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

2. Why are tribal references important in discovering the different authors?
(a) they show which tribes each of the authors comes from.
(b) they read like the political divisions after King Solomon.
(c) they certify the two authors' reliability.
(d) they indicate great knowledge of Hebrew history.

3. What is one reason that the Assyrian siege of Jerusalem was unsuccessful?
(a) Egypt came to war with Assyria.
(b) supplies were being smuggled in from the south.
(c) Hezekiah had built a tunnel under the city to bring in fresh water.
(d) Hezekiah married an Assyrian princess.

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

5. Beside the references to Yahweh or El, are there other differences between J and E?
(a) Yes, there are narrative differences.
(b) Yes, there are distinct stylistic differences.
(c) No, there are no seemingly contradictory statements.
(d) No, there are no stylistic differences.

Short Answer Questions

1. Going beyond the two writer theory, what have some scholars suggested?

2. To what does Author E give more preeminence in his writing?

3. What is the difference in the two writers approach to the ark of the covenant?

4. What is the status of Aaron in the narrative of Author E?

5. With all the people who have read and studied the Bible, what is one thing few of them know?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is one reason the Bible is one of the most published books in the world?

2. What is the difference in the accounts of J and E regarding the Ark of the Covenant?

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

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

5. 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?

6. After placing the date of the writing of Deuteronomy as around 622 B.C., what becomes Friedman's next task?

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

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

9. 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?

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

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