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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 does the Author J's story of Noah do that the Author E's story does not?
(a) it makes God more human.
(b) it allows God to have regrets.
(c) it gives God a greater purpose for the flood.
(d) it shows God as an abstract idea.

2. Why does Baruch Halpern eliminate the possibility that a king had written Deuteronomy?
(a) it has restrictions a king would not put upon himself.
(b) it vows there will never be a king in Israel.
(c) it has the language of common people.
(d) it lacks the authority of a king.

3. What was clever about moving the capital from Judah to Jerusalem?
(a) Jerusalem was centrally located.
(b) Jerusalem represented a new beginning.
(c) Jerusalem did not belong to any tribe.
(d) Jerusalem was a thriving trade city.

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

5. Where does Author J place Abraham in the story of genesis?
(a) in Shechem, the capital of Israel.
(b) in Hebron, the capital city of Judah under King David.
(c) in Jerusalem before it was called Jerusalem.
(d) in the city Peni-El, which King Jeroboam had built in Israel.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what do the books of the Early Prophets bear a remarkable similarity?

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

3. How does Friedman build the case that Author E favored Israel and was, in fact, from Israel, probably the city of Shiloh?

4. What is in Deuteronomy to set up the possibility of the fall of Judah?

5. How long has the Bible been in existence?

(see the answer key)

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