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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is seen in the Author J story of Jacob's blessing of his sons and grandsons?
(a) it says nothing about any of the tribes.
(b) it only mentions the tribe of Judah.
(c) it mentions the tribes of Ephriam and Manesseh.
(d) it refers only to Joseph.

2. What is an important individual agreement between God and man?
(a) permanence for the throne of King David.
(b) perpetual manna from heaven.
(c) safe haven for Jeremiah.
(d) eternal protection for the Temple.

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

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

5. How long has the Bible been in existence?
(a) thousands of years.
(b) five hundred years.
(c) a millenium.
(d) two thousand years.

6. What lay in the ark under the wings of the cherubs?
(a) a tree that symbolized Yahweh.
(b) the original copies of the Torah.
(c) the original stone tablets of the Ten Commandments.
(d) a lampstand with seven candles.

7. How is King Josiah killed?
(a) by an Assyrian hanging.
(b) by poison in his palace.
(c) by a Babylonian spear.
(d) by an Egyptian arrow.

8. How has science corroborated the fall of Lachish?
(a) carbon dating of rocks.
(b) modern archaeological excavations at this site.
(c) archaeology done at Tyre and Sidon.
(d) discovery of scrolls mentioned in the Bible.

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

10. What do scholars call two different versions of the same story?
(a) a repetition.
(b) a puzzle.
(c) a doublet.
(d) a contradiction.

11. What King returned to the reforms of King Hezekiah?
(a) King Belshazzar, a Babylonian appointee.
(b) King Exra, the phrophet king.
(c) King Josiah, Hezekiah's great grandson
(d) King Ahab, husband of Jezebel.

12. What does Friedman say is not his purpose in writing the book?
(a) to re-write the Bible.
(b) to get more people to read the Bible.
(c) to evaluate the Bible.
(d) to disprove the Bible.

13. What did the two writers use that alerted scholars to the idea that there were more than one?
(a) each uses personal references.
(b) each writes from a different time frame.
(c) each uses a different ancient language.
(d) each writes in different language, style, and interests.

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

15. What is a characteristic of Author J's writings?
(a) he leaves out important elements of the stories.
(b) he avoids the covenant between Moses and God.
(c) he appears to favor Israel over Judah.
(d) he extolls Moses over Abraham.

Short Answer Questions

1. What story does Friedman use to illustrate the two author concept?

2. What is the traditional belief about the authorship of the first five books of the Bible?

3. How did David solidify relationships with different important regions?

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

5. Going beyond the two writer theory, what have some scholars suggested?

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