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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. Who tempts Yah to impose great suffering on Job?

2. What tribe is the only one to survive the exile as an intact entity?

3. In Isaiah God is holy because of what, rather than power?

4. Which statement is true based on the traditional interpretation of the Book of Job?

5. What does the Book of Ruth not gloss over?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does it say in Isaiah about God's opinion of punishment?

2. How does the Book of Ruth portray men?

3. With whom does Haggai deal?

4. What has happened to the practice of circumcision by the time Psalms is written?

5. What lesson did God's demand for Isaac's sacrifice teach? Give an example.

6. How is the love between the man and wife before and after the reconciliation?

7. Why is the Book of Job a favorite in literary circles and with skeptics?

8. What are the four things Job does, according to the common interpretation of the Book of Job?

9. At what times during the dialogue between God and Job does one see Elohim and Yahweh?

10. To what type of knowledge does the knowledge described in Isaiah refer?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the accepted opinion of women in the Tanakh? Give three examples from the Tanakh that show the status of women and explain how they relate to the accepted opinion of women.

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

God's creation does not turn out as expected from the beginning.

Part 1) Why do Adam and Eve disobey God?

Part 2) What does God require of Adam and Eve?

Part 3) How does God handle this disobedience?

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