HOTB - Flood and Abraham

Question 1

Which location is not found in the Ancient Near East

Accepted Answer

Greece

Question 2

The Flood story of Genesis 6-9 is written in which genre of biblical literature?

Accepted Answer

Narrative

Question 3

What was unique about the covenant between God and Abraham?

Accepted Answer

That it fully bound only God.

Question 4

A common term used in reference to a god or goddess is _______________.

Accepted Answer

Deity

Question 5

The name of the “ark-builder” in the Epic of Gilgamesh is:

Accepted Answer

Utnapishtim

Question 6

Ancient Iraq, the land Abraham leaves behind to follow God’s leading is called _____________________.

Accepted Answer

Chaldea

Question 7

How many tests do Jewish scholars attribute to the life of Abraham?

Accepted Answer

10

Question 8

Another word for “flood” used frequently in discussions of ANE literature is _________________.

Accepted Answer

Deluge

Question 9

Roughly, when did Abraham live?

Accepted Answer

Between 2200 - 1800 B.C.

Question 10

Why did God consider Abraham “righteous”?

Accepted Answer

Because he believed God.

Question 11

In the Atrahasis epic, how many days does the flood last?

Accepted Answer

7 days

Question 12

The land that Abraham wandered and would eventually belong to his descendants was called:

Accepted Answer

Canaan

Question 13

The _____________ is a Babylonian creation text discovered in the library of Ashurbanipal in Nineveh.

Accepted Answer

Enuma Elish

Question 14

In Genesis 12, what does God promise to Abraham?

Accepted Answer

All of these.

Question 15

Abraham’s wife was named:

Accepted Answer

Sarah

Question 16

Where was the Enuma Elish discovered?

Accepted Answer

In the library of Ashurbanipal.

Question 17

In the Enuma Elish, what reason does it give for the gods’ creation of humanity?

Accepted Answer

To do their work for them, freeing the gods from earthly work.

Question 18

An Ancient Near Eastern agreement that is binding on both parties is called a:

Accepted Answer

Covenant

Question 19

What do almost all cultural flood stories around the globe include?

Accepted Answer

Divine displeasure and divine warning.

Question 20

In the Bible, the _____________ is anything to a god or an idol as part of a religious ceremony.

Accepted Answer

Sacrifice

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