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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 writer became known as Author D?
(a) the third autor of the Pentateuch.
(b) the writer who penned the book of Daniel.
(c) the author of Deuteronomy.
(d) the chronicler of David.

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

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

4. Who proposed three historical stages for the development of Israel?
(a) Spinoza.
(b) Savanerola.
(c) Friedman.
(d) Julius Wellhausen.

5. What effect did the first suggestions that more than one writer wrote the Pentateuch have on Christian clergy?
(a) they rejected the idea.
(b) they thought it explained a lot about scripture.
(c) they agreed with the new scholarship.
(d) they believed they were answering questions.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a salt lake and named so because the salt content is too high to support life other than microbes?

2. To whom does Deuteronomy give jurisdiction in legal matters?

3. Why does Baruch Halpern eliminate the possibility that a king had written Deuteronomy?

4. How is Baruch mentioned in the book of Jeremiah?

5. What was the book priest Hilkiah said he found in the Temple?

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