Genesis creation narrative - Quiz
A) Four contrasting models B) Two contrasting models C) Three distinct models D) Only one model
A) Agon model B) Logos model C) Temple model D) Combat model
A) Numerological model B) Speech model C) Logos model D) Agon model
A) Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and Daniel B) Kings, Chronicles, and Psalms C) Genesis, Exodus, and Leviticus D) Isaiah, Job, and Psalm 74
A) Leviathan B) Marduk C) Rahab D) Tannin
A) Coiled one B) River C) Dragon D) Sea
A) Sea B) River C) Arrogant one D) Dragon
A) Great deep B) Arrogant one C) Wind of God D) Coiled one
A) Arrogant one B) Primordial ocean C) Coiled one D) Formless void
A) Sea B) Dragon C) River D) Wind
A) By building the Jerusalem Temple B) By resting on the seventh day C) By speaking dormant matter into existence D) By vanquishing the water deities
A) Day 2 B) Day 3 C) Day 1 D) Day 4
A) The Sun and Moon B) Light C) The sky D) Land animals and humans
A) Day 3 B) Day 5 C) Day 1 D) Day 7
A) Animals of the air and sea B) Light C) The Sun and Moon D) The sky
A) Day 5 B) Day 6 C) Day 3 D) Day 4
A) Vegetation and seas B) Land animals and humans C) The Sun and Moon D) The sky
A) Spoke the cosmos into existence B) Created the Sabbath C) Rested from his work D) Created land animals
A) The merism B) The Sabbath C) The deep D) The firmament
A) Numerological and symbolic B) Purely mathematical data C) Strictly factual and historical D) Random and accidental
A) Material destruction B) Human rebellion C) The primordial ocean D) Divine completion
A) Fourteen words B) Seven words C) Twenty-one words D) Thirty-five words
A) Thirty-five words B) Twenty-one words C) Seven words D) Fourteen words
A) Fourteen words B) Twenty-one words C) Thirty-five words D) Seven words
A) 21 times B) 35 times C) 7 times D) 14 times
A) 7 times each B) 14 times each C) 21 times each D) 35 times each
A) 21 times each B) 7 times each C) 35 times each D) 14 times each
A) The Tower of Babel B) The Ark of the Covenant C) Solomon's Palace D) The Tabernacle
A) The Garden of Eden B) The primordial ocean C) The Temple in Jerusalem D) The Enuma Elish temple
A) As an account of the uncreation of Israel B) As a manual for military combat against sea monsters C) As a historical timeline of biological evolution D) As a description of the construction of the cosmos as God's house
A) Complete chaos and darkness covered the face of the deep B) Fully ordered and populated with living creatures C) Ruled by sea monsters D) Filled with light and dry land
A) A wind from God swept over the waters B) The earth was a formless void C) In the beginning when God created D) In the beginning God created
A) Creation from chaos B) Creation by speech C) Creation from nothing D) Creation by combat
A) NRSV B) King James Version C) Enuma Elish D) Septuagint
A) It explicitly means creation from absolute nothingness B) It is an absolute position indicating strict chronological time C) It translates directly to 'dragon' or 'chaos' D) It is in the grammatical construct state describing the beginning of the acts
A) John Day and David Toshio Tsumura B) R. N. Whybray, Christine Hayes, Michael Coogan, Cynthia Chapman, and John H. Walton C) The authors of the Enuma Elish D) Marduk and Tiamat
A) John Day and David Toshio Tsumura B) R. N. Whybray and Christine Hayes C) John H. Walton and R. N. Whybray D) Michael Coogan and Cynthia Chapman
A) tohu B) təhôm C) ruach D) bara'
A) Building a literal temple in Jerusalem B) Assigning roles and functions C) Defeating sea monsters in battle D) Manufacturing physical matter from absolute nothing
A) Material creation is the only natural way of taking the text B) The creation account was borrowed entirely from Canaanite myths C) The text is purely numerological with no physical meaning D) The text exclusively describes assigning functional roles without matter
A) Tohu wa-bohu B) Ruach elohim C) Heaven and earth D) Təhôm and darkness
A) creatio ex nihilo B) ruach elohim C) b'reshit bara' D) tohu wa-bohu
A) 'Primordial ocean' or 'deep' B) 'Breath' or 'wind' C) 'Dragon' or 'sea monster' D) 'Emptiness' or 'futility'
A) The desert wilderness B) The Garden of Eden C) The Jerusalem Temple D) The Tabernacle
A) It is derived from the Babylonian goddess Tiamat B) It is an ancient term for the Jerusalem Temple C) It is a Hebrew term specifically meaning absolute nothingness D) It has no known meaning but appears related to Arabic bahiya
A) Psalms B) Jeremiah C) Job D) Isaiah
A) The beginning of creatio ex nihilo B) The immediate construction of the Jerusalem Temple C) The return of darkness and chaos as if uncreated D) A victory over the sea monsters Yam and Nahar
A) A formless void B) A primordial ocean or deep C) A mighty wind D) The spirit of God
A) The sea monster Tannin B) The storm god Marduk C) The prophet Jeremiah D) The goddess Tiamat
A) They are not personified as evil enemies, but as indications that creative work has not begun B) They are identified as the physical foundation of the Jerusalem Temple C) They are portrayed as the ultimate victors over the cosmos D) They are personified as evil gods who fight against Yahweh
A) Tohu wa-bohu, darkness, and təhôm B) Bara', ruach, and elohim C) Light, sky, and vegetation D) Yam, Nahar, and Leviathan
A) 'Form', 'void', or 'chaos' B) 'Breath', 'wind', or 'spirit' C) 'Heaven', 'earth', or 'firmament' D) 'Sea', 'river', or 'dragon'
A) The 'hand of the Lord' B) The 'voice of the deep' C) The 'breath of Tiamat' D) The 'wind of Marduk'
A) It explained the architectural layout of the Jerusalem Temple B) It linked the creation account directly to the Canaanite combat myth C) It proved that the earth was originally made from absolute nothingness D) It provided biblical support for the presence of the Holy Spirit at creation
A) "Wind from God" or "great wind" B) "Holy Spirit of the Trinity" C) "Divine sea monster" D) "Formless and void deep"
A) The story of the Jerusalem Temple B) The Canaanite myth in Psalm 74 C) The Genesis flood narrative D) The Enuma Elish epic
A) To create light on the first day B) To establish the numerological pattern C) To make the waters subside D) To defeat the sea monsters
A) With his wind B) By building a tabernacle C) By resting on the seventh day D) By speaking her into existence
A) The use of the word bara' B) The presence of a watery deep C) A cosmic battle prior to creation D) Any mention of the heavens and earth
A) As a spirit restricted by the waters of the deep B) As a warrior god engaged in a fierce combat with Tiamat C) As a single God whose power is uncontested, bringing order out of chaos D) As a builder dependent on preexisting chaotic deities
A) Elohim B) Yahweh C) Tetragrammaton D) LORD God
A) 17th century B) 11th century C) 3rd century BC D) 5th century BC
A) The Achaemenid Code B) The Jahwist Source C) The Primeval History D) The Pentateuch
A) The Elder source B) The Priestly source C) The Jahwist source D) The Persian source
A) 10th century BC B) 5th century BC C) 6th century BC D) 3rd century BC
A) The Achaemenid source B) The Priestly source C) The Jahwist source D) The Mosaic source
A) 1st century BCE B) 3rd century BCE C) 5th century BCE D) 10th century BCE
A) Babylonian tax records B) Persian imperial legal codes C) New Testament gospels D) Older mythologies
A) Primeval history B) The Priestly code C) The Jahwist narrative D) The Pentateuch
A) 10th century BC B) 7th century BC C) 3rd century BC D) 6th century BC
A) Roman Empire B) Assyrian Empire C) Babylonian Empire D) Achaemenid Empire
A) 538 BC B) 6th century BC C) 3rd century BC D) 5th century BC
A) The Jahwists B) The elders C) The priestly families D) The landowning families
A) The Mosaic authors B) The priestly families C) The landowning families D) The Persian governors
A) 3rd century B) 17th century C) 5th century D) 11th century
A) Three days B) Forty days C) Six days D) Seven days
A) Adam B) Yahweh C) Elohim D) An angel
A) Genesis B) Deuteronomy C) Leviticus D) Numbers
A) Monotheism B) Pantheism C) Atheism D) Polytheism
A) Polytheism B) Deism C) Monolatry D) Monotheism
A) Epistle B) Myth C) Biography D) Law code
A) Narrative structure B) Folklore elements C) Veracity D) Societal function
A) Comparative mythology B) Babylonian philosophy C) Mesopotamian theology D) Canaanite literature
A) Monotheistic B) Pantheistic C) Dualistic D) Polytheistic
A) Gilgamesh epic B) Enuma Elish C) Atra-Hasis epic D) Baal Cycle
A) Marduk B) Kingu C) Abzu D) Baal
A) Kingu B) Abzu C) Baal D) Tiamat
A) Cosmology B) Theomachy C) Theogony D) Polytheism
A) Monotheism B) Theogony C) Theomachy D) Pantheism
A) Limited in power B) Dependent on humans C) Amoral D) All-powerful
A) Every living thing B) The cosmic ocean C) Only the heavenly bodies D) The lower waters
A) Eve B) Sarah C) Tiamat D) Asherah
A) The Gilgamesh epic B) The Enuma Elish C) The Baal Cycle D) The Atra-Hasis epic
A) John Day B) Walton C) E. A. Speiser D) Maimonides
A) Roman law B) Babylonian science C) Greek philosophy D) Egyptian mythology
A) A pyramid B) A flat disc C) A cube D) A sphere
A) John B) Psalms C) Genesis D) Exodus
A) An underworld B) A flat disc C) A solid bowl D) A cosmic monster
A) Priestly period B) Babylonian period C) Hellenistic period D) Medieval period
A) A sphere B) A crescent C) A flat disc D) A cylinder |
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