UNIT 9

From which Pentateuchal source does the account to the “Call of Moses” in Exodus 3:1-15 come?

(JE) YAHWIST - ELOHIST

The expression “a land flowing with milk and honey” (Exod 3:8) describes…

CANAAN

This tribe was the original inhabitants of Jerusalem which King David captured and made into the capital of his kingdom:

JEBUSITES

Moses said to God “If I come to the people of Israel and say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they ask me,
‘What is his name?’ what shall I say to them?” God said to Moses, ’ehyeh ăšer ’ehyeh. Which of the following interpretations
of ’ehyeh ăšer ’ehyeh is favored by J. P. Hyatt because it stresses the active manifestation and positive presence of God with his
people.

‘I WILL BE WHAT I WILL BE’ – GOD WILL DISCLOSE HIS NAME AND NATURE TO MOSES AND ISRAEL AS HE IS ACTIVE IN THEIR
LIFE AND HISTORY.
 Which of the Pentateuchal sources was responsible for the account of the Feasts of Passover and the Unleavened Bread in Exodus
12:1-20?

PRIESTLY

The account the Passover (Exod 12) is classified form critically by scholars as a…

CULT LEGEND

The account in Exod 12 does not mention the name of the month when Passover is celebrated, but other passages have fixed its
celebration on the 14th day of...

NISAN-ABIB
 

According to Exod 12:3 the animal to be slaughtered for the Passover meal must be a “flock-animal” (seh). As an alternative to lamb,
what can be slaughtered?

KID GOAT
 Why do the Israelites eat unleavened bread in the Passover meal? What does the unleavened bread signify?

THE ISRAELITES WERE IN HASTE TO LEAVE EGYPT; THEY HAD NO TIME TO MAKE THE DOUGH RISE BEFORE BAKING AND SO
THE BREAD WAS UNLEAVENED.
 

Why do the Israelites eat bitter herbs in the Passover meal? What do the bitter herbs signify?

THE BITTER HERBS REMINDED THE ISRAELITES OF THE SUFFERING THEY ENDURED IN SLAVERY IN EGYPT.

UNIT 10

Sinai is the mountain where YHWH encountered Israel and revealed his law. According to the documentary source
hypothesis, Sinai is the name used in the Yahwist and Priestly sources for the ‘mountain of YHWH’ (Num 10:33), whereas in the
Elohist and Deuteronomic sources the name used is...

HOREB

The Christian tradition which identifies Sinai with Jebel Musa (where the Orthodox Monastery of St. Catherine is located) goes back
only to the …

4TH CENTURY AD
 Most of the writings dealing with the Israel’s sojourn in the wilderness of Sinai—the so-called “Sinai traditions”—come from this
source:

PRIESTLY

The Decalogue in Exod 20 should be seen in the context of the covenant between Yhwh and the Israelites (Exod 19:5ff). The
commandments may be regarded as its…

STIPULATIONS OR OBLIGATIONS

Listed below are the possible meanings, except one, of the preposition ‘al pānāy in Exod 20:3 “You shall have no other gods ‘al
pānāy me.” Which one is the exception?

ON

A type of conviction which asserts that each nation or people may have its own god in which it believes and which it worships alone,
but the existence of many deities is not denied.

HENOTHEISM
Exodus 20:4 You shall not make yourself an idol (peśel) – Although in the application of this commandment peśel pertains to any
kind of image, the Hebrew word means strictly or precisely:

SCULPTED IMAGE

Exodus 20:7 You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain – This prohibition is directed primarily against…

MISUSE OF YHWH’S NAME

Exodus 20:8-11 Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy... – According to J. P. Hyatt, it is likely that the motive for this
commandment is…

TO IMITATE GOD’S REST ON THE SABBATH (GEN 2:2-3)

According to some scholars, the difference originally between the eighth (thou shall not steal…) and tenth commandments (thou
shall not covet…) is in the object stolen: the tenth forbade the stealing of properties, while the eighth forbade the stealing of …

A FREE ISRAELITE MAN

 UNIT 11

The Hebrew title of the Book of Leviticus is…

WAYYIQRA

Leviticus may be regarded as a guide book or manual (vademecum) for …

ALL THE ISRAELITES

The whole book of Leviticus is ascribed to this source:

PRIESTLY

According to the Y. Kaufmann and some Israeli scholars, the date of composition of the Book of Leviticus is:

PRE-EXILIC PERIOD, ALTHOUGH NOT AS EARLY AS THE PERIOD OF MOSES

The book of Leviticus describes various types of sacrifices. Which sacrifice requires the burning of the whole offering?

BURNT OFFERING (OLAH)

In this kind of sacrifice the animal to be offered depended on the social status of the person offering it: e.g., a bull for the anointed
priest, a goat for the ruler, etc.

SIN OFFERING (HATTA’T)

This type of sacrifice is offered for offenses which cause damage, and hence, requires reparation or compensation.

GUILT OFFERING (ASAM)

According to the criteria set by Leviticus, which of the following is unclean and may not be eaten? 

LOBSTER

Which of the following does not cause defilement (ritual impurity) to a person:

FEVER

A woman who gives birth to a female child is unclean for how many weeks?

TWO WEEKS
 UNIT 12

Placed among the moral laws in Leviticus 19 are a variety of rules dealing with specific ways of ordering life in the Israelite
community. The way one relates to the earth and to one’s own land promotes a holy character. For example: a law in Leviticus 19
requires that a fruit of a newly planted tree must not be eaten before its…  

FIFTH YEAR

Cleanness was noncontagious. The potency of uncleanness, however, varied. A mild uncleanness, particularly one that lasted a day,
was noncommunicable, but stronger cases of uncleanness, those lasting a week or indefinitely, were communicable. Which of the
following is an example of mild uncleanness that is purified at evening after laundering and bathing? 

CONTACT WITH SEMEN

Which of the following is an example of stronger case of uncleanness that lasts indefinitely and is communicable?  

A PERSON WITH LEPROSY

Which of the following is an example of stronger case of uncleanness that lasts for fourteen days? 

GIVING BIRTH TO A FEMALE CHILD

 Many proposals have attempted to account for the various laws of ritual purity. What is Milgrom's explanation for these laws? 

THE NEXUS OF LIFE/DEATH PROVIDES THE UNDERLYING PRINCIPLE FOR THESE RULES: I.E., ABHORRENCE OF DEATH (THE
OPPOSITE OF HOLINESS) AND REVERENCE FOR LIFE.

On the Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur), sacrifices of atonement and purification are offered for the following, except… 

ALL THE LAND

When the high priest enters the ‘sanctuary behind the curtain’ he must wear a special dress consisting of the following, except…    

PRAYER SHAWL (TALLIT)

On the Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur) what animal does the high priest (‘Aaron’) offer as a sin offering for the people?  

A GOAT

On the Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur) what animal does the high priest (‘Aaron’) offer as a sin offering for himself and his family? 

A YOUNG BULL

On the Day of Atonement, a live goat bearing the iniquities of the people is sent to… 

AZAZEL