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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 does the Book of Ruth not gloss over?

2. Since Job does not repent for offenses he did not commit, who must repent?

3. How many solutions are there to the "problem of evil?"

4. How is Mordecai's reaction to the plot of Haman different from the reactions by past Jews in similar situations?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the purpose of Gabriel and Michael?

2. How did Song of Songs, which is a secular cycle of poems about young lovers, enter the Hebrew canon?

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

4. Why is the Tanakh closer in spirit to "Hamlet," rather than "Oedipus Rex?"

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

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

7. How are God and Israel brought back together in the Book of Daniel?

8. What is the gist of Proverbs?

9. Why is it confusing that the prophets contradict one another?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

God allows Sodom and the surrounding region to be destroyed.

Part 1) What is Miles' explanation for the scope of vengeance?

Part 2) This story of Sodom is traditionally considered a lesson on morality. How can Miles' explanation for Sodom's destruction change one's attitude towards the purpose of this story?

Part 3) What does this story say about God's desire for power?

Essay Topic 2

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?

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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