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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 essence of God is the reptilian goddess?
2. How is Mordecai's reaction to the plot of Haman different from the reactions by past Jews in similar situations?
3. How is Job like Abraham?
4. Why does Haman want the Jews annihilated?
5. What do the six books from Song of Songs to Daniel share?
Short Essay Questions
1. When does God first feel pain?
2. With whom does Haggai deal?
3. To what type of knowledge does the knowledge described in Isaiah refer?
4. How is the love between the man and wife before and after the reconciliation?
5. Why does God need the prophets?
6. Why is the Tanakh closer in spirit to "Hamlet," rather than "Oedipus Rex?"
7. Why are Job's speeches NOT subversive?
8. How is God's life saved after the events involving Job?
9. Why is it confusing that the prophets contradict one another?
10. What is the purpose of Gabriel and Michael?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Surprisingly after the bloody Exodus, what is decreed about foreigners? Why? How is this different than what one would expect?
Essay Topic 2
Miles believes the Bible can be studied as a work of literature that explains God's character from a boisterous all-actions God to finally a silent one.
Part 1) Whose precept is used as a model for this study? How does the information and order of the Tanakh follow this precept?
Part 2) Describe God's character throughout the Hebrew Bible with examples from the text.
Part 3) How does Miles explain why God can be understood in human terms?
Essay Topic 3
God seems to favor certain individuals in Abraham's family.
Part 1) Who does he favor?
Part 2) Why does he favor these individuals over others?
Part 3) What have we learned about God and His ability to pick and choose specific individuals?
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