Exam 5: The Ancestors of Israel

Joseph's two sons are _____________and ___________.

The Joseph narrative is corroborated by Egyptian evidence.

An ancient mound consisting of the accumulated deposits of successive human occupations is called a:

Dinah is the sister of Simeon and Levi.

All of the following are epithets for El in Genesis except:

The ancestral narrative in Genesis 12-50 is linked with the primeval history that precedes and the account of the Exodus that follows it by etiologies.

How does the Joseph narrative fit into the overall framework of Genesis? What themes are consistent with the rest of the ancestral narratives, and how is the Joseph cycle different? How can you explain these differences?

Abraham sends a servant to his ancestral home to find a wife for his son because of the social convention known as:

Isaac is the founder of a shrine at Shechem.

The foundation of the shrine at Beersheba is connected to both:

Jacob's remains are said to be interred in the ancestral tomb at ____________.

Jacob's youngest son is:

JE is the source most concerned with the establishment of shrines.

How do the Ugaritic texts and other Near Eastern documents influence our understanding of the ancestral narratives? What can these parallels tell us about the religion of the ancestors of Israel?

Many elements of Genesis 12-50 have parallels in the Ugaritic epic__________.

Abraham departs from ________after his father's death.

All of the following are portrayed as being descended from ancestors with sexually perverse morals except the:

How have scholars used the various names, titles, and epithets for God that appear in Genesis 12-50 to understand the religion of the ancestors? What can we learn about Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob's religious beliefs by analyzing the use of divine names in addition to statements about God/gods?

Abraham's third wife was named:

The scholar who developed form criticism was: