Complete Test Bank — A Brief Introduction to the Old Testament, 4th Edition — Michael D. Coogan, 2019 — ISBN 9780190903756 — Chapters 1–25 Covered (Latest Update)

A Brief Introduction to the Old

Testament 4th Edition
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TEST BANK
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Michael Coogan
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Cynthia Chapman
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, Test Bank for A Brief Introduction to the
Old Testament 4e Michael Coogan, Cynthia
Chapman
Chapter 1: What Is the Bible?

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Type: essay/short answer question
Title: Chapter 01 Question 01
1. In Jewish tradition, what are the three major divisions of the Hebrew Bible? What are the
characteristics of the books found in each of these divisions? Describe the processes that led to the
canonization of each of these components.
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Type: essay/short answer question
Title: Chapter 01 Question 02
2. Compare the Jewish and Christian canons of the Old Testament. How do they differ? What are the
reasons for the differences in the order and content of these collections?

Type: essay/short answer question
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Title: Chapter 01 Question 03
3. What is involved in the process of textual criticism and what is the goal of the textual critic? What
role has it played in scholars’ efforts to translate the Bible?
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Type: essay/short answer question
Title: Chapter 01 Question 04
4. To what does the term “the Bible” refer? What problems arise in trying to define “the Bible”?


Type: true-false
Title: Chapter 01 Question 01
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1. All the books in the Hebrew Bible were accepted as canonical at the same time.
a) True
*b) False

Type: true-false
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Title: Chapter 01 Question 02
2. The Hebrew Bible includes all of the writings that the Israelites produced.
a) True
*b) False

Type: true-false
Title: Chapter 01 Question 03
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3. Genesis, the first book of the Bible, was also the first book of the Bible to be written.
a) True
*b) False

Type: true-false
Title: Chapter 01 Question 04
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4. The Septuagint is a Greek translation of the Bible produced by an unknown individual.
*a) True
b) False

Type: true-false
Title: Chapter 01 Question 05
5. The Latter Prophets are the books named after individual prophets.
*a) True
b) False


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, Type: true-false
Title: Chapter 01 Question 06
6. Both the Jewish and Christian canons put the books of the Hebrew Bible in the same order.
a) True
*b) False

Type: true-false
Title: Chapter 01 Question 07
7. The books of the Apocrypha are not included as a part of the Jewish canon because they were
hidden from early Jewish communities.
*a) True
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b) False

Type: true-false
Title: Chapter 01 Question 08
8. The books of the Hebrew Bible were separated into chapters and verses in ancient times.
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a) True
*b) False

Type: true-false
Title: Chapter 01 Question 09
9. The Torah was probably the first division of the Bible to gain canonical status.
*a) True
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b) False

Type: true-false
Title: Chapter 01 Question 10
10. The Dead Sea Scrolls provide evidence for a fixed canon already in the first century CE.
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*a) True
b) False

Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 01 Question 01
1. In Jewish tradition, all are parts of the Bible except:
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a. Torah
*b. Apocrypha
c. Writings
d. Prophets

Type: multiple choice question
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Title: Chapter 01 Question 02
2. Which book is not a part of the Torah?
a. Exodus
b. Deuteronomy
*c. Joshua
d. Numbers
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Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 01 Question 03
3. The thirty-nine books that make up the Jewish Tanakh and that are also included in all Christian
versions of the Old Testament are known as:
*a. the Hebrew Bible
b. the Pseudepigrapha
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c. the Writings
d. Chronicles

Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 01 Question 04
4. During the _______________, the Bible was first divided into chapters.
*a. Middle Ages




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, b. Reformation
c. Roman period
d. Hellenistic period

Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 01 Question 05
5. The Former Prophets begin with the divine appointment of ______________ as
leader of Israel.
a. Moses
b. Saul
c. David
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*d. Joshua

Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 01 Question 06
6. In the Tanakh the book of ____________ is found in the Writings, but in the
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Christian canon it follows the book of Judges.
*a. Ruth
b. Job
c. Psalms
d. Proverbs

Type: multiple choice question
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Title: Chapter 01 Question 07
7. In the Christian canon the book of ______________ was moved from the
Writings to the Latter Prophets.
a. Job
b. Isaiah
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c. Esther
*d. Daniel

Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 01 Question 08
8. After the Protestant Reformation in the ________ century, the Apocrypha was
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excluded from Protestant Bibles.
*a. 16th
b. 5th
c. 14th
d. 8th
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Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 01 Question 09
9. The word torah means:
a. book
*b. law
c. history
d. prophet
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Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 01 Question 10
10. The distinction between the Minor Prophets differ from the Major Prophets is primarily based on
___________.
a. date
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b. theological value
*c. length
d. theme

Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 01 Question 11
11. For a book to be canonical in Jewish tradition, it must be written in:




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