Unit I Test

Question 1

How did God show mercy on Cain before sending him away?

Answer 1

put a mark on him

Question 2

A sizable portion of the Joseph stories (Gen 37-50) come from the E source, which makes sense if one considers that Joseph was the father of Ephraim and Manasseh, the two largest tribes of the northern kingdom of Israel, where the E source originated.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

eponym

Answer 3

one who gives his name to a people, place, or institution

Question 4

Israel

Answer 4

a “northern” kingdom that existed for about two centuries; also refers to the entire land of the ancient Hebrews

Question 5

LXX

Answer 5

Septuagint

Question 6

Tetragrammaton

Answer 6

the four consonants of the divine name in ancient Hebrew

Question 7

source criticism

Answer 7

concerned with identifying the separate strands or documents that were blended together to form the content of the Bible

Question 8

targums

Answer 8

translations of Hebrew writings into Aramaic

Question 9

Judah

Answer 9

the “southern” kingdom; had an independent existence for about 3 1/2 centuries

Question 10

Gilgamesh Epic

Answer 10

includes story of Utnapishtim and flood

Question 11

ziggurats

Answer 11

religious temples found in ancient Babylonia

Question 12

etiology

Answer 12

a story that provides an explanation for why something is called what it is

Question 13

a legendary narrative about a community figure

Answer 13

saga

Question 14

patriarchs and matriarchs together are known as

Answer 14

ancestors

Question 15

an oath-bound relationship with defined expectations and obligations

Answer 15

covenant

Question 16

an appearance of God

Answer 16

theophany

Question 17

wrestles for a blessing

Answer 17

Jacob

Question 18

main character of Gen 37-50 and ends up in a position of power in Egypt

Answer 18

Joseph

Question 19

sells his birthright and is tricked out of his father’s blessing

Answer 19

Esau

Question 20

wife of Abraham

Answer 20

Sarah

Question 21

daughter-in-law of Judah who posed as prostitute and became pregnant by Judah

Answer 21

Tamar

Question 22

wife of Isaac

Answer 22

Rebekah

Question 23

Which of the following is NOT one of the themes of Genesis mentioned by Bandstra?

Answer 23

Eternal life

Question 24

Which of the following is NOT an aspect of the divine-human relationship in Genesis mentioned by Bandstra?

Answer 24

Punishment for sins

Question 25

The Hebrew Bible contains 24 books, the Protestant Old Testament contains 39 books, and the Roman Catholic Old Testament contains 46 books.

Answer 25

True

Question 26

Tanak

Answer 26

Hebrew Bible

Question 27

Elohist tradition

Answer 27

originated in the northern kingdom and used a general or "family" name for God

Question 28

Torah

Answer 28

first five books of the Hebrew Bible

Question 29

Deuteronomic tradition

Answer 29

became prominent during the reform of Josiah; in the Torah is found in only one book

Question 30

Nevi'im

Answer 30

considered part of the Hebrew canon by 200 BCE; contains prophetic books

Question 31

Yahwist tradition

Answer 31

originated mostly in the southern part of Israel; used God's personal name

Question 32

Ketuvim

Answer 32

writings (including Psalms, Daniel, Chronicles, etc.) considered part of the Hebrew canon by the 2nd century CE

Question 33

Priestly tradition

Answer 33

concerned with cultic and legal materials, genealogical lists, etc.

Question 34

Elohim

Answer 34

a general word for a divine being or beings; can be translated "god" or "gods"

Question 35

Tetrateuch

Answer 35

contains a mixture of Yahwist, Elohist, and Priestly traditions

Question 36

The books contained in Christian Orthodox and Catholic Bibles but not found in the Jewish canon are often called the

Answer 36

Apocrypha

Question 37

From which tree did Adam and Eve eat in the garden?

Answer 37

the tree of the knowledge of good and evil

Question 38

A date "early in the eighth century BCE" would be closer to 799 than to 700.

Answer 38

True

Question 39

Genesis 1:1-2:4a contains the:

Answer 39

Priestly “Elohim” creation story

Question 40

What is the Hebrew word that Bandstra says can be translated “generations,” “story,” “history,” or “developments”?

Answer 40

Toledot

Question 41

What was the name of the mother of Abraham's first child?

Answer 41

Hagar

Question 42

In Jewish tradition the Bible consists of three parts. Which of the following is NOT one of those parts?

Answer 42

the Holiness Code

Question 43

What is the technical term for an official list of books considered authoritative?

Answer 43

Canon

Question 44

How many books are included in the Torah?

Answer 44

five

Question 45

The two different creation accounts in Genesis...

Answer 45

suggest two different authors with different perspectives.

Question 46

Which attained canonical status first?

Answer 46

Torah

Question 47

Which of the following books is contained in the Apocrypha?

Answer 47

Esdras

Question 48

Blevins argues that biblical authority is bottom-down.

Answer 48

False

Question 49

What is the sign of the covenant between God and Noah showing that God will not cause destruction by a flood again?

Answer 49

rainbow

Question 50

According to Richard Elliot Friedman, the strongest evidence for the Documentary Hypothesis is

Answer 50

convergence