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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. Where do the authors D and E write that Moses received the Ten Commandments?
2. What happened to the Davidic covenant after the invasion of the Babylonians?
3. Where are there references to the guilt and pain of the exile?
4. What had most early scholars scholars considered that J and E had come from?
5. Who allows the Jews to return to their home country?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is problematic about the mistake in locating writer P in history?
2. How is King Josiah eliminated as a possible writer of Deuteronomy?
3. Where does Friedman place the Tabernacle at the time of the First Temple?
4. Who accompanied Jeremiah into exile in Egypt and how did that affect the texts?
5. Why is the period 587-400 B.C. difficult to understand?
6. At the rebuilding of the Temple, what is a major difference between it and the original Temple?
7. What does Friedman speculate held the Jewish people together, even during the exile?
8. During what historical time frame does Friedman place the writer P?
9. How does the work of R leave the door open for why the Bible seems to contradict itself in some places and obviously does in others?
10. Why does Friedman finally identify Jeremiah as the author of Deuteronomy?
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, Ramifications for the Rest of the Bible. Assuming that Friedman, et al, are correct in assigning at least three authors to the Torah, not to mention a redactor who put them all together, speculate on what you think that means for the Bible as a whole. Take into consideration that reproduction of biblical texts was done laboriously by hand for over a thousand years.
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 Great Kings of the Israelites. Using the characters of David, Solomon, Hezekiah, and Josiah, detail each in terms of (1) wealth and power, (2) relationship to God, and (3) personal strengths and weaknesses.
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