Question 1

Biblical law included provisions that

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A) justified the annihilation of foreign enemies in war. 
B) condemned to death by stoning family members who chose to serve other gods. 
C) ordered the execution of homosexuals. 
D) cursed the disobedient with physical and mental ailments. 
E) all of the above

Question 2

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? 
 Hebrews, Israelites, Jews

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Question 3

The Hebrews'  conception of God led to each of the following EXCEPT

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A) the prohibition of images of heavenly and earthly things. 
B) the absence of moral freedom for human beings. 
C) limitation on obedience to earthly rulers. 
D) a demythicized concept of nature. 
E) the belief that God did not create people to be his slaves.

Question 4

The text states all of the following EXCEPT

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A) Hebrew Scripture represents Jewish oral and written traditions from about 1250 to 150 B.C. 
B) compiled by various religious devotees, Hebrew Scriptures contained factual errors, imprecisions, discrepancies, legends and folklore. 
C) as a composite, religiously inspired work, Hebrew Scriptures offer no reliable history. 
D) the Tanak consists of thirty-nine books written over several centuries. 
E) the first five books of the Tanak are sometimes called the Torah or the Pentateuch.

Question 5

For Amos, the most important requirement of the Law was

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A) equality for all. 
B) the acquisition of wealth and power. 
C) the pursuit of justice. 
D) devotion to the king. 
E) the performance of prescribed rituals.

Question 6

The biblical stories of the Garden of Eden and the Flood derive from

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A) Egyptian sources. 
B) Persian sources. 
C) Canaanite sources. 
D) Mesopotamian sources. 
E) Philistine sources.

Question 7

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? 
 ten lost tribes

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Question 8

Israelite law

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A) provided normative guidelines for the community but not the individual. 
B) emphasized property as more important than people. 
C) embraced the idea that law should treat the poor and the rich differently. 
D) expressed mercy toward the oppressed. 
E) denied the humanity of slaves.

Question 9

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

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Question 10

As applied to ancient Israel, parochialism refers to

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A) a concern for all humanity. 
B) a complete separation of church and state. 
C) a separate system of religious schools. 
D) the relative economic and cultural backwardness of the Judah, the southern kingdom. 
E) a narrow tribal outlook of a nation set apart from others.

Question 11

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. In what ways did the civilization of the ancient Hebrews differ from that in other areas of the ancient Near East? What contacts did they have, and what impact did they have on each other's development?

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Question 12

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.

Question 13

Instructions: Please use this outline map of the Near East to answer the question(s).  
Locate and label the original home of the Hebrews, Canaanites and Philistines. Delineate with arrows any migration that occurred among these people prior to 1000 B.C.

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Question 14

The text identifies the emphasis on the individual's responsibility for his or her own actions as a key component of Western thought best associated with

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A) Moses. 
B) the prophets. 
C) the kings. 
D) the patriarchs. 
E) Abraham.

Question 15

During the eleventh century B.C., the twelve Hebrew tribes united under the leadership of

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A) Saul. 
B) David. 
C) Solomon. 
D) Abraham. 
E) Moses.

Question 16

During the time of the Hebrew patriarchs Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the Hebrews

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A) were seminomadic clans. 
B) regularly invaded Mesopotamia and Egypt. 
C) had no contact with Mesopotamian civilization. 
D) had no contact with Egyptian civilization. 
E) developed an entirely unique legal tradition that shared nothing with neighboring civilization.

Question 17

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. Comment on the Hebrew concept of freedom and explain how Hebrew beliefs supported or diminished the concept of individual freedom.

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Question 18

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. How did historical circumstances contribute to the development of the ancient Hebrews' ethical code? Specifically, how did the episodes of exile and the increasing economic and social complexity of Hebrew society attune the Hebrew prophets to the plight of the weak and poor?

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Question 19

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? 
 The Law

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Question 20

Which of the following CANNOT be associated with mainstream Hebrew traditions?

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A) There is a direct relationship between the individual and God. 
B) One must develop a social conscience. 
C) Israelites must set an example of righteousness for all humanity. 
D) Only God's chosen nation will receive his blessings. 
E) Human dignity does not make men and women equal nor does it require the abolition of slavery.

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

Biblical law included provisions that

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? Hebrews, Israelites, Jews

The Hebrews' conception of God led to each of the following EXCEPT

The text states all of the following EXCEPT

For Amos, the most important requirement of the Law was

The biblical stories of the Garden of Eden and the Flood derive from

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? ten lost tribes

Israelite law

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

As applied to ancient Israel, parochialism refers to

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. In what ways did the civilization of the ancient Hebrews differ from that in other areas of the ancient Near East? What contacts did they have, and what impact did they have on each other's development?

Judith and Deborah are remembered as

Instructions: Please use this outline map of the Near East to answer the question(s). Locate and label the original home of the Hebrews, Canaanites and Philistines. Delineate with arrows any migration that occurred among these people prior to 1000 B.C.

The text identifies the emphasis on the individual's responsibility for his or her own actions as a key component of Western thought best associated with

During the eleventh century B.C., the twelve Hebrew tribes united under the leadership of

During the time of the Hebrew patriarchs Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the Hebrews

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. Comment on the Hebrew concept of freedom and explain how Hebrew beliefs supported or diminished the concept of individual freedom.

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? The Law

Which of the following CANNOT be associated with mainstream Hebrew traditions?