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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 unimportant in Genesis 1, but becomes a matter of shame in Genesis 2?

2. What happens to God's plan of establishing a nation peacefully obedient to the detailed moral code he promulgated?

3. What does war do to God?

4. Why are the virgin daughters of one Israelite town that does not answer the call to massacre the Benjaminites allowed to be raped by the survivors?

5. To what literary character does the author compare God?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does God invite readers to do, at which critics might scoff? Why?

2. How can God's inconsistent behavior be understood?

3. What promise does God keep in Joshua?

4. What are two firsts mentioned near the beginning of the chapter?

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

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

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

8. How can one gain insight into the Western ideal of character without being Jewish or Christian?

9. How are the two personalities of God different?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What plants the seeds of prophecy later in the text? How does Miles describe God's and his chosen people's personality mentioned in chapter three? What do the Israelites forget during their sojourn in Egypt?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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