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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 lay in the ark under the wings of the cherubs?
(a) a tree that symbolized Yahweh.
(b) the original stone tablets of the Ten Commandments.
(c) a lampstand with seven candles.
(d) the original copies of the Torah.

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

3. What writer became known as Author D?
(a) the author of Deuteronomy.
(b) the writer who penned the book of Daniel.
(c) the third autor of the Pentateuch.
(d) the chronicler of David.

4. What effect did the first suggestions that more than one writer wrote the Pentateuch have on Christian clergy?
(a) they agreed with the new scholarship.
(b) they thought it explained a lot about scripture.
(c) they believed they were answering questions.
(d) they rejected the idea.

5. What did Isaac ibn Yashush notice in the eleventh century about the list of kings in Genesis 36?
(a) Moses personally knew them all.
(b) there were no kings during the time of Moses.
(c) it includes people who lived long after Moses.
(d) the list is inaccurate.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Friedman say is not his purpose in writing the book?

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

4. Who was the fifth person involved in the four author idea?

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

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