes the play "God's Favorite?"

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Initially after the flood God prohibits humans from killing one another or eating any other creature alive.

Part 1) Do humans follow this rule? Explain.

Part 2) What seems to be God's opinion later on humans killing one another, as well as other living creatures?

Part 3) If one could ask God today his opinion on killing living creatures what do you think would be his response? Why?

Essay Topic 3

Later in Genesis God deals with one man, Abram/Abraham.

Part 1) What aspect of Abram's life is God's primary concern?

Part 2) How does this control affect Abram's life?

Part 3) Why do you think God is so concerned with this one man and specifically one aspect of this man?

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