Reli 103 Exam Two Questions and Verified
Answers
Marduk Correct Answer: conquers Tiamat recounted in the story of Enuma Elish; orderer of chaos;
higher Babylonian god
Tiamat Correct Answer: goddess of primeval salt water who is defeated by Marduk in Enuma Elish;
Babylonian
El Correct Answer: canaanite god, head of pantheon, also a title for the god of Israele
Baal Correct Answer: canaanite storm god; shows up in Bible and worship of him is condemned;
competes with YHWH (and loses). In an Ugaritic myth Baal defeats Sea and Death.
Asherah Correct Answer: in ugaritic canaanite myths, wife/counterpart to YHWH
YHWH Correct Answer: Israelite god, who also goes by the names: El, Elohim, and Baal.
Elohim Correct Answer: generic name for a deity, the hebrew word for god or gods, which, although
plural in form, is often used as a title for YHWH and translated into "God."
Monotheism Correct Answer: belief in one god; developed over time, older stories seem to point to a
world with many gods
Omnipotence Correct Answer: allpowerful
Omniscience Correct Answer: allknowing
Incorporeality Correct Answer: not having a material body
Anthropomorphism Correct Answer: having human shape (ex. "walks" "reaches out his hand"); more in
J-source
Anthropopathism Correct Answer: having human emotion (ex. "God was angry")
Creation ex nihilo Correct Answer: creation story from nothing
Order from chaos Correct Answer: creation story from ordering chaos
, Firmament Correct Answer: orders/holds back the chaos
Sabbath Correct Answer: day of rest (anthropopathic), we rest on the 7th day because YHWH did,
law/commandment
Ark of God Correct Answer: protection in war (Exodus story), where the Priest's wanted people to
worship, "the dwelling place of the Lord"
storm god Correct Answer: a lot of the miracles are weather related indicating YHWH may be the storm
god
Moses Correct Answer: lead the exodus; from Egypt; pre-exilic; the leader of the Exodus from Egypt to
whom God gave his laws on Mount Sinai, brother of Aaron and Miriam.
Elijah Correct Answer: Northern prophet; competes with prophet of Baal at Mt Carmel, predicts fall of
Northern Kingdom
Elisha Correct Answer: Northern prophet, pre-exilic, successor Elijah
Hosea Correct Answer: Southern prophet, doom to Judah by Babylonians, could be either pre-exilic or
post and telling an etiological tale.
Isaiah Correct Answer: Southern prophet; oracles of doom to Judah, pre-exilic; advised Ahaz and
Hezekiah.
Jeremiah Correct Answer: exilic character related to the return
Ezekiel Correct Answer: Southern prophet; oracles of redemption, related to the return; prophet among
the exiles in Babylonia
Second Isaiah Correct Answer: post exilic, chapters 40-55 of the book of Isaiah
Oracles against the nations Correct Answer: oracles against foreign nations; a genre used by the prophets
and in apocalyptic literature to describe YHWH's judgement on foreign nations.
Oracles of doom Correct Answer: ensure doom will come (Isaiah)
Oracles of redemption Correct Answer: ensure redemption(Ezekiel)
Efficacious speech Correct Answer: speech effects/creates change, "hear me, but do not understand"
(Isaiah), the prophet said this and is happened
Answers
Marduk Correct Answer: conquers Tiamat recounted in the story of Enuma Elish; orderer of chaos;
higher Babylonian god
Tiamat Correct Answer: goddess of primeval salt water who is defeated by Marduk in Enuma Elish;
Babylonian
El Correct Answer: canaanite god, head of pantheon, also a title for the god of Israele
Baal Correct Answer: canaanite storm god; shows up in Bible and worship of him is condemned;
competes with YHWH (and loses). In an Ugaritic myth Baal defeats Sea and Death.
Asherah Correct Answer: in ugaritic canaanite myths, wife/counterpart to YHWH
YHWH Correct Answer: Israelite god, who also goes by the names: El, Elohim, and Baal.
Elohim Correct Answer: generic name for a deity, the hebrew word for god or gods, which, although
plural in form, is often used as a title for YHWH and translated into "God."
Monotheism Correct Answer: belief in one god; developed over time, older stories seem to point to a
world with many gods
Omnipotence Correct Answer: allpowerful
Omniscience Correct Answer: allknowing
Incorporeality Correct Answer: not having a material body
Anthropomorphism Correct Answer: having human shape (ex. "walks" "reaches out his hand"); more in
J-source
Anthropopathism Correct Answer: having human emotion (ex. "God was angry")
Creation ex nihilo Correct Answer: creation story from nothing
Order from chaos Correct Answer: creation story from ordering chaos
, Firmament Correct Answer: orders/holds back the chaos
Sabbath Correct Answer: day of rest (anthropopathic), we rest on the 7th day because YHWH did,
law/commandment
Ark of God Correct Answer: protection in war (Exodus story), where the Priest's wanted people to
worship, "the dwelling place of the Lord"
storm god Correct Answer: a lot of the miracles are weather related indicating YHWH may be the storm
god
Moses Correct Answer: lead the exodus; from Egypt; pre-exilic; the leader of the Exodus from Egypt to
whom God gave his laws on Mount Sinai, brother of Aaron and Miriam.
Elijah Correct Answer: Northern prophet; competes with prophet of Baal at Mt Carmel, predicts fall of
Northern Kingdom
Elisha Correct Answer: Northern prophet, pre-exilic, successor Elijah
Hosea Correct Answer: Southern prophet, doom to Judah by Babylonians, could be either pre-exilic or
post and telling an etiological tale.
Isaiah Correct Answer: Southern prophet; oracles of doom to Judah, pre-exilic; advised Ahaz and
Hezekiah.
Jeremiah Correct Answer: exilic character related to the return
Ezekiel Correct Answer: Southern prophet; oracles of redemption, related to the return; prophet among
the exiles in Babylonia
Second Isaiah Correct Answer: post exilic, chapters 40-55 of the book of Isaiah
Oracles against the nations Correct Answer: oracles against foreign nations; a genre used by the prophets
and in apocalyptic literature to describe YHWH's judgement on foreign nations.
Oracles of doom Correct Answer: ensure doom will come (Isaiah)
Oracles of redemption Correct Answer: ensure redemption(Ezekiel)
Efficacious speech Correct Answer: speech effects/creates change, "hear me, but do not understand"
(Isaiah), the prophet said this and is happened
