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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who had been a Levite priest of Anathoth and had never done sacrifices?
(a) Samuel.
(b) Ezra.
(c) Jeremiah.
(d) Isaiah.
2. What does Jeremiah mention in his writing that none of the other prophets mention?
(a) the breaking of the tables of stone.
(b) the mountain of transfiguration.
(c) the bronze snake of Moses.
(d) Aaron and the golden calf.
3. What did Ezra claim about his copy of the Torah?
(a) it was completely written by Moses.
(b) it was incomplete.
(c) it was a new revelation from God.
(d) it was the work of his own hand.
4. Who goes into exile with Jeremiah?
(a) Ezra.
(b) Miriam.
(c) the High Priest.
(d) Baruch.
5. Who does Friedman identify as the writer of Deuteronomy?
(a) Hezekiah.
(b) Moses.
(c) Aaron.
(d) Jeremiah.
Short Answer Questions
1. Why did writer P not include sacrificial animals in his account of Noah's ark?
2. How does Friedman see Julius Wellhausen's summary of the second Temple theory for Author P?
3. What occurred during the reign of King Hezekiah?
4. What is the first law given in Deuteronomy?
5. What is Freidman's analogy to the problem of the fall of Judah?
Short Essay Questions
1. At what point does the original draft of Deuteronomy stop making sense?
2. Why is identifying the time of writer P of significance?
3. What was the brilliant mistake made in regard to discovering the identity of writer P?
4. Why does Friedman finally identify Jeremiah as the author of Deuteronomy?
5. How does writer P interject his ideas about miracles and the authority of the Aaronid priests?
6. How does the importance of sacrificing becomes apparent?
7. Describe clues to who wrote Deuteronomy.
8. Describe the great irony of the P version of the Torah.
9. How is King Josiah eliminated as a possible writer of Deuteronomy?
10. How did the various versions of the Torah evolve into the one we have today?
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