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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 has been appointed to protect the Jews in the coming war in heaven?

2. Where is the Bible's first apocalypse recorded?

3. What does God vow to Israel?

4. What do the last three Minor Prophets give God?

5. What does Psalm 2 do nothing short but envision?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does God need the prophets?

2. How is God's life saved after the events involving Job?

3. Why is cultic sacrifice a late development in the Judean culture?

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

5. Why are Job's speeches NOT subversive?

6. Are the three Major Prophets' messages manic depressive and psychotic or sane and calm? Why?

7. When does God first feel pain?

8. Prior to Second Isaiah does God feel joy? Explain.

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

10. With whom does Haggai deal?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Western civilization is built on the belief that God created humankind in His own image and the Bible is the key to understanding Western character.

Part 1) Name two distinct personalities of God. How does humanity reflect these multiple personalities?

Part2) How is the Tanakh used to create a "theography" of the Judeo-Christian faith? Why is it chosen, rather than the Old Testament?

Part 3) What evidence does Miles give that proves the idea that God is the same yesterday, today, and forever wrong?

Essay Topic 3

There are many firsts that occur between Moses and God.

Part 1) How does God appear to Moses? How does God identify himself?

Part 2) What/whose behavior does God begin exhibiting?

Part 3) Why do you think God's behavior has changed?

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