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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 accounts of writers J, E, and P?
(a) they were edited to remove any trace of bias.
(b) they became stitched together into one Pentateuch.
(c) they were preserved in separate books.
(d) they were discounted in favor of Moses' writing.

2. 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.

3. According to Friedman's theory, when does that place Author P in time?
(a) during the time of the exile.
(b) during the time of King David.
(c) during the time of the conquest of Canaan.
(d) during the time of the first Temple.

4. How do Graf and others see the Tabernacle?
(a) as a stop gap measure.
(b) as a building formula.
(c) as a fiction, a pious fraud.
(d) as a metaphor.

5. From where do the priests of the northern kingdom trace their ancestry?
(a) back to Moses.
(b) back to Noah.
(c) back to Joseph.
(d) back to Jacob.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the early scholars consider that Author D wrote?

2. Who does Friedman identify as the writer of Deuteronomy?

3. What is Author P's interpretation of God?

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

5. From where did some of the inclusions into the Pentateuch come?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the various versions of the Torah evolve into the one we have today?

2. Why is the period 587-400 B.C. difficult to understand?

3. How does the work of R leave the door open for why the Bible seems to contradict itself in some places and obviously does in others?

4. How does Friedman identify as writer R, the redactor who stitched together all the various versions into one Torah?

5. How does Friedman react to the idea that the prophets did not know about writer P?

6. What was the brilliant mistake made in regard to discovering the identity of writer P?

7. Why is identifying the time of writer P of significance?

8. Explain how are D and E writers different from J and P authors?

9. Where does Friedman place the Tabernacle at the time of the First Temple?

10. At what point does the original draft of Deuteronomy stop making sense?

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