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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does this change in the writing affect the Davidic Covenant?
(a) it changes the Covenant completely.
(b) it makes it null and void.
(c) it opens the way for a messiah.
(d) it provides a way for it to return on earth.

2. Why does Friedman hold early Biblical scholars in high esteem?
(a) they made their judgements from English translations.
(b) they studied ancient languages.
(c) what they had done correctly outweighs their mistakes.
(d) they got everything right about the authors of the Bible.

3. What does Friedman suggest is the only good news about the exile?
(a) that it educated the brightest young people.
(b) that the Jews became wealthy in Babylon and Egypt.
(c) that it only lasted fifty years.
(d) that they missed a famine in Israel.

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

5. What does Author P insist about the location for sacrifices?
(a) they must be made in Jerusalem.
(b) sacrifiecs may be made anywhere.
(c) the place must be sanctified by a priest.
(d) sacrifices must be made in the cities designated by David.

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

7. What is Author P's interpretation of God?
(a) a mysterious and capricious God.
(b) a dispassionate and just deity.
(c) a gracious and merciful God.
(d) a diety modelled after the pagan gods.

8. What does Friedman suggest gives a clue as to the identity of the writer D?
(a) the length of the book of Deuteronomy.
(b) the changes in the wording of the law.
(c) the language used in writing Deuteronomy.
(d) the contents of the law code presented in Deuteronomy.

9. What does Jeremiah mention in his writing that none of the other prophets mention?
(a) the mountain of transfiguration.
(b) the bronze snake of Moses.
(c) the breaking of the tables of stone.
(d) Aaron and the golden calf.

10. With what did Ezra return to Judah?
(a) an army of 10,000 men.
(b) a new revelation from God.
(c) a blueprint of the Temple.
(d) a copy of the Torah that is in modern usage.

11. Where do the authors D and E write that Moses received the Ten Commandments?
(a) Mt. Zion.
(b) Mt. Horeb.
(c) Mt. Olives.
(d) Mt. Sinai.

12. Where are there references to the guilt and pain of the exile?
(a) Proverbs, 2 Chronicles, Hosea, and Amos.
(b) Judges, Ruth, Esther, and Obadiah.
(c) Psalms, Lamentations, Ezekiel, Jeremiah, and Isaiah.
(d) Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John.

13. What happened to the Davidic covenant after the invasion of the Babylonians?
(a) a descendant of David is made governor of Judah.
(b) the king is no longer on the throne and the Temple is burned.
(c) God had to be reminded of his promise to David.
(d) the Temple is rebuilt and a Davidic king is put in charge.

14. What supernatural tales are left out by Author P?
(a) tales of Aaron's golden calf.
(b) tales of dreams, talking animals and angels.
(c) tales of miracles done in Egypt.
(d) tales of God talking directly to Moses.

15. What is Freidman's analogy to the problem of the fall of Judah?
(a) an American history that ends with JFK.
(b) a British history that ends with Henry VIII.
(c) a movie with the last reel missing.
(d) a Shakespearean play with no final act.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is most likely the redactor for the entire Pentateuch?

2. What does the revised text make clear about the exile?

3. How does every book in the Pentateuch begin?

4. To determine if insertions have been made in a text, two or more of what elements must be present?

5. What happened after the fall of the kingdom of Israel?

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