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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. From studying the language, how many authors have scholars concluded worked on the first five books of the Bible?
(a) nine.
(b) four.
(c) two.
(d) three.

2. How has science corroborated the fall of Lachish?
(a) modern archaeological excavations at this site.
(b) carbon dating of rocks.
(c) discovery of scrolls mentioned in the Bible.
(d) archaeology done at Tyre and Sidon.

3. What is Friedman's conclusion regarding Author E?
(a) that he is an Israelite Levite.
(b) that he is related to Jeroboam.
(c) that E copied Author J's writings.
(d) that E is a woman.

4. What unusual speculation does Friedman make regarding the Egyptian bondage?
(a) that Moses did not really lead them out of Egypt.
(b) that only the tribe of Levi may have been enslaved.
(c) that the tribe of Levi was left out of the slavery.
(d) that they were not enslaved so much as over taxed.

5. What did Spinoza point out about Moses being called "the humblest man on Earth"?
(a) it shows that Moses wrote the first five books.
(b) it is a lie.
(c) it is not something he would call himself.
(d) it is a strange thing to say about Moses.

Short Answer Questions

1. Oddly enough, where do the Judeans flee when under attack by Assyria and Babylonia?

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

3. What is one reason that the Assyrian siege of Jerusalem was unsuccessful?

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

5. What did Isaac ibn Yashush notice in the eleventh century about the list of kings in Genesis 36?

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