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