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| Most modern biblical scholars hypothesize four major sources used in the composition of the Pentateuch (or Torah). These are identified as |
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| The Deuteronomist, The Elohist, The Priestly Source, The Yahwist |
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| In Enuma Elish, what reason does the god Marduk give for creating human beings? |
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| Humans are created in order to serve the gods |
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| In the first chapter of Genesis, a single word is repeatedly used to summarize God's evaluation of what he has made. What is that word? |
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| Among the creatures created by God in Genesis 1:1-2:4a, human beings are unique in all of the following ways EXCEPT: |
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| According to the Book of Genesis, what did God do on the seventh day of creation? |
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| When the book of Genesis uses the word "covenant," it refers to: |
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| An agreement between parties |
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| What two things does God promise to do for Abraham? |
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| To give him descendants and To give him a land to settle in. |
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| What is the first thing that Sarah does when she overhears Abraham's visitors tell him that she will give birth to a son? |
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| How does Abraham react to God's plan to destroy Sodom for its wickedness? |
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| He urges God to spare the city for the sake of the innocent people in it. |
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| The Book of Deuteronomy is both the last book of the Pentateuch and the first book of the Deuteronomistic History of Israel. What other books are included in the Deuteronomistic History? |
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| Joshua, Judges, 1&2 Samuel, 1&2 Kings |
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| According to the Book of Joshua, the first city that the Israelites conquered after crossing the Jordan River and entering Canaan was: |
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| Samson and the other "judges" of Israel, whose stories are told in the Book of Judges, are best described as: |
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| In the First Book of Samuel, God tells Samuel to persuade the Israelites that they should have a king like other nations. T or F? |
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| When King David brings the Ark of the Covenant to Jerusalem, what does he do that causes Saul's daughter Michal to despise him? |
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| He dances in front of the Ark. |
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| What foreign empire conquered the Northern Kingdom of Israel and threatened the Southern Kingdom of Judah during the lifetime of the prophet Micah? |
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| The prophet Micah primarily expressed the views of the official religious and political establishment in the Kingdom of Judah. T or F? |
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| Which of the following does Micah claim is an offering pleasing to God? |
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| To do the right and to love goodness |
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| According to Abraham Heschel, a prophet's primary vocation with respect to the people of Israel is: |
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| To declare to the people their sins and call them to repentance |
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| What, according to Abraham Heschel, is the best way to characterize the relationship between a prophet and God? |
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| A prophet is a partner with God who sympathizes with the pathos of God and attempts to convey it to the people. |
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| Both the first chapter of John's Gospel and the first chapter of the Letter to the Colossians make the following claims about the Son of God (check all that apply) |
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The Son took on human flesh.
God created all things on earth and in heaven through the Son.
The Son reveals the invisible God.
Jesus Christ is the Son of God. |
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| In the Letter to the Colossians, Paul describes baptism as: |
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| Which of the following early positions on the relationship between the Father and the Son relied heavily on the Gospel according to John (a.k.a. the Fourth Gospel)? |
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| In what year was the First Council of Nicaea held? |
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| Which of the following Greek words appears in the Nicene Creed and means "one in being" or "of one substance"? |
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| The second creation account in Genesis (2:4b-3:24) was written more recently than the first account (1:1-2:4a). T or F |
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| Before Cain kills Abel, God speaks to Cain and warns him that sin is: |
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| A demon lurking at the door. |
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| According to the Flood narrative in Genesis, the rainbow is a sign of God's: |
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| Covenant with all living creatures. |
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| Gary Anderson notes that the sin of Adam and Eve is mentioned in these books of the New Testament (check all that apply): |
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| Gary Anderson argues that Karl Barth's major contribution to a modern articulation of the doctrine of original sin is Barth's recognition that: |
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| The experience of salvation is necessary for true knowledge of one's sinfulness. |
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| Most scholars view the Book of Lamentations as a poetic response to what disaster? |
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| The destruction of Jerusalem by the Babylonians |
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| In the Book of Lamentations, the city of Jerusalem is personified as a female character. What is this character's name? |
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| Chapters 40-55 of the Book of Isaiah are thought to have been written later than most of the material that precedes them. What name do scholars use to identify the hypothetical author of these later chapters? |
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| Chapters 40-55 in the Book of Isaiah appear to have been written near the end of which period in Israel's history? |
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| Which of the following kings is identified as the "anointed" instrument of God's will in Isaiah 40-49? |
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| In his letters, Paul typically identifies himself as an "apostle," which literally means: |
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| Paul's letter to the Romans is written to a community of Christians that he did not personally help to establish T or F |
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| A theme of Paul's argument in his letter to the Romans is that Gentiles, like Jews, can now achieve salvation by carefully observing the Law of Moses. T or F |
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| Paul points to Abraham as an example of a Jewish ancestor who was justified by God on account of his: |
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| Faith in the free gift promised by God. |
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| According to Paul, the death of Christ "proves" which of the following things about God? |
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| God's love for sinful human beings. |
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| Tobit's advice about almsgiving is addressed to his |
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| When teaching his disciples about how to give alms to the poor, Jesus tells them that they should give alms: |
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| What is Cyprian's advice to Christians who wonder whether having children to support excuses them from giving alms? |
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| Those with children have even more reason to give alms and do good works. |
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| Bruce Marshall, summarizing Gary Anderson's work, notes that after the Babylonian exile, it became far more common to describe sin as: |
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| Bruce Marshall traces an argument that ultimately characterizes God's willingness to accept payment for sins as an example of God's: |
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| Abraham offers God a 1.----- in place of his son Isaac |
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| The name that Abraham gives to the place where he was to sacrifice his son is a reference to his earlier statement that: |
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| God himself will provide the sacrificial victim |
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| According to Leviticus, which of the following were the sons of Aaron permitted to do as priests of Israel? |
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| Eat specific portions of the sacrifices offered to God |
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| The excerpt from Levenson's book focuses on the interpretation of which of the following commandments contained in the Hebrew Bible? |
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| "You shall give me the first-born of your sons" (Ex 22:28). |
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| Jon Levenson is convinced that the story of the aqedah or "binding of Isaac" in Genesis 22 was originally intended to demonstrate that God desires the sacrifice of animals in place of the sacrifice of children. T or F |
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| According to Isaiah, what does God prefer to "worthless offerings"? |
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| Hosea compares those who offer holocausts (burnt offerings) to God while violating the covenant to: |
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| Priests who commit murder on their way to the temple |
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| In Psalm 50, what reason does God give for having no interest in animal sacrifices? |
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| All creatures already belong to God. |
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| In Psalm 51, what sacrifice accompanies the psalmist's prayer for a "clean heart" and a "steadfast spirit"? |
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| A broken spirit and a humble heart |
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| The Book of Sirach describes almsgiving as "a sacrifice of praise," but the withholding of charity as: |
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| In the fourth "Servant-of-the-Lord" oracle in Isaiah, the servant is compared to: |
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| A lamb led to the slaughter |
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| In the Acts of the Apostles, when Philip encounters the Ethiopian, what is the Ethiopian reading? |
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| Which of the following does NOT apply to the lamb described in chapter 5 of Revelation? |
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| He is seated with a lion. |
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| Melito of Sardis claims that verb meaning "to celebrate the passover" is derived from the verb meaning: |
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| Which of the following is NOT a "type" that, according to Melito of Sarids, predicted the suffering of Jesus Christ? |
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| In Matthew, Mark, Luke, and 1 Corinthians, Jesus offers his disciples a cup and speaks of his blood establishing a new: |
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| In the Last Supper stories presented in Luke and First Corinthians, what reason does Jesus give his disciples to continue to "do this" (i.e. share bread and wine together) after his death? |
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| Which of the following figures from the Old Testament are mentioned in the Roman Canon as people whose sacrifices were accepted by God? (Check all that apply.) |
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| Melchizedek, Abraham, Abel |
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| A calculated decision to give up something of value in order to obtain something of greater value best characterizes what Robert Daly calls: |
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| A secular understanding of sacrifice |
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| Robert Daly argues that the transformation of the eucharistic elements of bread and wine into the Body and Blood of Christ is intimately connected to what other transformation? |
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| The transformation of the participating faithful into full members of the Body of Christ. |
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In Psalm 116, the psalmist proposes to offer
God a sacrifice for what stated purpose |
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Several New Testament writers interpret
this verse from Psalm 118 as referring to
Christ: "The stone the builders rejected has
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The opening chapter of Paul's Letter to the
Philippians indicates that he is writing from |
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Paul advises the Philippians to "work out
[their] salvation" with what |
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While it is the basis of Eucharistic Prayer
III in the Roman Catholic Church, the
Egyptian Anaphora of St. Basil is the primary
eucharistic prayer used in what other
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