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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. Why is the authorship of the Bible a comparatively recent field of study?
(a) for centuries people never read the Bible.
(b) for centuries the clergy accepted the pat answers.
(c) for centuries the authorship was a guarded secret.
(d) for centuries no one really read the Bible.

2. What does Friedman propose about Author J?
(a) that he was a Levite.
(b) that he was not a Hebrew.
(c) that he lived in Judah.
(d) that he came from Jerico.

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

4. In what way was Yahweh different from the gods of the people around the Hebrews?
(a) Yahweh has fewer oracles.
(b) Yahweh is not associated with any natural force.
(c) Yahweh disallows statues.
(d) Yahweh cannot speak to the people.

5. What religious practice was done by Hezekiah's son and grandson?
(a) further reforms to solidify the position of Jerusalem.
(b) barring all religion altogether.
(c) back to the ways of following Assyrian religions.
(d) introduction of new religions.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does it appear that doublets have been treated to form the Bible?

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

3. Why was the pressure to unite under a King?

4. What do scholars call two different versions of the same story?

5. At what point does E switch from using El or Elohim in reference to God?

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