Unit I Test

Question 1

What does God command Abraham to do on a mountain in Moriah?

Answer 1

Kill his son Isaac

Question 2

One who gives his name to a people, place, or institution is called a(n):

Answer 2

Eponym

Question 3

The patriarchs and matriarchs together are known as the:

Answer 3

Ancestors

Question 4

A legendary narrative about a community figure is called a(n):

Answer 4

Saga

Question 5

An oath-bound relationship with defined expectations and obligations is called:

Answer 5

Covenant

Question 6

An appearance of God is called a(n):

Answer 6

Theophany

Question 7

Who is the mother of Abraham’s firstborn?

Answer 7

Hagar

Question 8

Who wrestles for a blessing?

Answer 8

Jacob

Question 9

Who is the main character of Gen 37-50 and ends up in a position of power in Egypt?

Answer 9

Joseph

Question 10

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

Answer 10

Esau

Question 11

Genesis chapters 6 & 7 contain a story of a::

Answer 11

Flood

Question 12

A Mesopotamian story that has themes similar to those found in Genesis is:

Answer 12

Gilgamesh Epic

Question 13

A “stepped, pyramid-shaped structure that typically had a temple at the top” was called a:

Answer 13

Ziggurat

Question 14

The Documentary Hypothesis resulted from:

Answer 14

Source Analysis

Question 15

Shem, Ham, and Japheth are sons of:

Answer 15

Noah

Question 16

Who got drunk?

Answer 16

Noah

Question 17

Who was cursed?

Answer 17

Canaan

Question 18

Genesis chapter 11 tells the story of the Tower of __________.

Answer 18

Babel

Question 19

Two sources found in the Primeval story?

Answer 19

Yahwist and Priestly

Question 20

Bandstra says that structural unity in the Primeval Story is provided by the _____ headings.

Answer 20

Toledot

Question 21

Who killed Abel?

Answer 21

Cain

Question 22

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

Answer 22

Toledot

Question 23

Does Genesis 1:1-2:4a contain the Priestly “Elohim” creation story or the Yahwist “YHWH Elohim” creation story?

Answer 23

Priestly “Elohim”

Question 24

In Genesis chapter 1, God says, “Let us make humanity….”Bandstra says that the “us” here probably refers to

Answer 24

Divine Council

Question 25

According to an important Babylonian creation account, two oceans formed the world. One was named Apsu. What was the other one named?

Answer 25

Tiamat

Question 26

Who lived longer than any other person in the Bible (according to the biblical account, 969 years)?

Answer 26

Methuselah

Question 27

Which word means “ground” or “earth”?

Answer 27

Adamah

Question 28

A picture or conception of the universe is called a:

Answer 28

cosmology

Question 29

After Adam and Eve are disobedient to God, they are expelled from:

Answer 29

The Garden of Eden

Question 30

In Genesis 1, God creates an inhabitable world out of the water of ______.

Answer 30

chaos

Question 31

The hypothesis that there are four main traditions or sources in the Torah is known as the:

Answer 31

Documentary Hypothesis

Question 32

The Torah contains how many books?

Answer 32

Five

Question 33

The Hebrew Bible contains how many main parts?

Answer 33

Three

Question 34

Which books are in the Tetrateuch?

Answer 34

Four - Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers

Question 35

Most scholars today _____ accept Mosiac authorship of the Torah?

Answer 35

do not

Question 36

“Elohim” is translated as:

Answer 36

God

Question 37

The Torah, according to Bandstra, was formed roughly when?

Answer 37

400 BCE

Question 38

In biblical studies “J” stands for which narrative source?

Answer 38

Yahwist

Question 39

Bandstra says that describing the deity as having human characteristics is known as:

Answer 39

anthropormorphism

Question 40

Of the four main traditions contained in the Torah, which do scholars believe is the oldest source?

Answer 40

(J) Yahwist

Question 41

What is another commonly used word to refer to the books of Torah?

Answer 41

Pentateuch