The Torah or Pentateuch is...

The first five books of the Bible

Exilic texts reflect...

A sense of loss and need to preserve Jewish culture

Why is Joseph's story so important?

It lands the Israelites in Egypt

Why is the Exile important to the development of the Bible

It caused the oral stories to finally get written down

A biblical anthropology is a way of ....

understanding people and their relationship with God

Why are genealogies in the Bible important?

They demonstrate that we are part of a chosen people

What was the Babylonian Exile?

An event that defined how the Jews relate to the world

Why are there two creation stories?

They are myths that try to explain big questions

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1
Which of the following is NOT a matriarch?
Sarah
Rebekah
Leah
Rachel
2
The Torah or Pentateuch is...
The first five books of the Bible
five in Latin
The first five patriarchs
The five authors of the Old Testament
3
Exilic texts reflect...
All of these
A sense of loss and need to preserve Jewish culture
a sense of revenge/angst toward their captors
None of these
4
What do the twelve sons of Jacob represent?
The twelve days of Hannukah
The twelve Power Rangers
The twelve tribes of Israel
The twelve Apostles
5
Why is Joseph's story so important?
It demonstrates the power of faith
It restores the covenant
It lands the Israelites in Egypt
It makes it clear that God is on the Israelites' side
6
Why is the documentary hypothesis important?
It gives us different references for God
All of these
It explains differences in tones and themes in the Torah
It states there were four main authors of the Torah
7
What does the word Genesis mean
beginning
ending
emergence
source
8
Why is the Exile important to the development of the Bible
It caused the oral stories to finally get written down
It forced the written stories into redaction
It produced fodder for the oral stories
It has nothing to do with the development of the Bible
9
A biblical anthropology is a way of ....
trying to answer the "big" questions
viewing the world
understanding people and their relationship with God
exegeting a Bible passage
10
Who did the Jews blame for the Exile?
The Babylonians
The Egyptians
Obama
Themselves
11
Why are genealogies in the Bible important?
They aren't important
They demonstrate that we are part of a chosen people
We can use them to literally to now our ancestors
They show us all the bad stuff that we do.
12
Which of the following IS a patriarch?
Esau
Noah
Ishmael
Jacob
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What is the first part of Genesis about?
Covenants
Anthropology
None of these
Patriarchs
14
What was the Babylonian Exile?
An event that defined how the Jews relate to the world
When Joseph went to Egypt
When the Jews enslaved the Babylonians
Not relevant to the construction of Genesis
15
Why are there two creation stories?
The author couldn't decide on one
There is only one creation story in Genesis
The second one corrects the first one
They are myths that try to explain big questions

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