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

2. What symbol in Exodus parallels a similar object in the northern kingdom?
(a) winged angels.
(b) golden calves.
(c) wooden arks.
(d) broken stones.

3. What is the status of Aaron in the narrative of Author E?
(a) it is hero status.
(b) it is insignificant status.
(c) it is sinful status.
(d) it is objectionable status.

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

5. Going beyond the two writer theory, what have some scholars suggested?
(a) insertions made at a much later date.
(b) editing by the high priest.
(c) six distinct writing styles.
(d) writing by whole groups of people.

Short Answer Questions

1. What covenant between God and man does Author J favor?

2. How does Friedman see Julius Wellhausen's summary of the second Temple theory for Author P?

3. What is an argument against the time of the second Temple for author P?

4. What is the difference in the two writers approach to the ark of the covenant?

5. What is a characteristic of Author J's writings?

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