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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. Who does the evidence point to as the writer of Deuteronomy?
(a) a Levite of Shiloh.
(b) a non-priestly prophet.
(c) an Aaronid of Hebron.
(d) a Mosaic priest of Jerusalem.

2. Why did it take hundreds of years for anyone to suspect there was more than one writer involved in the written Torah?
(a) because there was no archelogical evidence.
(b) because no one thought to questions the contradictions.
(c) because no one studied it carefully.
(d) because the combination was done so artfully.

3. Why does Friedman say that insertions were necessary in Deuteronomy?
(a) to deny the history of the Jews.
(b) to pave the way for a new covenant.
(c) to broaden the story about the role of priests.
(d) to prepare the readers for the new ending.

4. From where does Friedman speculate the laws came from in the writings of Author P?
(a) they likely arose from other texts.
(b) they were likely points everyone agreed on.
(c) they were likely oral traditions.
(d) they likely came from Divine revelation.

5. What does the revision to Deuteronomy explain?
(a) the reason the Davidic Covenant would be broken.
(b) the signs to look for before the exile.
(c) the reason for the exile much later.
(d) the places where the law can be found.

Short Answer Questions

1. In their arguments, how do Graf and others who argue for Author P during the second Temple see the Tabernacle?

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

3. With what did Ezra return to Judah?

4. How does this change in the writing affect the Davidic Covenant?

5. What had most early scholars scholars considered that J and E had come from?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Who accompanied Jeremiah into exile in Egypt and how did that affect the texts?

4. During what historical time frame does Friedman place the writer P?

5. 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?

6. How did Cyrus the Great figure into the history of the Jewish exile?

7. Why was a fix necessary for the text of Deuteronomy?

8. How is King Josiah eliminated as a possible writer of Deuteronomy?

9. Describe the great irony of the P version of the Torah.

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

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