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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 first law given in Deuteronomy?

2. What happened to the Davidic covenant after the invasion of the Babylonians?

3. Why does Friedman conclude that P was written during King Hezekiah's reign?

4. What is Friedman's description of Author P?

5. What is in Deuteronomy to set up the possibility of the fall of Judah?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Friedman identify as writer R, the redactor who stitched together all the various versions into one Torah?

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

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

6. Describe clues to who wrote Deuteronomy.

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

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

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

10. What is problematic about the mistake in locating writer P in history?

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, Different Ways of Looking at the Bible. In your essay discuss the Bible as (1) literature, (2) history, and (3) a sacred text. Give examples of each.

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

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.

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