Quiz 3 Material

What is the name of the character in the Gilgamesh story who is transformed from an animal-like creature into a fully human person?

In the Garden of Eden story, when the woman tells the snake that she and the man are not allowed to eat from the “tree in the middle of the garden,” which of the following does the snake NOT say in reply?

If one accepts that there are two different creation stories at the beginning of Genesis, which of the following occurs only in the first creation story?

According to Nyasha Junior, scholars have mostly failed to notice what about the Black writers and thinkers who talked about the "mark of Cain" being white skin rather than dark skin?

As the story is told in the Bible, who becomes the first king of the northern kingdom of Israel?

Two royal sanctuaries (or shrines/temples) were set up in the northern kingdom at the cities of Dan and Bethel. Statues of what were put in those sanctuaries for the people to worship?

According to class discussion, under what category would it generally be best to put the function of a “prophet”?

According to Carr, what type of theology do the early speeches in the book of Micah seem to attack?

In part of the reading, the Assyrians come to attack Judah and its capital city of Jerusalem. Who is the king of Judah at this time?

In Isaiah's vision in which the skirts of Yahweh's robe fill up the temple, how many wings are on the creatures who are attending to the deity?

The symbolic names of the three boys in Isaiah 7 and 8 are meant to accompany what kind of message to the king and people of Judah?

In the book of Hosea, what seems to be the main point of the symbolic names Lo-ruhamah ("Not pitied") and Lo-ammi ("Not my people")?

According to Carr, which of the following is one of the ways in which the books/messages of Amos and Hosea differ?

In Amos, there is a speech that refers to several cities and nations, including Israel. Most of these cities and nations are rebuked for acts of violence (e.g., killing, mutilating, burning). What is Israel rebuked for?

According to class discussion, someone who watches the flight of birds in order to determine the future can be called what?

In one of Isaiah's speeches, he says that one day people will beat their swords and their spears into what?

In Genesis 38, why is Judah afraid to give his third son as a husband to the woman named Tamar?

When Joseph was in prison, he interpreted a dream for a man there who used to be the “chief cupbearer” for the Egyptian king (or pharaoh). Soon after this, the cupbearer is released from prison and restored to his position. What does he then forget to do?

According to Carr, scholars in the past have said that chapters 1-11 from Genesis come from which two sources?

According to Novick, which of the following is the "dynamic" that is present in the biblical Eden story but that is not present in the Mesopotamian story called the Epic of Gilgamesh?

What was the name of the king in Judah when the tribes in the north revolted, broke away, and formed their own nation, which we call Israel? This happened after the death of Solomon (and so the answer is not Solomon).

What is the name of the man who, according to biblical texts, brought an end to the Omride dynasty and became king of Israel (the northern kingdom)?

What is the name of the last king of Israel (the northern kingdom)?

What is the name of the city where archaeologists found around 20,000 tablets from the Old Babylonian period? Some of these tablets contain prophetic messages that some scholars compare to the prophetic messages in the Hebrew Bible.

According to Novick, which biblical story is one of the best at showing the belief on the part of some biblical authors that there is a dual causality behind the events that take place in the human sphere?