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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What have scholars discovered about many stories in the Bible?
(a) Bible stories are all allegories.
(b) the same story has often been told twice.
(c) the stories have been over edited.
(d) the stories come from ancient folklore.

2. What was the book priest Hilkiah said he found in the Temple?
(a) Genesis.
(b) Exodus.
(c) the Torah.
(d) Deuteronomy.

3. What happened to the first books that suggested the traditional ideas about who wrote the Bible were wrong?
(a) the books were banned or burned.
(b) the books became required reading for clergy.
(c) the books were placed in all libraries.
(d) the books became best sellers.

4. Going beyond the two writer theory, what have some scholars suggested?
(a) editing by the high priest.
(b) writing by whole groups of people.
(c) six distinct writing styles.
(d) insertions made at a much later date.

5. Who was the fifth person involved in the four author idea?
(a) the one who collected the information.
(b) the one who kept the original manuscripts.
(c) the one who found the different stories.
(d) the one who stitched the works together.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why was the pressure to unite under a King?

3. At what point does E switch from using El or Elohim in reference to God?

4. In short, what is the difference in the two different accounts of events in Genesis?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What are some of the measures David undertook to unite the twelve tribes after he became King?

2. How does the story of Moses smashing the tablets of stone tend to discredit the southern kingdom of Judah?

3. Before the kings of Israel, who were the hierarchy among the Israelis?

4. What is the traditional belief that Friedman addresses in his book?

5. Discuss the period of time when the written compilation of the Bible as we have it today began.

6. Explain Friedman's reason for writing WHO WROTE THE BIBLE?.

7. What method does Friedman use to determine the identity of Author E?

8. What does the phrase "to this day" suggest in the book of Deuteronomy?

9. What is compelling evidence from modern scholarship that there were multiple writers of the Bible?

10. Discuss the pendulum swing of Jewish religion after King Josiah, Hezekiah's great grandson, came to power.

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