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1
Which one of the twelve tribes of Israel was King Saul from?
Benjamin
Judah
Asher
Ephraim
2
What was the purpose of the Holiness Code in Leviticus?
To place a heavy moral burden on the the people's souls.
To guide Israel in acting sanctimonious toward the rest of the world.
To remind Israel why they were better than everyone else.
To guide Israel in reflecting the distinct nature of their deity outward.
3
What are the three major parts that make up the Old Testament?
The Hebrew Bible, the deuterocanonical texts, and the Dead Sea Scrolls
The Torah, the Prophets, and the Writings
The Gospels, Paul’s Letters, and the Catholic Epistles
The Prequel Trilogy, the Main Trilogy, and the Sequel Trilogy
4
Which of the following was one of David’s most significant political acts?
He eliminated all idol worship in the land of Israel.
He built the central temple in Jerusalem.
He established Jerusalem as the central capital of all Israel.
He established trading networks with Egypt.
5
According to our textbook what does “scripture” refer to?
Writings that are bound in leather that you can buy for $49.99.
Writings that are only slightly important for a religious group.
Writings that are very old.
Writings that are authoritative for the faith & practice of a rel. group.
6
Which of the Israelite tribe are the priests and priestly assistants drawn from?
Levi
Benjamin
Judah
Dan
7
What kind of guards does YHWH station at the entrance of the Garden of Eden?
Sons of God
Cherubim
Astartes
Seraphim
8
What historical period do scholars think is the most likely setting for Genesis 12—50?
The Early Stone Age
The Dark Age of Technology
The Middle Bronze Age
The Late Iron Age
9
Who was the judge who was raised up by God to defeat King Jabin and his general Sisera?
Gideon
Othniel
Deborah
Barak
10
As we discussed in class, every translation of the Bible is...
...equally valid.
...basically the same as all the others.
...a perfectly accurate rendering of the Bible.
...also an interpretation of the biblical text.
11
What is the term that scholars often use to describe the Ten Commandments?
The Stone Tablets
The Law of Heaven
The Decalogue
The Law of the Mountain
12
When were most of the New Testament texts written?
During the 5th century BCE
During the Renaissance
During the Middle Ages
Before the end of the 1st century CE (0-100 CE).
13
When did the Assyrian Empire finally exile the ten northern tribes of Israel?
586 BCE
550 BCE
330 BCE
722 BCE
14
Who leads a rebellion against Solomon’s kingdom and becomes the first king of the Northern Kingdom of Israel?
Ahab
Adonijah
Hezekiah
Jeroboam
15
Who becomes the new leader of the Israelites after Moses's death at the end of Deuteronomy?
Aaron
Joshua
Phineas
Caleb
16
What is the marker of YHWH's covenant with Noah after the flood?
YHWH's shield placed in the heavens to pursue peace.
A promise to make Noah's descendants kings.
The giving of the Torah to Noah.
YHWH's bow placed in the heavens to pursue peace.
17
What does Solomon repeatedly do that leads him deeper and deeper into idolatry?
He stockpiles chariots and horse.
He builds supply cities.
He marries wives who do not worship YHWH.
He builds temples to foreign gods.
18
According to the definition we use as students and scholars of the Bible, what are myths?
Stories about folk heroes like Paul Bunyan and Johnny Appleseed.
Literal representations of history.
Stories that provide foundational truths or origin stories for a community
Nothing more than fairy tales that have no real worth.
19
What is the name of the hypothesis that the Torah is composed of several documents that were edited together over time?
The Composition Hypothesis
The Pentateuch Hypothesis
The Documentary Hypothesis
The Evolutionary Hypothesis
20
What was the name of the king who allowed the southern tribes of Judah and Benjamin to return from exile?
Justinian the Great
Darius I
Cyrus the Great
Alexander the Great
21
On the Day of Atonement the Israel's sins were confessed over an animal that was sent into the wilderness. Which animal?
The golden calf
The unblemished lamb
The holy dove
The scapegoat
22
What type of theology stands behind the wisdom literature?
Justification theology
Covenant theology
Creation theology
Relational theology
23
Which of the following New Testament texts were accepted as authoritative very early in the history of Christianity?
The Epistle of Barnabas
The Book of Revelation
The Letters of the Apostle Paul
The Letter of Jude
24
YHWH promises three things that run throughout Genesis 12—50. Which of the following is
one
of those three promises?
To make Abraham’s descendants a space-faring people.
To protect Abraham and his descendants from all harm
To bring blessing to all the families of the earth through Abraham’s family
To make Abraham’s descendants a powerful empire.
25
Which of the following is one of the three major types of questions we should remember when reading the Bible?
Questions of Engineering
Questions of Relevance
Questions of Literature
Questions of Science
26
Who becomes the prophet Elijah's successor after he is taken up into heaven?
Isaiah
Amos
Elisha
Eliyahu
27
In Numbers, the twelve tribes of Israel are organized around a central structure while encamped. Which structure?
The Temple
The Tabernacle
The Camp Square
The Holy of Holies
28
The covenant that God makes with David and his descendants is unilateral regarding its promise of blessing.
True
False
29
What region contains the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, which made the surrounding land arable (able to grow crops)?
Persia
Anatolia
Mesopotamia
Iacon
30
Amos speaks of a coming day of justice & reckoning for Israel’s corruption & oppression of the poor. What is the day?
The Day of Exile
The Day of Atonement
Judgment Day
The Day of YHWH
31
What is the name of the Jewish holiday and festival that has its origins in the events of the Exodus story?
Passover
Rosh Hashanah
Hanukkah
Yom Kippur
32
The wisdom movement and wisdom literature were unique to ancient Israel.
False
True
33
What do biblical scholars call Genesis 12—50?
The Ancient History
The Ancestral History
The Primordial History
The Covenantal History
34
What is the name of the discipline that scholars use to try and reconstruct the earliest form of the biblical texts?
Apostolic succession
Lectio Divina
Grammatical analysis
Textual criticism
35
Which group of writings are basically identical to the Old Testament?
The New Testament
The Bhagavad Gita
The Quran
The Hebrew Bible
36
What is the nature of the serpent in Genesis 3, according to the narrative itself?
The serpent is nothing more than an ordinary snake.
All of the above.
The serpent is the deviel in disguise who seeks to corrupt humanity.
The serpent is a trickster creature that speaks in half-truths
37
Who is the woman who shelters the Israelite spies in Jericho?
Miriam
Rahab
Zipporah
Jael
38
Which of the following was one of the most popular interpretive approaches to Scripture among pre-modern Christians?
Mythology
Hyper-Literalism
Historical-Critical Method
Allegory
39
Who was the last of the judges?
Samuel
David
Ehud
Samson
40
What do scholars call the part of the world where the Old Testament texts are culturally & geographically situated?
Ultramar
Sub-Saharan Africa
The Iberian Peninsula
The Ancient Near East
41
What is the name of the Greek translation of the Old Testament?
The Vulgate
The King James Version
The Septuagint
The Peshitta
42
Being good readers of the Bible means reading the creation stories of Genesis 1—2...
...on their terms, not on ours.
...as not being of any real importance.
...as literal accounts of the material origins of the world.
...as though they were written directly to us in 21st century America.
43
Daniel was a prophet like Isaiah or Jeremiah.
True
False
44
There were two major highways that ran through Syria-Palestine. One was the King's Highway. What was the other highway?
Via Dolorosa
The Appian Way
Via Maris
The Silk Road
45
What is apocalyptic literature primarily meant to do?
It is meant to be read literally.
It is meant provide a divine perspective on human circumstances.
It is meant to rally Israel to overthrow oppressors.
It is meant to describe the destruction of the world.
46
What do scholars call the theological and historical perspective that runs through the Latter Prophets?
The Deuteronomistic History
The Critical History
The Prophetic Narrative
The Samuel Narrative
47
What are the names of Isaac’s sons?
Shem and Ham
Cain and Abel
Esau and Jacob
Seth and Tubal-Cain
48
Upon which mountain did Moses receive the Ten Commandments?
Mount Zion
Mount Sinai
Mount Tabor
Mount Olympus
49
What is the name of the giant, hybrid offspring born from the illicit union of heavenly beings & human women in Gen. 6?
Nephilim
Aesir
Titans
Primarchs
50
Which of Israel’s enemies captures the ark of the covenant at the beginning of the book of 1 Samuel?
The Amalekites
The Philistines
The Ammonites
The Assyrians
51
In the context of the primeval history what is the nature of the flood that YHWH sends upon the world?
It is a natural event in the Earth's hydrologic cycle.
It reflects a rebellion by gods of the sea against YHWH.
It is a cleansing reversal of creation.
It is pure destruction with no hope.
52
In the Babylonian creation myth,
The
Enuma Elish
, who is the god who slays Tiamat & uses her body to create the world?
Marduk
Fulgrim
Enki
Apollo
53
How does the book of Judges end?
By stating that everyone did what was right in their own eyes.
On a positive note, with hope for Israel’s future.
By stating that Yahweh had given up on Israel.
By stating that Israel finally kept the covenant perfectly.
54
What is the name of the wild man who is created by the gods to oppose Gilgamesh in
The Epic of Gilgamesh
?
Enkidu
Herakles
Beowulf
Angron
55
What is
distinctive
about YHWH's covenant that he cuts with Abraham compared to other covenants?
The covenant involves promises to both Abraham and his descendants.
The weight of keeping the covenant rests only on YHWH.
The two parties of the covenant to walk through cleaved animal carcasses.
The weight of keeping the covenant rests equally on both YHWH and Abraham.
