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