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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3 Two Kingdoms, Two Writers.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At what point does E switch from using El or Elohim in reference to God?
(a) after he becomes a very old man.
(b) after he has read J's texts.
(c) when he satirizes J's account.
(d) at the point when Yahweh tells Moses his name.

2. What observation did Thomas Hobbes make about certain language in the Bible.
(a) the language is unquestionably uniform.
(b) phrases like "to this day" could only come from God.
(c) the language indicates little change in usage.
(d) phrases like "to this day" are used to talk about the past.

3. Who was the fifth person involved in the four author idea?
(a) the one who collected the information.
(b) the one who found the different stories.
(c) the one who kept the original manuscripts.
(d) the one who stitched the works together.

4. Who were among the first to control the politics of the Israelites?
(a) tribunals.
(b) judges.
(c) kings.
(d) prophets.

5. By the end of the 19th Century what name does the four author idea take on?
(a) the Four Horsemen.
(b) the Documentary Hypothesis
(c) the Quadra Hypothesis.
(d) the Fourth Dimension.

Short Answer Questions

1. What lay in the ark under the wings of the cherubs?

2. What are the dates Friedman puts on the two writers?

3. Why do we know so little about the Hebrews prior to 1200 B.C.?

4. Why can J and E not be separated on the basis of style alone?

5. What have scholars discovered about many stories in the Bible?

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