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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2 J and E.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why was the pressure to unite under a King?
(a) the rule of law.
(b) the might of the Philistines.
(c) the proplem of tribal disunity.
(d) the need to be like the Egyptians.

2. What have scholars discovered about many stories in the Bible?
(a) the same story has often been told twice.
(b) the stories have been over edited.
(c) the stories come from ancient folklore.
(d) Bible stories are all allegories.

3. What story does Friedman use to illustrate the two author concept?
(a) the sacrifice of Isaac.
(b) the creation.
(c) the flood.
(d) the crossing of the Red Sea.

4. Who became prophets?
(a) anyone who called himself a prophet.
(b) only priests.
(c) anyone called by Yahweh.
(d) only judges.

5. What information comes from knowing who wrote the Bible and when it was written?
(a) how the languages have changed over the years.
(b) whether the text is authentic or not.
(c) what the text meant in the Biblical world itself.
(d) only what the text means to us today.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does this two author evidence provide?

2. In what way was Yahweh different from the gods of the people around the Hebrews?

3. Why did the idea that there were four authors of the Pentateuch meet with resistance among Christians and Jews?

4. What writer became known as Author D?

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

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