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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. Who was the last judge before Saul became King of Israel?
(a) Joshua.
(b) Abraham.
(c) Ethan.
(d) Samuel.

2. What does this two author evidence provide?
(a) that the books were written long after Moses.
(b) that the books were put together objectively.
(c) that Moses must have been the sole writer.
(d) that there are doubts about the authenticity of the Bible.

3. When was David anointed King?
(a) during the summer Solstice.
(b) after all the people voted for a new King.
(c) after Saul's death.
(d) while Saul was still alive.

4. Why is the authorship of the Bible a comparatively recent field of study?
(a) for centuries the authorship was a guarded secret.
(b) for centuries the clergy accepted the pat answers.
(c) for centuries no one really read the Bible.
(d) for centuries people never read the Bible.

5. Why are tribal references important in discovering the different authors?
(a) they read like the political divisions after King Solomon.
(b) they indicate great knowledge of Hebrew history.
(c) they certify the two authors' reliability.
(d) they show which tribes each of the authors comes from.

Short Answer Questions

1. What information comes from knowing who wrote the Bible and when it was written?

2. Why did one write become designated Author J?

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

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

5. What is seen in the Author J story of Jacob's blessing of his sons and grandsons?

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