View a FREE sample

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Friedman say about Jeremiah's familiarity with Author P before the exile?

2. Who is most likely the redactor for the entire Pentateuch?

3. How does every book in the Pentateuch begin?

4. To determine if insertions have been made in a text, two or more of what elements must be present?

5. What occurred during the reign of King Hezekiah?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe clues to who wrote Deuteronomy.

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

3. At the rebuilding of the Temple, what is a major difference between it and the original Temple?

4. How was responsibility for the eventual exile of the people defined in the later text?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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, Why Ezra Could Not Leave Out Certain Passages from the Torah. First (1) define how Ezra had a bias toward the Aaronid priesthood, (2) how he was confronted with writers who disagreed with the centralized location for sacrifices, and (3) then explain how popular familiarity of Bible stories prevented him from simply tossing out writings of those he disagreed with.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Write an essay of at least two typewritten pages on the topic,

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 897 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample