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Questions

1. The stories of God's violence in the Bible

a. are only in Genesis 3-11. _____

b. are more in the Old Testament than in the New Testament. _____

c. are always for understandable and acceptable reasons. _____

d. always need to be interpreted literally as historical fact, even if God seems to be doing what to us seems unacceptable today. _____

2. God's violence in the Bible

a. is accepted by some Christians in a literalist way as being entirely accurate. _____

b. was seen by Marcion (2 nd century) to be connected to a different God than the God of the New Testament. _____

c. is understood today by Bible scholars such as Adam Hamilton as expressing more the violent culture of long ago than expressing a right understanding of God. _____

d. all of the above. _____

3. The Old Testament was included in the Christian Bible, despite Marcion's objections, because

a. Jesus often quoted the Psalms and the Book of the Prophet Isaiah, both of which are part of the Old Testament. _____

b. early Christians were already using the Old Testament, even before Marcion objected to it._____

c. the Old Testament, especially the Book of Isaiah, was seen to contain passages and promises that were eventually fulfilled in Jesus. _____

d. of all the above. _____

4. In the Old Testament we find examples

a. of God permitting violence, but not God ever commanding violence or directly causing violence. _____

b. of God permitting violence, commanding violence and also directly causing violence. _____

c. of God permitting and commanding violence, but never directly causing violence. _____

d. of none of the above. _____

5. Zoroastrianism was

a. a Jewish sect. _____

b. a Jewish reform movement. _____

c. an ancient Persian religion. _____

d. the religion of Isaiah. _____

6. Persian religion taught

a. monotheism. _____

b. a final judgment. _____

c. resurrection. _____

d. all of the above. _____

7. The Babylonian Exile/Captivity

a. is also known as the Exodus. _____

b. lasted over a hundred years. _____

c. was caused by King Cyrus. _____

d. was connected to the destruction of the First Temple (Temple of Solomon) in Jerusalem.

8. King Cyrus is referred to in the Book of Isaiah as

a. a foreign prophet. _____

b. a shepherd and messiah. _____

c. a teacher of Persian religion. _____

d. a secret follower of Judaism. _____

9. Sheol refers to

a. a place after death to which all people go. _____

b. a place of punishment for the wicked. _____

c. a place of happiness for the righteous. _____

d. the resurrection of the dead, both body and soul. _____

10. Until the encounter with the Persians

a. the Jews had no concept of an afterlife. _____

b. the Jews had a different concept of the afterlife than the Persians. _____

c. the Jews believed only in the resurrection, but not in a final judgment. _____

d. none of the above. _____

11. Second Temple Judaism refers to

a. Judaism as it existed only in Jerusalem. _____

b. Judaism from the end of the Exile (538 BCE) to the destruction of the Second Temple by the Romans in 70 CE/AD. _____

c. Judaism only during the years of the building of the Second Temple. _____

d. none of the above. _____

12. Synagogues

a. emerged during Second Temple Judaism. _____

b. were originally private houses in which Jews worshipped communally. _____

c. are special Jewish buildings used for worship today. _____

d. all of the above. _____

13. As he was dying on the cross, Jesus prayed

a. the Our Father. _____

b. Psalm 23. _____

c. Psalm 22. _____

d. Psalm 1. _____

14. The Psalms belong to the Bible's Wisdom books because

a. the "wisdom of David" was even more famous than the "wisdom of Solomon." _____

b. all the Wisdom books deal with the problem of evil and suffering. _____

c. the Psalms' wisdom contradicts the wisdom of other peoples. _____

d. they express a natural human wisdom having nothing to do with God. _____

15. Psalm 51

a. was formulated by David. _____

b. expresses sorrow for his sin committed against Bathsheba and her husband Uriah. _____

c. is a prayer that anyone can use when they feel they have committed a serious sin. _____

d. involves all of the above. _____

16. The Psalms

a. were all written by David. _____

b. might have been partly written by David. _____

c. were all written within a period of a hundred years. _____

d. were written by both Jews and Christians. _____

17. The Psalms

a. are divided into hymns, laments, and thanksgivings. _____

b. are prayerful responses to life experiences. _____

c. sometimes express guilt and the need for God's forgiveness. _____

d. all of the above. _____

18. God is praised in the Psalms

a. for the beauty and majesty of God's creation. _____

b. for the past mighty deeds of God to the Hebrew people. _____

c. for the mercy God will show in the future. _____

d. all of the above. _____

19. The understanding of God in the Psalms

a. is very different from what we have already learned about God in the Bible. _____

b. is in agreement with what we have already learned about God in the Bible. _____

c. emphasizes God's apparent injustice and lack of mercy. _____

d. emphasizes more God's covenant with the king than God's care for the poor, the afflicted, and the lowly of society. _____

20. In the Psalms we learn

a. that it is natural to complain to God. _____

b. that it is natural to call on God for help. _____

c. that it is natural to pray. _____

d. all of the above. _____