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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10 - 11 The Sacred Tent, P.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In short, what is the difference in the two different accounts of events in Genesis?
(a) Author J was an enemy of author E.
(b) Author J had limited knowledge of Hebrew history.
(c) Author E favored Israel, while Author J favored Judah.
(d) Author E lived many centuries before Author J.

2. Who writes his book in much the same way that Deuteronomy had been written?
(a) Jeremiah.
(b) David.
(c) Josiah.
(d) Samuel.

3. What was the book priest Hilkiah said he found in the Temple?
(a) Deuteronomy.
(b) the Torah.
(c) Exodus.
(d) Genesis.

4. Why do we know so little about the Hebrews prior to 1200 B.C.?
(a) no one could write before 1200 B.C.
(b) no records exist of that earlier time.
(c) only recently have scholars examined the literature.
(d) they were a closed society.

5. To what do the books of the Early Prophets bear a remarkable similarity?
(a) Genesis.
(b) Exodus.
(c) Leviticus.
(d) Deuteronomy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does De Witte say about the idea that Deuteronomy had been written specifically to support Josiah's reformation.

2. What effect did the first suggestions that more than one writer wrote the Pentateuch have on Christian clergy?

3. What story does Friedman use to illustrate the two author concept?

4. What is Freidman's analogy to the problem of the fall of Judah?

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

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