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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. What covenant between God and man does Author J favor?
(a) the covenant between God and Joseph.
(b) the covenant between God and Jacob.
(c) the covenant between God and Moses.
(d) the earlier covenant between Abraham and God.

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

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 only includes the northern tribes of Israel.
(c) it mentions only two tribes.
(d) it has the tribes asking for a king.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Friedman place Author E?

2. Why does Author E's writing about God's commandment cast doubt on the golden cherubs of Judah?

3. What unusual speculation does Friedman make regarding the Egyptian bondage?

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

5. Going beyond the two writer theory, what have some scholars suggested?

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