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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3 Two Kingdoms, Two Writers.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From studying the language, how many authors have scholars concluded worked on the first five books of the Bible?
(a) two.
(b) three.
(c) nine.
(d) four.

2. What is the common mispronunciation of the name, Yahweh?
(a) Wayhey.
(b) Yawheh.
(c) Eloi.
(d) Jehovah.

3. What did Isaac ibn Yashush notice in the eleventh century about the list of kings in Genesis 36?
(a) it includes people who lived long after Moses.
(b) there were no kings during the time of Moses.
(c) the list is inaccurate.
(d) Moses personally knew them all.

4. What is the traditional belief about the authorship of the first five books of the Bible?
(a) that Isaiah wrote them.
(b) that Adam wrote them.
(c) that Noah wrote them.
(d) that Moses wrote them.

5. How does J get around the problem of images in the north and south?
(a) J writes that there are no images.
(b) J condemns molten images only.
(c) J says that Yahweh made the southern images.
(d) J questions the use of the northern images.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Friedman propose about Author J?

2. Why do we know so little about the Hebrews prior to 1200 B.C.?

3. What does this two author evidence provide?

4. What symbol in Exodus parallels a similar object in the northern kingdom?

5. What did Spinoza point out about Moses being called "the humblest man on Earth"?

(see the answer key)

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