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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 inferred about the Davidic Covenant in the revised Deuteronomy?
(a) someone from David's line is always a potential king.
(b) a Davidic king will take over a larger kingdom.
(c) a Davidic king does not need a throne.
(d) there will always be a Davidic king in exile.

2. When does the Davidic king, Zedekiah, lose the throne and become a prisoner in Babylon?
(a) 487 B.C.
(b) 722 B.C.
(c) 587 B.C.
(d) 777 B.C.

3. Why do we know so little about the Hebrews prior to 1200 B.C.?
(a) no one could write before 1200 B.C.
(b) no records exist of that earlier time.
(c) they were a closed society.
(d) only recently have scholars examined the literature.

4. Who allows the Jews to return to their home country?
(a) Ramses the Second.
(b) Alexander the Great.
(c) Baltshazzar the Benevolent.
(d) Cyrus the Great.

5. When was David anointed King?
(a) during the summer Solstice.
(b) after all the people voted for a new King.
(c) while Saul was still alive.
(d) after Saul's death.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Friedman speculate held the exiled Jews together?

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

3. Who does the evidence point to as the writer of Deuteronomy?

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

5. What does the weakened King of Judah order concerning religion?

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