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P245/1
DIVINITY (THE OLD TESTAMENT)
PAPER 1
2022
TIME: 2 ½ HOURS

MATIGO MOCK EXAMINATIONS

UGANDA ADVANCED CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION
P245/1 DIVINITY
2022
TIME: 2 ½ HOURS

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES:

- Attempt four questions in all.

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1. (a) Give an account of the covenant that God made with Abraham.
(b) Explain the importance of Abraham in the Bible.

2. (a) “God’s punishments to the woman, man and the serpent were fully
deserved” Justify this assertion.
(b) Account for God’s punishment to man today.

3. (a) Comment on the view that the Passover occupies a special place in
the history of Israel.
(b) Analyse the significance of the Christian Passover.

4. (a) Discuss the obligations and responsibilities of the Sinai Covenant.

(b) Show how Jesus taught and interpreted the Decalogue in the New
Testament.

5. (a) To what extent was Israel’s betrayal of God on entering the Promised
Land caused by inevitable factors.
(b) How did syncretism later manifest in Israel?

6. (a) “Yahweh’s rejection of Saul the first King of Israel was inevitable”
Explain this view.
(b) Why would God reject political leaders in our contemporary society?

7. (a) Discuss the impact of the temple of Solomon to the people of Israel.
(b) Give the main points of Solomon’s prayer of dedication of the temple.

8. (a) Analyse the reasons for Elijah’s hiding in the cave on Mt. Horeb.
(b) Of what significance was Elijah’s Mission to the people of Israel?

9. (a) Comment on the meaning of Prophet Amos’ confrontation with

Amaziah the Priest.
(b) Analyse the consequences of Amaziah’s intervention in Amos’
prophetic work.

10. (a) Discuss the meaning of Ezekiel’s vision of the valley of Dry bones.
(b) Examine the significance of the resurrection to the Christian
church?

11. (a) Examine the view that the book of Job shows suffering differently
from the way the Jews understood it.
(b) How relevant is Job’s experience of suffering to today’s Christians.

12. (a) Discuss the circumstances that led to the development of Psalms
137.
(b) Explain the lesson that Christians can draw from the Psalm? END
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