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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the traditional belief about the authorship of the first five books of the Bible?

2. What information comes from knowing who wrote the Bible and when it was written?

3. What are the tribes of Israel conquered by the Assyrians in 722 B.C.?

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

5. Beside the references to Yahweh or El, are there other differences between J and E?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does the story of Moses smashing the tablets of stone tend to discredit the southern kingdom of Judah?

3. What differentiated the reign of David and that of his son, King Solomon?

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

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

6. 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?

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

8. Before the kings of Israel, who were the hierarchy among the Israelis?

9. What method does Friedman use to determine the identity of Author E?

10. What does the phrase "to this day" suggest in the book of Deuteronomy?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay of at least two typewritten pages on the topic, Comparison of Covenants. Summarize the covenants of (1) Abraham, (2) Moses, and (3) David. Analyze them from the standpoint of equivocation, purpose, and reward. Apply the debate about unconditional covenants from God which was used as an argument against multiple writers of the Torah.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay of at least two typewritten pages on the topic, Monotheism Versus Paganism. Points for mention include (1) the monotheistic nature of Judeo-Christian religion, (2) the subject of guilt in monotheism, and (2) the animistic nature of paganism.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay of at least two typewritten pages on the topic, The Lands of the Bible. Select the major areas of Egypt, Persia, Syria, and Judea and discuss each in terms of (1) physical features, (2) agriculture and trade, and (3) political impact on world history.

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