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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 is an argument against the time of the second Temple for author P?
(a) he never writes about the worship in the Temple.
(b) he never mentions the Temple as having any importance.
(c) he never mentions the Tabernacle.
(d) he talks exclusively about the first Temple.

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

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

4. In their arguments, how do Graf and others who argue for Author P during the second Temple see the Tabernacle?
(a) as an unimportant artifact that was left in the desert.
(b) as a device to link Moses with the second Temple.
(c) as a fabrication to preserve the blueprints of the Temple.
(d) as a tradition that Moses perpetrated.

5. Where do the authors D and E write that Moses received the Ten Commandments?
(a) Mt. Horeb.
(b) Mt. Olives.
(c) Mt. Sinai.
(d) Mt. Zion.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the laws of Deuteronomy, where was the central place for sacrifices?

2. Why does Friedman hold early Biblical scholars in high esteem?

3. Which group of priests do the writers J and P favor?

4. At what point does E switch from using El or Elohim in reference to God?

5. What does Friedman suggest gives a clue as to the identity of the writer D?

(see the answer key)

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