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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. What was clever about moving the capital from Judah to Jerusalem?
(a) Jerusalem did not belong to any tribe.
(b) Jerusalem was centrally located.
(c) Jerusalem was a thriving trade city.
(d) Jerusalem represented a new beginning.

2. What is seen in the Author E story of Jacob's blessing of his sons and grandsons?
(a) it has the tribes asking for a king.
(b) it only includes the northern tribes of Israel.
(c) it includes all the tribes that make up Israel.
(d) it mentions only two tribes.

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

4. Who was the fifth person involved in the four author idea?
(a) the one who found the different stories.
(b) the one who stitched the works together.
(c) the one who collected the information.
(d) the one who kept the original manuscripts.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What story does Friedman use to illustrate the two author concept?

2. How did David solidify relationships with different important regions?

3. What did the two writers use that alerted scholars to the idea that there were more than one?

4. How many chief priests did David appoint?

5. In short, what is the difference in the two different accounts of events in Genesis?

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