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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 is the status of Aaron in the narrative of Author E?
(a) it is insignificant status.
(b) it is hero status.
(c) it is sinful status.
(d) it is objectionable status.

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

3. What did Spinoza point out about Moses being called "the humblest man on Earth"?
(a) it shows that Moses wrote the first five books.
(b) it is a strange thing to say about Moses.
(c) it is not something he would call himself.
(d) it is a lie.

4. To what do the books of the Early Prophets bear a remarkable similarity?
(a) Exodus.
(b) Deuteronomy.
(c) Genesis.
(d) Leviticus.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Isaac ibn Yashush notice in the eleventh century about the list of kings in Genesis 36?

2. How long has the Bible been in existence?

3. During the time of Judah before Babylon, who initiates religious reforms?

4. Where and when does Friedman place the writing of Deuteronomy?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did King Jeroboam solidify his position after the kingdoms split into norther and southern kingdoms?

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 made it evident that there were two different writers identified as Author J who became identified as Author E?

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

6. What were some of the major reforms initiated by King Hezekiah?

7. What do scholars use to determine the different writers?

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

9. How does a fifth person come into the picture regarding the Pentateuch?

10. How does Author J justify the southern calf images while casting aspersion on the norther versions?

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