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Canon, as related to the Bible refers to a standard of faith and practice. - ANSWER
True
Tests for canonicity of the Old Testament involve the author, the audience, and the
teaching. - ANSWER True
The land of Israel was in the Mesopotamia region of the Ancient Near East. -
ANSWER False, it is near but not in.
The Pentateuch is also at times referred to as the Torah. -ANSWER True
The Enuma Elish is an ancient Near Eastern document of creation. -ANSWER True
According to the textbook and class lectures Genesis 1 and Genesis 2 present
contradictory accounts of creation. -ANSWER False, The first account has
broader detail versus the 2nd account where it zeros in on detail.
These are the generations" (toledot) is an important literary device in the book of
Genesis. - ANSWER True
Exodus' message can be developed from slavery to redemption to revelation to
response. - ANSWER True
It is a custom to walk through pieces when doing a covenant in the ancient Near
East. (Genesis 15) - ANSWER True
, God promised Abraham that his descendants would at once possess the land and
would dwell in it forever. - ANSWER False
The plagues were to teach both the Egyptians and Israelites about the sovereign
character of the God of Israel so that they would know Him. - ANSWER True
The Ten Commandments are the central part of the Law. - ANSWER True
The book of Numbers contains an exhaustive account of the Israelites forty years in
the wilderness. - ANSWER False, it was not an exhaustive account.
The book of Deuteronomy closely parallels the ancient Near Eastern treaty
structure. - ANSWER True, Suzerain Vassal Treaty
According to Genesis 17:5 God changes Abram's name to Abraham, which means,
father of a multitude of nations. - ANSWER True
Genesis 32:28 says God renamed Jacob's name to Israel, which means God will add
or bring the increase. - ANSWER False
Genesis 22 states that God said to Abraham to take his only son and offer him as a
burnt offering. When Abraham saw the place he told the young men with him that
he and his son, Isaac, would go to the mountain to worship and come back together.
- ANSWER True
Class Lecture and Exodus 19:6 God claimed the people of Israel to become a nation
that would function as His agents of revelation and salvation to the rest of the world-
as God called them, a "kingdom of priests." - ANSWER True
Class lecture on Leviticus the people of Israel were given the priests so that the
priests could prophesy and rule on behalf of the people. - ANSWER False