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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. 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 lived many centuries before Author J.
(c) Author J had limited knowledge of Hebrew history.
(d) Author E favored Israel, while Author J favored Judah.

2. What observation did Thomas Hobbes make about certain language in the Bible.
(a) the language indicates little change in usage.
(b) phrases like "to this day" are used to talk about the past.
(c) the language is unquestionably uniform.
(d) phrases like "to this day" could only come from God.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Solomon build that was larger than the Temple?

2. From studying the language, how many authors have scholars concluded worked on the first five books of the Bible?

3. What are the tribes of Israel conquered by the Assyrians in 722 B.C.?

4. What does the Author J's story of Noah do that the Author E's story does not?

5. What does Friedman propose about Author J?

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