A) Leviticus B) Numbers C) Genesis D) Exodus
A) Genesis 48:8–22 B) Genesis 50:1–10 C) Genesis 49:1–27 D) Genesis 35:1–15
A) Ten B) Eleven C) Twelve D) Fourteen
A) Joseph B) Moses C) Judah D) Jacob
A) When he arrives in Egypt B) When he leaves Laban C) When he meets Esau D) When he is about to die
A) Classical Hebrew period B) Modern Hebrew period C) Archaic Hebrew period D) Late Biblical Hebrew period
A) The Blessing of Aaron B) The Blessing of Isaac C) The Blessing of Balaam D) The Blessing of Moses
A) Gad B) Reuben C) Dan D) Judah
A) Dan B) Gad C) Ephraim D) Judah
A) Dan B) Levi C) Gad D) Judah
A) Castigate them B) Ignore them completely C) Banish them from the land D) Praise all of them equally
A) Reuben, Simeon, and Levi B) Dan, Gad, and Asher C) Issachar, Zebulun, and Naphtali D) Judah, Joseph, and Benjamin
A) Reuben's betrayal of Joseph to the merchants B) Reuben's refusal to fight in the northern battles C) Reuben's failure to conquer his assigned land D) Reuben's incest with Bilhah, his father's concubine
A) East of the Jordan river B) Along the Mediterranean coast C) In the far northern region D) Completely within that of Judah
A) Their corresponding wickedness B) Their refusal to participate in tribal wars C) Their lack of population growth D) Their peaceful surrender of land
A) Reuben, Simeon, and Levi B) Judah and the Joseph tribes C) Issachar, Zebulun, and Naphtali D) Dan, Gad, and Asher
A) Simeon B) Reuben C) Ephraim D) Judah
A) Weak, and thus as defensive B) Isolated, and thus as seafaring C) Mighty, and thus as conquering D) Peaceful, and thus as farming
A) Priestly bias of Jerusalem B) Southern (i.e. Judah) bias of the Jahwist C) Northern bias of the Elohist D) Deuteronomistic bias of the monarchy
A) Verses 1, 2, 3, and 4 B) Verses 12, 13, 14, and 15 C) Verses 10, 25, 26, and probably verse 18 D) Verses 20, 21, 22, and 23
A) Holzinger B) August Dillmann C) Kuenen D) Ernest Renan
A) The uniform linguistic style across all verses B) A strict chronological ordering of historical kings C) A great variety of forms, ranging from smooth and clear language to obscure language D) The complete absence of poetic parallelism
A) Zebulun, Gad, Asher, and Naphtali B) Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, and Issachar C) Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah D) Ephraim, Manasseh, Dan, and Gad
A) Gideon B) Deborah C) Joshua D) Samson
A) Seeking peace treaties with surrounding nations B) Engaging in open chariot warfare on the plains C) Making an insidious rear attack instead of offering a bold challenge D) Relying entirely on naval blockades
A) The united monarchy of Solomon B) The kingdom of Judah C) The period of the Judges D) The Babylonian exile
A) A rising power B) A declining empire C) A peaceful shepherd D) A defeated nation
A) A defensive war in which Joseph was successful B) A civil war between northern and southern tribes C) A nomadic migration into the eastern desert D) An aggressive campaign to conquer Egypt
A) August Dillmann B) Ball C) Ernest Renan D) Zimmern
A) The text explicitly mentions the Philistines instead B) The Arabs did not use archers during the biblical period C) Arab conflicts were confined to Manasseh east of the Jordan, whereas 'Joseph' designates those dwelling west of the Jordan D) The tribe of Joseph never engaged in any military conflicts
A) The Arameans of Damascus B) The Philistines of the coast C) The Assyrian empire D) The Moabites of the plateau
A) Jeroboam II B) Solomon C) Hezekiah D) David
A) The seventh century B) The ninth century C) The eleventh century D) The sixth century
A) In the fifth century during the return from Babylonian exile B) Probably in the second half of the ninth century, before Jeroboam's conquests, in the Southern Kingdom C) In the tenth century during the height of the united monarchy D) In the eighth century after the fall of Samaria
A) The strict geographical order of all twelve tribes from north to south B) The direct literary connection to the Babylonian zodiac C) The complete absence of any reference to Joseph D) Both the esteem felt for Judah and the silence concerning the Benjamite kingdom and possibly the Northern Kingdom
A) There are no geographical references whatsoever in the poem B) All the tribes mentioned were located exclusively east of the Jordan river C) The text lists the tribes in alphabetical order rather than geographical order D) The very first tribe mentioned is the most northerly, and the sequence is broken by Gad
A) Zimmern B) Ernest Renan C) Kuenen D) August Dillmann
A) Holzinger B) Ball C) Wilhelm Gesenius D) J. P. N. Land
A) It is the only source of information for certain tribes in ancient times and an aid in rendering sources like Genesis 34 more intelligible B) It gives a complete genealogical tree of all Hebrew patriarchs C) It provides an exact calendar of the ancient Israelite agricultural year D) It outlines the precise legal codes of the united monarchy |