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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9 A Brilliant Mistake.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do Graf and others see the Tabernacle?
(a) as a fiction, a pious fraud.
(b) as a stop gap measure.
(c) as a building formula.
(d) as a metaphor.

2. Who does the evidence point to as the writer of Deuteronomy?
(a) a non-priestly prophet.
(b) an Aaronid of Hebron.
(c) a Mosaic priest of Jerusalem.
(d) a Levite of Shiloh.

3. What was so attractive about Wellhausen's summary?
(a) it placed a priestly source in a priestly period.
(b) it placed Author P at the right place in the right time.
(c) it drew distinctions between fact and fiction.
(d) it was conclusive in its finding.

4. Why can J and E not be separated on the basis of style alone?
(a) there are too many similarities in their styles.
(b) there is not enough evidence of stylistic differences.
(c) there really are no stylistic differences.
(d) the books are not long enough to make that call.

5. According to the laws of Deuteronomy, where was the central place for sacrifices?
(a) Bethlehem.
(b) Shiloh.
(c) Jerusalem.
(d) Horeb.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do the authors D and E write that Moses received the Ten Commandments?

2. Why does Baruch Halpern eliminate the possibility that a king had written Deuteronomy?

3. What are the dates Friedman puts on the two writers?

4. What had most early scholars scholars considered that J and E had come from?

5. To what does Author E give more preeminence in his writing?

(see the answer key)

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