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| Bible consists of both the Old and New Testaments. |
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| God sometimes creates suffering and injustice in the world. |
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| Sin is essentially refusing to acknowledge God as God and ourselves as dependent on Him. |
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| Religious Truth is the same as historical accuracy or scientific explanation. |
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| The Old Testament is written over a period of about fifty years. |
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| Hagar emerges from the Genesis story more noble than the ancestral heroes Abraham and Sarah. |
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| Bible was created by a kind of collaboration of God with human beings. |
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| Rebekah believed that Esau was destined to be heir to Isaac. |
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| The authors of the story of Noah were primarily interested in figuring out the historical causes of the flood. |
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| FAlse. They were interested in religious truth |
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| The best Scripture scholars always agree on their findings and theories. |
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| False. the scholars can have varying views and theories |
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| The biblical period was about 1850 B.C. until about A.D. 100. |
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| The biblical period was about 1850 B.C. until about A.D. 100. |
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| Jerusalem is both a political and religious capital. |
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| Prophets were able to convince the kings of Israel and Judah to stop their oppressive, idolatrous practices before the exile |
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| False. The prophets were unsuccessful |
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| The Catholic Canon has a few texts that are not part of the Protestant or Jewish canon. |
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| The name “Yahweh is interpreted within the scriptural text as “I am who I am.” |
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| Scholars suggest that worship of the God named Yahweh was unknown before the time of Moses. |
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| Biblical scholars are almost certain that Moses actually preached the sermons that made up most of Deuteronomy |
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| Today, the eighth commandment against “false witness” is understood to forbid all lying. |
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| In ancient times the individual’s desires took precedence over the well-being of the family. |
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| FAlse. The needs of the community came first. |
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| A number of historical books of the Bible were written or edited by the Deuteronomists. |
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| Miracles are always works of overcoming natural phenomena, like parting of the sea. |
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| False. They also can be healings mind, body and spirit and reconciliations between enemies. |
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| Leviticus reminds us that holiness is simply a matter of going through all the right prayers and rituals. |
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| False. Holiness consists also in living rightly and having compassion on the poor |
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| Much of the language Christians have used to describe how Jesus Christ redeemed the world comes from the Book of Leviticus. |
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| Pharaoh consented to free the Israelites when Moses and Aaron first asked him. |
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| FAlse. He was stubborn and obstinate. It took 10 plagues to convince him. |
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| God accompanied the people of Israel as a cloud by day and as fire by night. |
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Many laws in Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy address situations that the
Israelites did not experience until long after their desert wanderings. |
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| 1. __________ The northern tribes ended up rejecting Rehoboam because he was an oppressive ruler like his father |
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| _ The Deuteronomic History serves as a self-examination for the Israelite exile. |
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| God is pleased with Solomon’s reign because Solomon remained wise and faithful through out his life |
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| False. Solomon did not remain faithful and wise his whole life |
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| Samaria was the capital of the southern kingdom. (Judah) |
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| False, Jerusalem was the capital of Judah |
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| No person or animal inhabiting Jericho survived the Israelite siege. |
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| The judges were nobles who exhibited particularly noble behavior. |
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| FAlse. The judges were everyday people whom God called to lead the Jews |
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| Ahab’s greed for a vineyard eventually results in the killing of Naboth |
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| After Elijah dies, a belief arose that he would return to announce the coming of the Messiah. |
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| Because she was a Moabite, Ruth was excluded by a law in Deuteronomy from membership among the Israelite community |
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| David’s trust in God is mixed with some heavy-handed tactics to further his own tactics. |
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| Joshua represented everything that Israel was supposed to be |
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| God tells Samuel to warn the Israelites of the trouble a king could bring, but to go ahead and give them a king if they still want one. |
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| By the end of the era of Judges, Israel was united as one people under God’s Law. |
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| FAlse. The Israelites still were not united as one. |
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| The non-writing prophets of the northern kingdom were Amos and Hosea |
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| The capital city of the northern kingdom was Jerusalem. |
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