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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. When did Professor Eduard Reuss place Author P?

2. What does Friedman classify as a brilliant mistake?

3. Where do the authors D and E write that Moses received the Ten Commandments?

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

5. In their arguments, how do Graf and others who argue for Author P during the second Temple see the Tabernacle?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does the importance of sacrificing becomes apparent?

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

6. Describe clues to who wrote Deuteronomy.

7. How does writer P interject his ideas about miracles and the authority of the Aaronid priests?

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

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

10. Why is identifying the time of writer P of significance?

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, A Critique of Friedman's WHO WROTE THE BIBLE. In this piece, write your opinion of the work, the amount of scholarship that went into it, the ease or difficulty of reading it, and whether you would recommend the book to others, and why.

Essay Topic 2

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 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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