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Old Testament
Review
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Religious Studies
10th Grade
12/06/2008

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Bible consists of both the Old and New Testaments.
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True
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God sometimes creates suffering and injustice in the world.
Definition
False
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Sin is essentially refusing to acknowledge God as God and ourselves as dependent on Him.
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True
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Religious Truth is the same as historical accuracy or scientific explanation.
Definition
False
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The Old Testament is written over a period of about fifty years.
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False
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Hagar emerges from the Genesis story more noble than the ancestral heroes Abraham and Sarah.
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True
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Bible was created by a kind of collaboration of God with human beings.
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True
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Rebekah believed that Esau was destined to be heir to Isaac.
Definition
False
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The authors of the story of Noah were primarily interested in figuring out the historical causes of the flood.
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FAlse. They were interested in religious truth
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The best Scripture scholars always agree on their findings and theories.
Definition
False. the scholars can have varying views and theories
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The biblical period was about 1850 B.C. until about A.D. 100.
Definition
True.
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The biblical period was about 1850 B.C. until about A.D. 100.
Definition
True.
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Jerusalem is both a political and religious capital.
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True
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Prophets were able to convince the kings of Israel and Judah to stop their oppressive, idolatrous practices before the exile
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False. The prophets were unsuccessful
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The Catholic Canon has a few texts that are not part of the Protestant or Jewish canon.
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True
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The name “Yahweh is interpreted within the scriptural text as “I am who I am.”
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True
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Scholars suggest that worship of the God named Yahweh was unknown before the time of Moses.
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True
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Biblical scholars are almost certain that Moses actually preached the sermons that made up most of Deuteronomy
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False
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Today, the eighth commandment against “false witness” is understood to forbid all lying.
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True
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In ancient times the individual’s desires took precedence over the well-being of the family.
Definition
FAlse. The needs of the community came first.
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A number of historical books of the Bible were written or edited by the Deuteronomists.
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True
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Miracles are always works of overcoming natural phenomena, like parting of the sea.
Definition
False. They also can be healings mind, body and spirit and reconciliations between enemies.
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Leviticus reminds us that holiness is simply a matter of going through all the right prayers and rituals.
Definition
False. Holiness consists also in living rightly and having compassion on the poor
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Much of the language Christians have used to describe how Jesus Christ redeemed the world comes from the Book of Leviticus.
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True.
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Pharaoh consented to free the Israelites when Moses and Aaron first asked him.
Definition
FAlse. He was stubborn and obstinate. It took 10 plagues to convince him.
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God accompanied the people of Israel as a cloud by day and as fire by night.
Definition
true
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Many laws in Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy address situations that the
Israelites did not experience until long after their desert wanderings.
Definition
True
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1. __________ The northern tribes ended up rejecting Rehoboam because he was an oppressive ruler like his father
Definition
True
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_ The Deuteronomic History serves as a self-examination for the Israelite exile.
Definition
True
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God is pleased with Solomon’s reign because Solomon remained wise and faithful through out his life
Definition
False. Solomon did not remain faithful and wise his whole life
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Samaria was the capital of the southern kingdom. (Judah)
Definition
False, Jerusalem was the capital of Judah
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No person or animal inhabiting Jericho survived the Israelite siege.
Definition
FAlse..
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The judges were nobles who exhibited particularly noble behavior.
Definition
FAlse. The judges were everyday people whom God called to lead the Jews
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Ahab’s greed for a vineyard eventually results in the killing of Naboth
Definition
True
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After Elijah dies, a belief arose that he would return to announce the coming of the Messiah.
Definition
True
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Because she was a Moabite, Ruth was excluded by a law in Deuteronomy from membership among the Israelite community
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True
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David’s trust in God is mixed with some heavy-handed tactics to further his own tactics.
Definition
True
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Joshua represented everything that Israel was supposed to be
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True
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God tells Samuel to warn the Israelites of the trouble a king could bring, but to go ahead and give them a king if they still want one.
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True
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By the end of the era of Judges, Israel was united as one people under God’s Law.
Definition
FAlse. The Israelites still were not united as one.
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The non-writing prophets of the northern kingdom were Amos and Hosea
Definition
True
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The capital city of the northern kingdom was Jerusalem.
Definition
FAlse. It was Samaria
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