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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. Although many Westerners have lost belief in God, what continues to set them apart from other cultures?

2. What does the Bible show without cover-up?

3. What is the purpose of Chapter One, the Prelude, "Can God's Life Be Written?"

4. How is the Bible unique?

5. What does Nathan's oracle suggest as the reason God adopts Solomon rather than David?

Short Essay Questions

1. Under Joshua, what does Israel do?

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

3. What are three ways in which God is different from the gods of Greek mythology?

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

5. By using foreign nations to punish his people, how is God opening the door to other nations?

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

7. What is "new historicism?"

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

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

10. How does the frightful Yahweh act towards the man and the woman after they are punished and before they are expelled from the garden?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why does God strike up a deal with Satan? How does the Book of Job examine the dark side of God? How does God's biography differ from traditional fables?

Essay Topic 2

What is the purpose of the Book of Leviticus? How did the book get its name? What do the procedures described in Leviticus do to God?

Essay Topic 3

Miles says it is revolutionary for God to become the "God of Abraham."

Part 1) Why is this revolutionary?

Part 2) What is God and Abraham's relationship like?

Part 3) What is the importance of Abraham's family?

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