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OTCL 505 Midterm Questions and Correct Answers/
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God chose to reveal himself to whom?
Ans: The Hebrew people
What does knowing Hebrew enable?
Ans: (1) a deeper and more personal understanding of the Old Testament
(2) responsible word and sentence studies
What language was the earliest written communication in?
Ans: Sumerian (Sumer in SE Mesopotamia) in fourth millennium BC
What two languages used cuneiform?
Ans: Sumerian and Aadiankk
(T/F) Pictographic writing was limited in expression and difficult to master?
Ans: True
What replaced pictographic writing?
Ans: Acrophonic
What three people groups included mining in their economies?
Ans: Canaan, Mesopotamia, and Egypt
Who did miners carve hieroglyphic inscriptions to?
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Ans: Hathor, Egyptian goddess of Turquoise
What did Goldwasser argue?
Ans: Few characters were easy to recall and enabled many to read and write
What does the Daghesh Lene do?
Ans: hardens the begadkephat letters
What does the Daghesh Forte do?
Ans: doubles letters
What letters do not receive Daghesh Fortes?
Ans: the gutterals
(T/F) Biblical Hebrew has not developed in the last 3500 years?
Ans: True
Timing of Qumran Literature
Ans: 200 BC to AD 135
Timing of Mishnaic Herbrew
Ans: AD 200-600
Timing of Medieval Hebrew
Ans: AD 500/600 to around AD 1700
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OTCL 505 Midterm Questions and Correct Answers/
Latest Update / Already Graded
God chose to reveal himself to whom?
Ans: The Hebrew people
What does knowing Hebrew enable?
Ans: (1) a deeper and more personal understanding of the Old Testament
(2) responsible word and sentence studies
What language was the earliest written communication in?
Ans: Sumerian (Sumer in SE Mesopotamia) in fourth millennium BC
What two languages used cuneiform?
Ans: Sumerian and Aadiankk
(T/F) Pictographic writing was limited in expression and difficult to master?
Ans: True
What replaced pictographic writing?
Ans: Acrophonic
What three people groups included mining in their economies?
Ans: Canaan, Mesopotamia, and Egypt
Who did miners carve hieroglyphic inscriptions to?
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Ans: Hathor, Egyptian goddess of Turquoise
What did Goldwasser argue?
Ans: Few characters were easy to recall and enabled many to read and write
What does the Daghesh Lene do?
Ans: hardens the begadkephat letters
What does the Daghesh Forte do?
Ans: doubles letters
What letters do not receive Daghesh Fortes?
Ans: the gutterals
(T/F) Biblical Hebrew has not developed in the last 3500 years?
Ans: True
Timing of Qumran Literature
Ans: 200 BC to AD 135
Timing of Mishnaic Herbrew
Ans: AD 200-600
Timing of Medieval Hebrew
Ans: AD 500/600 to around AD 1700
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