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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. From where did some of the inclusions into the Pentateuch come?
(a) the Davidic traditions.
(b) the Book of Generations.
(c) the Book of the Dead.
(d) the apocrypha.

3. Why does Friedman conclude that P was written during King Hezekiah's reign?
(a) the fact that P favors dispersed sacrificial centers.
(b) the fact that P dates himself in his writing.
(c) the fact that P puts its emphasis on centralized religion.
(d) the fact that P reveres the Mosiac priesthood.

4. What occurred during the reign of King Hezekiah?
(a) appointment of scarificial places.
(b) a return to paganism.
(c) elevation of Mosaic priests.
(d) centralization of religion.

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

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

7. 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.

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

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

10. Who does Friedman identify as the writer of Deuteronomy?
(a) Moses.
(b) Jeremiah.
(c) Hezekiah.
(d) Aaron.

11. Which group of priests do the writers J and P favor?
(a) the Davidic family of priests.
(b) the Levites in general.
(c) the Aaronid family of priests.
(d) the direct descendants of Moses.

12. What does Friedman classify as a brilliant mistake?
(a) the identification of the P author of the Bible.
(b) the identification of four authors of the Torah.
(c) the identification of Josiah as the J author.
(d) the identification of Moses as Author P.

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

14. When did the early scholars consider that Author D wrote?
(a) during King Josiah's time.
(b) during the time of the fall of Israel.
(c) during the time of King Hezakiah.
(d) during the conquest of Canaan.

15. Who conquered the Babylonians in 538 B.C.?
(a) the Greeks.
(b) the Persians.
(c) the Egyptians.
(d) the Romans.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to the accounts of writers J, E, and P?

2. To whom does Deuteronomy give jurisdiction in legal matters?

3. How does Friedman see Julius Wellhausen's summary of the second Temple theory for Author P?

4. What is the great irony of P's writing that favored the Aaronid priesthood?

5. What is Freidman's analogy to the problem of the fall of Judah?

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