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