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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 are the books of Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy commonly called by Christians?
(a) the Prophets.
(b) the Pentateuch.
(c) the Ten Commandments.
(d) the Torah.

2. What religious practice was done by Hezekiah's son and grandson?
(a) further reforms to solidify the position of Jerusalem.
(b) back to the ways of following Assyrian religions.
(c) introduction of new religions.
(d) barring all religion altogether.

3. What does De Witte say about the idea that Deuteronomy had been written specifically to support Josiah's reformation.
(a) a known fact.
(b) blatantly not true.
(c) a pious fraud.
(d) a clever ruse.

4. Who were among the first to control the politics of the Israelites?
(a) prophets.
(b) kings.
(c) tribunals.
(d) judges.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to the first books that suggested the traditional ideas about who wrote the Bible were wrong?

2. Why did Author E get his designation?

3. What does the weakened King of Judah order concerning religion?

4. What does Friedman say is not his purpose in writing the book?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is some other evidence for the book of Deuteronomy having been of fairly recent writing?

3. How long after the initial evidence of multiple writers of the Bible were discovered did it become clear that two more writers were also involved?

4. What evidence is there that Author J might have been female?

5. When was it discovered that at least two people authored parts of the Bible?

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

7. What is the tie in between the Golden Calf idol made at the foot of mount Sinai and the images of the cherubim in both the northern and southern regions?

8. What is evidence that Moses did not write the Pentateuch--Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy?

9. Why was another author identified as the writer of Deuteronomy?

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

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