Question 1

The Ten Commandments express monolatry.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Deuteronomy invokes ___________________ as witnesses to the covenant between Yahweh and Israel:

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A)   the sun and the moon
B)   the gods of the pantheon
C)   the mountains and the stars
D)   heaven and earth

Question 3

How many versions of the Ten Commandments appear in the Pentateuch?

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A)   one
B)   Three
C)   two
D)   four

Question 4

The ___________ source is organized around three covenants, those between God and Noah, God and Abraham, and God and Israel.

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A)   J
B)   D
C)   E
D)   P

Question 5

The Ten Commandments create a covenant between Yahweh and the descendants of Abraham.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

The set of laws that follows the Ten Commandments is called the ___________.

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Question 7

Discuss the original context of the Ten Commandments. Who was the primary audience for the Decalogue?

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The Ten Commandments were given to the I...

Question 8

The region south of Egypt known as Nubia is sometimes called _________ in the Bible.

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A)   Cush
B)   Libya
C)   Moab
D)   Sinai

Question 9

The Hebrew word berît means:

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A)   commandment
B)   covenant
C)   law
D)   love

Question 10

Another name for the Ten Commandments is________________.

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The answer of Another name for the Ten Commandments is________________....

Question 11

All of the following are considered evidence of the antiquity of the Decalogue except:

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A)   the presence of three different versions
B)   its agrarian setting
C)   the use of treaty elements
D)   references to it in eight century BCE prophets

Question 12

Who is credited with the establishment of the judiciary in Exodus?

Accepted Answer

A)   Moses
B)   Aaron
C)   Joshua
D)   Jethro

Question 13

The Ten Commandments appear only in the book of Exodus.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Moses is the only human who sees God in Exodus 16-24.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

The mountain of God is traditionally identified as __________ in southern Sinai.

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Question 16

Most existing suzerainty treaties contain all of the following except:

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A)   divine witnesses
B)   a history of the relationship between the parties
C)   blessings and curses
D)   lengthy genealogies

Question 17

What terms are typical of covenant vocabulary? What light does the vocabulary of ancient Near Eastern suzerainty shed on the biblical depiction of Yahweh's relationship with Israel?

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The terms typical of covenant vocabulary...

Question 18

All of the following describe manna except:

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A)   seed-shaped
B)   doesn't spoil
C)   flaky
D)   white

Question 19

A suzerain-vassal relationship is often described in husband-wife terms.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Israel's prophetic literature frequently uses the genre of _______________, in which Yahweh sues Israel for breach of contract.

Accepted Answer

A)   covenant lawsuit
B)   aphorism
C)   historical narrative
D)   lamentation

Exam 7: From Egypt to Sinai

Most existing suzerainty treaties contain all of the following except:

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Deuteronomy invokes ___________________ as witnesses to the covenant between Yahweh and Israel:

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How many versions of the Ten Commandments appear in the Pentateuch?

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The Ten Commandments appear only in the book of Exodus.

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The Ten Commandments express monolatry.

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Who is credited with the establishment of the judiciary in Exodus?

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Discuss the original context of the Ten Commandments. Who was the primary audience for the Decalogue?

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The Ten Commandments create a covenant between Yahweh and the descendants of Abraham.

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The set of laws that follows the Ten Commandments is called the ___________.

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A suzerain-vassal relationship is often described in husband-wife terms.

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All of the following are considered evidence of the antiquity of the Decalogue except:

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The Hebrew word berît means:

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The ___________ source is organized around three covenants, those between God and Noah, God and Abraham, and God and Israel.

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Israel's prophetic literature frequently uses the genre of _______________, in which Yahweh sues Israel for breach of contract.

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The mountain of God is traditionally identified as __________ in southern Sinai.

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All of the following describe manna except:

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What terms are typical of covenant vocabulary? What light does the vocabulary of ancient Near Eastern suzerainty shed on the biblical depiction of Yahweh's relationship with Israel?

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Another name for the Ten Commandments is________________.

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