Exam 4: Who Wrote the Pentateuch

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The creation stories in Genesis show remarkable similarities to myths from other cultures, especially Babylon. What themes are most similar? Where are the stories in Genesis most different from the others? What can these similarities and differences tell us about the message of the Genesis accounts?

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The Enuma Elish and Genesis begin in a similar manner, with the world formless and void. The beginnings of these stories also share remarkable similarities in vocabulary and concept, suggesting that the first Genesis account (written after the Enuma Elish) drew upon the Enuma Elish. Parts of the Gilgamesh Epic and the Atrahasis tale also share many details in common with the Genesis flood story, suggesting further influence. Unlike the pagan stories, however, the Genesis stories feature one God rather than a multiplicity of gods and do not include a cosmogony or battle between the gods. The biblical stories thereby emphasize that the God of Israel is in fact the creator of the world and superior to all potential rivals.

Which is not a difference between the first and second creation stories?

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Which of the following is not a part of the scholarly consensus about the authorship of the Pentateuch?

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Most scholars today no longer hold to the JEDP version of the Documentary Hypothesis.

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Moses wrote large portions of the Pentateuch.

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After reading the biblical Flood stories and pertinent sections of other Near Eastern flood myths, what similarities do you identify? In what ways are these related sources valuable for the study of the biblical Flood narratives?

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Ancient Babylonian myths may have influenced Genesis 1-3.

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The source most concerned with dietary laws is

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Early scholarship argued that the Joseph narrative belonged to the ____________ source because revelation comes to Joseph through dreams.

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Some Jewish and Christian scholars in the Middle Ages saw problems with Mosaic authorship of the Pentateuch.

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What are some of the indications of multiple sources in the Genesis Flood narrative? Which sources are represented, and what are the particular emphases for each source in the narrative? (The instructor might provide the Flood passage to the students for analysis.)

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In the first (P) creation story, God creates animals before humans.

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This story is so similar to the creation story from Genesis 1 that one scholar has called it "The Babylonian Genesis."

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The four consonants (YHWH) of God's name are known as the

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The Documentary Hypothesis argues that the firsive books of the Bible were developed out of three separate sources.

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The primary impetus for the Documentary Hypothesis was

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The J creation account includes all of the following except

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This figure survives a massive flood in the Gilgamesh Epic.

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Question 18

The source found almost entirely in Deuteronomy is

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Passages that are variant treatments of the same subject within a text are called

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Exam 4: Who Wrote the Pentateuch

Which is not a difference between the first and second creation stories?

Which of the following is not a part of the scholarly consensus about the authorship of the Pentateuch?

Most scholars today no longer hold to the JEDP version of the Documentary Hypothesis.

Moses wrote large portions of the Pentateuch.

After reading the biblical Flood stories and pertinent sections of other Near Eastern flood myths, what similarities do you identify? In what ways are these related sources valuable for the study of the biblical Flood narratives?

Ancient Babylonian myths may have influenced Genesis 1-3.

The source most concerned with dietary laws is

Early scholarship argued that the Joseph narrative belonged to the ____________ source because revelation comes to Joseph through dreams.

Some Jewish and Christian scholars in the Middle Ages saw problems with Mosaic authorship of the Pentateuch.

What are some of the indications of multiple sources in the Genesis Flood narrative? Which sources are represented, and what are the particular emphases for each source in the narrative? (The instructor might provide the Flood passage to the students for analysis.)

In the first (P) creation story, God creates animals before humans.

This story is so similar to the creation story from Genesis 1 that one scholar has called it "The Babylonian Genesis."

The four consonants (YHWH) of God's name are known as the

The Documentary Hypothesis argues that the firsive books of the Bible were developed out of three separate sources.

The primary impetus for the Documentary Hypothesis was

The J creation account includes all of the following except

This figure survives a massive flood in the Gilgamesh Epic.

The source found almost entirely in Deuteronomy is

Passages that are variant treatments of the same subject within a text are called

What Is the Bible

Why Is the Bible so Hard to Understand

The Book of Genesis

From Egypt to Mount Sinai: Exodus and Leviticus

From Mount Sinai to the Promised Land: Numbers and Deuteronomy

The Deuteronomistic History: Joshua and Judges

The Books of Samuel and Kings

The Early Israelite Prophets: Amos and Isaiah

Other Pre-Exilic Prophets: Hosea, Micah, Nahum, Zephaniah, Jeremiah, and Habakkuk

The Historians of Exile and Return: Ezra, Nehemiah, and Beyond

The Exilic and Post-Exilic Prophets

The Poets of Ancient Israel

Storytellers in Ancient Israel

The Wisdom Literature

Jewish Apocalyptic Literature and the Apocrypha

The World of Jesus and His Followers

The Synoptic Problem and the Gospel of Mark

The Gospels of Matthew and Luke

The Gospel of John and the Later Gospels

The Historical Jesus

The Life of the Apostle Paul

The Letters of Paul

The Acts of the Apostles

In the Wake of Paul: Deutero-Pauline Epistles

The General Epistles and the Book of Revelation

Appendix: the Canon and Text of the Bible

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