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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 do Henning Bernhard Witter, Jean Astruc, and Johann Gottfried Eichhorn have in common?
2. Primarily, what is Deuteronomy mostly about?
3. What happened to the snake sculpture that Moses had built in the wilderness?
4. What did the two writers use that alerted scholars to the idea that there were more than one?
5. With all the people who have read and studied the Bible, what is one thing few of them know?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Author J justify the southern calf images while casting aspersion on the norther versions?
2. Discuss the evidence that the book of Deuteronomy was written to support the reforms of King Josiah.
3. Explain Friedman's reason for writing WHO WROTE THE BIBLE?.
4. Why was another author identified as the writer of Deuteronomy?
5. What is compelling evidence from modern scholarship that there were multiple writers of the Bible?
6. What is one reason the Bible is one of the most published books in the world?
7. What conclusion did Friedman wish to build a stronger case for?
8. What is evidence that Moses did not write the Pentateuch--Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy?
9. 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?
10. What made it evident that there were two different writers identified as Author J who became identified as Author E?
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, Comparing Biblical Research with Secular Research. (1) Discuss the criteria for all good research. (2) Mention archeological research practices and conclusions. (3) Delve into research on evolution of species. Conclude with a comparison of biblical research to all these other schools of thought and conjecture.
Essay Topic 2
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.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay of at least two typewritten pages on the topic, My Opinion About the Value of the Bible. In your essay discuss (1) whether you see the Bible as a sacred text, (2) how you think the Bible serves as a history, and (3) what your opinion is about the Bible as great literature.
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