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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8 The World That Produced the Bible: 587-400 B.C..

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened to the first books that suggested the traditional ideas about who wrote the Bible were wrong?
(a) the books became best sellers.
(b) the books became required reading for clergy.
(c) the books were placed in all libraries.
(d) the books were banned or burned.

2. 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) E writes that it was destroyed in a fire.
(c) J thinks it is less important than E does.
(d) E praises it because it is in Shechem.

3. Where does Friedman place Author E?
(a) in Babylon.
(b) in Egypt.
(c) in Israel.
(d) in Edom.

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

5. What did Isaac ibn Yashush notice in the eleventh century about the list of kings in Genesis 36?
(a) there were no kings during the time of Moses.
(b) Moses personally knew them all.
(c) it includes people who lived long after Moses.
(d) the list is inaccurate.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does this change in the writing affect the Davidic Covenant?

2. What is seen in the Author J story of Jacob's blessing of his sons and grandsons?

3. Why are tribal references important in discovering the different authors?

4. Who allows the Jews to return to their home country?

5. What were the cherubs inside the Holy of Holies?

(see the answer key)

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