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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 proposed three historical stages for the development of Israel?
(a) Spinoza.
(b) Friedman.
(c) Julius Wellhausen.
(d) Savanerola.

2. What are the books of Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy commonly called by Christians?
(a) the Prophets.
(b) the Torah.
(c) the Ten Commandments.
(d) the Pentateuch.

3. By the end of the 19th Century what name does the four author idea take on?
(a) the Four Horsemen.
(b) the Documentary Hypothesis
(c) the Quadra Hypothesis.
(d) the Fourth Dimension.

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

5. In short, what is the difference in the two different accounts of events in Genesis?
(a) Author J was an enemy of author E.
(b) Author E favored Israel, while Author J favored Judah.
(c) Author J had limited knowledge of Hebrew history.
(d) Author E lived many centuries before Author J.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What have scholars discovered about many stories in the Bible?

3. Why was the pressure to unite under a King?

4. What was different after David died and his son became King?

5. Who became prophets?

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