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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4 The World That Produced the Bible: 722-587 B.C..

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many chief priests did David appoint?
(a) one from the north.
(b) one from the north and one from the south.
(c) three to have an unequal number.
(d) twelve for each of the tribes.

2. What are the tribes of Israel conquered by the Assyrians in 722 B.C.?
(a) the last of the Israelis.
(b) the northern tribes.
(c) the remnants of Israel.
(d) the ten lost tribes of Israel.

3. After the fall of Israel in 722 B.C., what remains of the Jewish nation?
(a) a weakened Judah.
(b) a community in exile.
(c) a ragtag group of remnants.
(d) a group by the waters of Babylon.

4. What is the difference in the two writers approach to the ark of the covenant?
(a) J writes extensively about it but E never mentions it.
(b) J thinks it is less important than E does.
(c) E praises it because it is in Shechem.
(d) E writes that it was destroyed in a fire.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the dates Friedman puts on the two writers?

2. What did Spinoza point out about Moses being called "the humblest man on Earth"?

3. What observation did Thomas Hobbes make about certain language in the Bible.

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

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

(see the answer key)

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