Question 1

The Dead Sea Scrolls

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A) refer to Moses'  testament as the Israelites were about to cross the River Jordan into Canaan. 
B) are documents dating from second century B.C. Judea, discovered in the 1940s. 
C) contain a text of the Book of Isaiah that differs fundamentally from modern manuscripts. 
D) are a set of Christian religious texts demonstrating the influence of Judaism on Christianity. 
E) are better known as the Pentateuch. 
A) refer to Moses'  testament as the Israelites were about to cross the River Jordan into Canaan. 
B) are documents dating from second century B.C. Judea, discovered in the 1940s. 
C) contain a text of the Book of Isaiah that differs fundamentally from modern manuscripts. 
D) are a set of Christian religious texts demonstrating the influence of Judaism on Christianity. 
E) are better known as the Pentateuch.

Question 2

Key Terms Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? 
 monotheism

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Monotheism is the belief in the existenc

Question 3

Judith and Deborah are remembered as

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A) mothers of the ancient patriarchs. 
B) women who found the baby Moses cast adrift in the Nile. 
C) the two most important of Solomon's seven hundred wives. 
D) prophetesses and wise women consulted by their community's leaders. 
E) wives of foreign rulers who urged their husbands to let the Hebrews return to their own land. 
A) mothers of the ancient patriarchs. 
B) women who found the baby Moses cast adrift in the Nile. 
C) the two most important of Solomon's seven hundred wives. 
D) prophetesses and wise women consulted by their community's leaders. 
E) wives of foreign rulers who urged their husbands to let the Hebrews return to their own land.

Question 4

How has the Jewish tradition influenced the West?

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A) The Hebrew vision of a messianic future helped to lead to the notion of progress. 
B) Monotheism encouraged the concepts of free will and a conscience answerable to God. 
C) Hebrew Scripture has been an inspiration for Western religious thinkers, poets, novelists, and artists. 
D) As part of Christianity, many Jewish ideals became part of the Western tradition. 
E) all of the above 
A) The Hebrew vision of a messianic future helped to lead to the notion of progress. 
B) Monotheism encouraged the concepts of free will and a conscience answerable to God. 
C) Hebrew Scripture has been an inspiration for Western religious thinkers, poets, novelists, and artists. 
D) As part of Christianity, many Jewish ideals became part of the Western tradition. 
E) all of the above

Question 5

Under which of the following kings did Israel reach the heights of its power and prosperity?

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A) Saul 
B) David 
C) Solomon 
D) Hezekiah 
E) Cyrus 
A) Saul 
B) David 
C) Solomon 
D) Hezekiah 
E) Cyrus

Question 6

The mature Hebrew view of one God differed from other ancient Near Eastern religions in all the following ways EXCEPT

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A) Yahweh was eternal. 
B) the Hebrew God did not possess human attributes such as anger, jealousy, or satisfaction. 
C) the Hebrew God was omnipotent, sovereign, and not subject to fate. 
D) Yahweh was transcendent, that is, he was above nature and not part of it. 
E) the Hebrew God created a universe that itself was not divine. 
A) Yahweh was eternal. 
B) the Hebrew God did not possess human attributes such as anger, jealousy, or satisfaction. 
C) the Hebrew God was omnipotent, sovereign, and not subject to fate. 
D) Yahweh was transcendent, that is, he was above nature and not part of it. 
E) the Hebrew God created a universe that itself was not divine.

Question 7

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. Explain the Hebrew concept of God and how that concept evolved.

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The Hebrew concept of God, as depicted i

Question 8

Key Terms Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? 
 individualism

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Individualism is a social and political

Question 9

Key Terms Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? 
 David

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Who: David is a common male given name t

Question 10

Key Terms Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? 
 Kingdom of Judah

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Who: The Kingdom of Judah was an ancient

The Dead Sea Scrolls

Key Terms Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? monotheism

Judith and Deborah are remembered as

How has the Jewish tradition influenced the West?

Under which of the following kings did Israel reach the heights of its power and prosperity?

The mature Hebrew view of one God differed from other ancient Near Eastern religions in all the following ways EXCEPT

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. Explain the Hebrew concept of God and how that concept evolved.

Key Terms Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? individualism

Key Terms Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? David

Key Terms Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? Kingdom of Judah

The Ancient Near East: The First Civilizations

The Greek City-State: Democratic Politics

Greek Thought: From Myth to Reason

The Hellenistic Age: Cultural Diffusion

The Roman Republic: City-State to World Empire

The Roman Empire: a World-State

Early Christianity: a World Religion

The Heirs of Rome: Byzantium, Islam, and Latin Christendom

The High Middle Ages: Vitality and Renewal

The Flowering of Medieval Culture: the Christian Synthesis

The Late Middle Ages: Crisis and Dissolution

The Renaissance: Transition to the Modern Age

The Reformation: the Shattering of Christian Unity

European Expansion: Economic and Social Transformations

The Rise of Sovereignty: Transition to the Modern State

The Scientific Revolution: the Universe Seen As a Mechanism

The Age of Enlightenment: Reason and Reform

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Exam 2: The Hebrews: a New View of God and the Individual

The Dead Sea Scrolls

Key Terms Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? monotheism

Judith and Deborah are remembered as

How has the Jewish tradition influenced the West?

Under which of the following kings did Israel reach the heights of its power and prosperity?

The mature Hebrew view of one God differed from other ancient Near Eastern religions in all the following ways EXCEPT

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. Explain the Hebrew concept of God and how that concept evolved.

Key Terms Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? individualism

Key Terms Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? David

Key Terms Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? Kingdom of Judah

The Ancient Near East: The First Civilizations

The Greek City-State: Democratic Politics

Greek Thought: From Myth to Reason

The Hellenistic Age: Cultural Diffusion

The Roman Republic: City-State to World Empire

The Roman Empire: a World-State

Early Christianity: a World Religion

The Heirs of Rome: Byzantium, Islam, and Latin Christendom

The High Middle Ages: Vitality and Renewal

The Flowering of Medieval Culture: the Christian Synthesis

The Late Middle Ages: Crisis and Dissolution

The Renaissance: Transition to the Modern Age

The Reformation: the Shattering of Christian Unity

European Expansion: Economic and Social Transformations

The Rise of Sovereignty: Transition to the Modern State

The Scientific Revolution: the Universe Seen As a Mechanism

The Age of Enlightenment: Reason and Reform

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