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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. With all the people who have read and studied the Bible, what is one thing few of them know?
(a) what languages was it written in.
(b) where it was found.
(c) how many pages are in it.
(d) who wrote it.

2. What does the Author J's story of Noah do that the Author E's story does not?
(a) it allows God to have regrets.
(b) it shows God as an abstract idea.
(c) it makes God more human.
(d) it gives God a greater purpose for the flood.

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

4. Why did Author E get his designation?
(a) his fist name was Elgar.
(b) he never uses the singular for God.
(c) he refers to God as Edom.
(d) he always refers to God, El, or Elohim.

5. What was the political structure for the Israelites?
(a) they consisted of twelve tribes.
(b) they had a tribunal.
(c) they were anarchists.
(d) they lived under a king.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Henning Bernhard Witter, Jean Astruc, and Johann Gottfried Eichhorn have in common?

2. Who were among the first to control the politics of the Israelites?

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

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

5. How does it appear that doublets have been treated to form the Bible?

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