Exam 21: Return From Exile

For the exiles, P's message was one of hope and optimism.

P suggests the observance of all as a means to preserving religious identity in a foreign land except:

During the exilic period, the _____ sources underwent a major development.

The image of Yahweh as a mother or midwife appears in all of the following except:

The earliest text in the Bible to make a clear statement on monotheism is:

The German scholar Bernhard Durm first identified the ____________________ in Second Isaiah.

Zerubbabel was a descendant of David.

The "Cyrus Cylinder" describes Cyrus in all the following ways, except:

The _______ source explains the disasters of 722 and 586 bce as an act of theodicy or divine justice.

Second Isaiah describes the return from Babylon as a "new Exodus."

Trace the development of monotheism from Israel's earliest texts through Second Isaiah. What historical factors played a role in its development?

The decree in Ezra that permitted the exiles to return home and worship Yahweh has echoes in (the) ___________________.

_____________ is presented as the opposite of the pharaoh of the Exodus story:

After succeeding his father Labashi-Marduk to the throne, Nabonidus became the last king of Babylon.

What is canonical criticism? How did it develop? How has it been used to shed light on the book of Isaiah?

Nebuchadrezzar's son, ______________, released King Jehoiachin from prison in the first year of his reign.

All are possible identifications of the servant in Second Isaiah except:

Second Isaiah can probably be dated to the ________ century bce.

How did the Priestly and Deuteronomistic writers interpret the exile? What was God's role in these events according to these sources?

In Second Isaiah, the author imagines that the procession out of exile will be led By: