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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 is the common mispronunciation of the name, Yahweh?
(a) Yawheh.
(b) Wayhey.
(c) Jehovah.
(d) Eloi.

2. How is Baruch mentioned in the book of Jeremiah?
(a) as a replacement for Jeremiah.
(b) as writing for Jeremiah.
(c) as a teacher of Jeremiah.
(d) as a brother of Jeremiah.

3. How does J get around the problem of images in the north and south?
(a) J condemns molten images only.
(b) J questions the use of the northern images.
(c) J says that Yahweh made the southern images.
(d) J writes that there are no images.

4. What unusual speculation does Friedman make regarding the Egyptian bondage?
(a) that only the tribe of Levi may have been enslaved.
(b) that Moses did not really lead them out of Egypt.
(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 are the books of Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy commonly called by Christians?
(a) the Pentateuch.
(b) the Prophets.
(c) the Ten Commandments.
(d) the Torah.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Henning Bernhard Witter, Jean Astruc, and Johann Gottfried Eichhorn have in common?

2. What does De Witte say about the idea that Deuteronomy had been written specifically to support Josiah's reformation.

3. Which King of Judah is given credit for leading the people to worship false gods?

4. Beside the references to Yahweh or El, are there other differences between J and E?

5. What does the revision to Deuteronomy explain?

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