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| The Old Testament was written mostly in Arabic |
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| The canon of the Old Testament was decided on by the Jews |
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| OT books were written during the period of 2000 to 350BC |
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| Israel is a land of great climactic variety |
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| Israel has few natural seaports |
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| The northern coastal plains (Hefer and Sharon) have always been among the richest farmland |
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| The rolling hills between the coastal plain and the Judean hills are called "Palouse" |
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| Much of the Canaanite population of Palestine lived in the Shephelah country |
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(Shephelah is a rolling hill country between the Coastal Plain and the Judean Hills) |
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| The southern barren hill country and its drainage to Gaza are called the "Negev" |
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| The Judean Hill Country stretches from Haifa to the Lebanese border |
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| The land from Jerusalem to the Dead Sea is a jumbled barren wilderness |
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| The hill country of Ephraim is even more barren and jumbled than the land around Jerusalem |
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It is far more lush with good agriculture |
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| The Jordan River flows through the ancient Rift Valley, in which also are found the Sea of Galilee and the Dead Sea |
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| The Dead Sea is the lowest place on earth at -1200 ft |
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| The broad shelf of land on either side of the Jordan is called "Zhor" in Arabic |
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| East of the Jordan is a broad sandstone plateau, divided into several zones by wadis |
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| The main river system of Mesopotamia is the Tigris/Euphrates |
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| The main river system of Egypt is the Amazon |
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| The Great International Trunk Road, running from Mesopotamia to Egypt along the coastal plain, is one of the oldest highways in the world |
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| The road for caravans that ran between the desert and the settled land east of the Jordan is called the "King's Highway" |
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| The Bible is written in one of a group of languages called "Northwest Semitic" |
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| Biblical language is in the same linguistic family as Greek and Sanskrit |
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False
Greek and Sanskrit are Indo-European |
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| The Old Testament was actually written by four anonymous scribes called "J," "E," "P," and "D" |
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| It is possible to see clues to the source documents of Genesis and Joshua |
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| The Old Testament was preserved by a school of scribes called the "Masoretes" |
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| The technique used by the Masoretes to protect the test of the Old Testament is the same as the modern computer technique called "low level formatting" |
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| The first translation of the Old Testament was in Greek, and is called the Septuagint |
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| The Latin translation of the Bible was done in the fifteenth century in England |
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| Archaeology is the study of the material remains of the past |
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| Archeologists mostly use "dendrochronology" for routine day to day relative dating of finds in their sites |
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False
Most used form of comparison is pottery comparison. More advanced is the Carbon 14 dating system |
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| Dates before roughly 3000 BC are referred to as "prehistory" |
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| Abraham turns up in history at the meeting of the Early Bronze and Middle Bronze ages |
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| The Middle Bronze age was characterized by huge populations and lively international trade |
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Those were characteristic of Early Bronze age and Late Bronze age |
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| The Late Bronze age was a time of Egypt's power in the world |
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| Joshua fits right into the division of Late Bronze I and Late Bronze II |
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| The Iron Age runs from David to the Babylonian Captivity |
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| a "tel" is a natural hill or mound that people once thought was man-made |
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A tel is a pile of ruined cities built on top of each other. Man-made |
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| An archeological survey happens when a large group of volunteers combs a relatively large area of the land's surface area, looking for artifacts |
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| Some ancient sites have undergone "reconstruction," in which whole sections of the site are rebuilt to look as they did in the past |
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| The word "Genesis" means "ending" in Greek |
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| Conservative scholars generally agree that Moses wrote the Pentateuch |
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| The "Documentary Hypothesis" is a view held by the ancient Jewish scribes |
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False
It was an invention of a German scholar |
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| A "blessing" is a good word, and carries the resources to bring it to pass |
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| The word "create" in Genesis implies a creation out of nothing |
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| The Latin for "out of nothing" is "nihil obstat" |
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| Genesis 1 has no hint of a Big Bang |
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| The Babylonian Creation Epic is called "Enuma Elish" |
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| Genesis simply assumes a very ancient earth- billions of years |
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Genesis assumes a young earth, only a few thousand years |
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| The Days of Creation appear to have been 24 hours long |
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| The image of God is God's physical likeness |
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| The Bible makes it clear that women were created to be serving wenches for men |
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| Adam's creation from the dust contradicts the evolutionary hypothesis |
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| "Glory" is the visible manifestation of the invisible character and attributes of God |
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| The Fall was a conscious decision by Adam and Eve to disobey God |
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| The curse on the snake contains the "Proto-evangelium" |
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| The curse on the woman finds its cure in Eph 5 |
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| The Sumerian king list was probably the source for Genesis 5 |
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| Genesis 6 refers to the spiritual condition of the human race prior to the flood |
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| The flood was probably local to the Mesopotamian Valley |
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| In the flood we see the principle the "Grace" is the exception to the Wrath of God |
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| When Noah landed on Mt. Ararat, he was commanded to ear nothign but fruit |
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He was told to eat meat |
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| The beginnings of human government can be traced to a seventh century Babylonian dictator who wrote the Atrahasis epix |
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God established government with Noah |
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| One model of the biblical flood mingles water, ice, and lava for its explanation |
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| The Table of Nations shows the dispersion of ethnic groups after the Tower of Babel |
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| The Tower of Babel was a celebration of God's goodness that involved humble worship around a stone altar |
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The tower was an act of rebellion where the men tried to reach God by their own means |
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| Abraham was probably an idolater in Ur |
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| The Abrahamic Covenant had no repercussions in later biblical history |
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Abraham is promised to be the father of all nations, and a blessing to all people |
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| Abraham's blessing is entirely conditioned on his obedience |
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| The Fertile Crescent is an are in southern Palestine notes for its long growing season |
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| Abraham's birth date is calcucated to about 2166 BC |
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| Isaac was the son of Abraham and the slave girl, Hagar |
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Isaac was the legitimate son of Abraham and Sarai |
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| Mechizedek represents pre-Mosaic godly religion |
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| Sodom and Gommorah were destroyed primarily for their breach of hospitality codes |
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They were all-around sucky people |
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| Jacob stole the birthright from Esau |
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| Jacob's life demonstrates the principle that God can only bless those whose lives are perfectly holy |
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| The Twelve Tribes of Israel rose from Jacob's family |
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| Jacob's meeting with the man at Peniel probably has no major significance |
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In this episode Jacob wrestles with the angel for blessing |
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| Joseph was sold to Ishmaelites who sold him into slavery in Egypt |
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| Potifar is an Egyptian name common to the Middle Kingdom |
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| The Joseph story can be characterized by the phrase, "You meant it for good, but God meant it for evil" |
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| *Note: the tests logged this as a true statement. This is bad theology. The REAL correct answer would be False. |
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| Joseph's shrewd administration helped Pharaoh to centralize the government of Egypt |
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| Genesis began in a sinless universe and ended in a borrowed Tomb in Egypt |
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| Job was probably written by post-exilic prophets |
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Job is technically anonymous but may have been written by Moses, Solomon, Ezra, Elihu, or Job |
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| Job's sacrifices are Patriarchal |
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| Job always knew the reason for his suffering |
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But he praised God anyway |
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| Job's friends were most helpful when they were silent |
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| The arguments of Job's friends reflect ancient traditions |
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| Satan's position in the story of Job is found also in many other biblical stories |
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| One theme in Job is: "God's man is God's to command" |
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| The word "Exodus" is Greek for "Departure" |
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| The date of the Exodus in generally agreed on by scholars of all backgrounds |
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Basically anything that says, "scholars agree" is false |
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| The daughter of Pharaoh mentioned in Exodus 2 may have been Cleopatra |
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Regardless of your dating techniques, this is way too early for that
(that's what she said) I'M SORRY IT WAS AN ACCIDENT AT FIRST AND THEN I JUST HAD TO!
But seriously, give it an early or late date and Cleopatra is still way too modern |
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| Thutmoses III was the great conquerer of Syria in the New Kingdom |
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| The name "Yahweh" means: the God who Exists |
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| The ten plagues symbolize simple New Testament truth |
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They were real, historical events. If anything, they represent various gods of Egypt |
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| The crossing of the Red Sea was a miracle that identified Israel with Moses and with God |
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| The Ten Commandments represent the only way of salvation in the Old Testament |
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| "Torah" is the "spirit of right reflects the character of God Himself" |
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| The Tabernacle was designed as a place for Moses to meet with his elders |
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The Tabernacle was a meeting place with God and a symbol for Israel's future redeemer |
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| The sacrifices of Leviticus were effective only when the rituals were properly performed |
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| The "Whole Burnt Offering" was meant to be a picture of worship |
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| The second goat on the Day of Atonement was sent into the desert for "Azazel" |
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| The Book of Numbers records the failure of Israel and their wanderings |
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| Kadesh Barnea represents one of the greatest of Israel's victories |
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It was a departure from Sinai as the people decided to rebel against God's promise for victory |
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| The method used by the twelve spies to reach a conclusion is normative for the church today |
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They scouted out the neighboring areas and nibbled their fruit |
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| The tribes of Israel in Numbers were ordered for marching to battle |
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| Balaam was a Mesopotamian cursing prophet |
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| The major point of the Balaam narrative has to do with the place of sacrifice in worship |
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| "Inerrancy" is the doctrine that holds the Bible to be accurate even though the human authors are imperfect |
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| Deuteronomy has the form of an ancient Near Eastern treaty |
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| One of the greatest treaty makers of the ancient world was Shuppililliumma |
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| Deut 6:4 is the "Shema," the central doctrinal tenet of Judaism |
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| The Middle Bronze Age was characterized by local pottery and _______ fortification walls |
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| The Late Bronze Age was characterized by _______ pottery, Egyptian control and un-used fortifications |
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