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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. To whom does Deuteronomy give jurisdiction in legal matters?

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

3. How do Graf and others see the Tabernacle?

4. What does Friedman suggest is the only good news about the exile?

5. What occurred during the reign of King Hezekiah?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Friedman speculate held the Jewish people together, even during the exile?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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, The Impact of the Bible on the World. This essay covers the ideas mentioned in the last chapter of Friedman's book, WHO WROTE THE BIBLE? Points of the essay should include (1) the impact of the Bible in reckoning time in the world today, (2) the effect of the Bible on moral codes, and (3) the nations that have been founded on biblical principles.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay of at least two typewritten pages on the topic, Ramifications for the Rest of the Bible. Assuming that Friedman, et al, are correct in assigning at least three authors to the Torah, not to mention a redactor who put them all together, speculate on what you think that means for the Bible as a whole. Take into consideration that reproduction of biblical texts was done laboriously by hand for over a thousand years.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay of at least two typewritten pages on the topic, The Importance of Language. Your essay should center around (1) the way languages change with popular use, (2) the historical use of languages at various times during the writing of the Bible, and (3) how these linguistic changes help to identify approximate dates certain passages were written.

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