Reli 103 Exam 1 Questions and Verified Answers
Documentary Hypothesis Correct Answer: explains the repetitions and inconsistencies in the first 5
books of the Bible as a result of originally independent sources or documents having been combined over
several centuries; is shown by the use of different names of YHWH
J Source (Southern Epic, YHWH), E Source (Northern Epic, El) Correct Answer: part of the documentary
hypothesis which indicates that the bible was written by several different authors
Deuteronomistic History Correct Answer: books of (Deuteronomy?--what Alejandro believes, everything
else came from the glossary in the Coogan book) Joshua, Judges, 1 and 2 Samuel, and 1 and 2 Kings
which form a narrative history of Israel in the Promised Land
Abraham Correct Answer: a patriarch of Israel; father of Ishmael (by Hagar) and Isaac (by Sarah);
covenant with YHWH promising Abraham many descendants and the land of Canaan and required that
he and all his male offspring be circumcised
Isaac Correct Answer: Son of Abraham and Sarah, married to Rebekah and is the father of Esau and
Jacob. Accidently blessed Jacob instead of his eldest son Esau; this happened because YHWH told
Rebekah that Jacob was "the chosen one"
Jacob Correct Answer: The chosen one by YHWH, son of Isaac and Rebekah
12 tribes/sons of Jacob Correct Answer: Each son of Jacob was given his own part of the land of Israel and
that became the 12 tribes, in Genesis Jacob tells all of his sons that their tribe will fail and the only one
that would survive would be Judah. This story was told etiologically, the author knew that Judah would
be the only tribe that survives.
Israel Correct Answer: Name given to the patriarch Jacob; Jacob's sons became the ancestors of the 12
tribes of Israel; also the people and geopolitical entity formed by the 12 tribes; used as the name of the
northern kingdom of Israel as opposed to the southern kingdom of Judah
Pharaoh Correct Answer: king of Egypt
Moses Correct Answer: leader of the Exodus from Egypt to whom God gave his laws on Mount Sinai
Deborah Correct Answer: very important lady judge, thought to have a direct line of communication
with God. The people felt that if Deborah was with them then YHWH was with them.
Saul Correct Answer: first king of Israel; succeeded by David
, David Correct Answer: succeeded Saul as king of Israel; succeeded by his son Solomon
Solomon Correct Answer: KIng of Israel, builds the temple to unify the nation, the covenant lives in the
temple and people travel to Jerusalem to worship, he was the last king to rule over the unified nation
(after him comes the North & the South)
Ahab Correct Answer: son of Omri
Sennacherib Correct Answer: king of Assyria and under his rules the Assyrians laid siege to Jerusalem.
Hezekiah Correct Answer: King of Judah who was advised by the prophet Isaiah, under his rule
Sennacherib attacked Jerusalem.
Manasseh Correct Answer: king of Judah, known as a bad king, longest running king
Nebuchadnezzar Correct Answer: King of Babylon who captured Jerusalem in 586 and exiled many of
those living there to Babylon
Cyrus Correct Answer: King of Persia who captured Babylon and released to Jewish exiles; the new
anointed one; appointed by YHWH to commission the rebuilding of the temple
Ezra Correct Answer: appointed by Cyrus to rebuild the temple; story explained etiologically why
intermarriage was part of the culture
Nehemiah Correct Answer: governor of Judah appointed by the Assyrians; rebuilt the walls of Jerusalem
and led religious reforms
Alexander the Great Correct Answer: King of Greece who defeated Cyrus and the Persians
Israelites Correct Answer: descendants of Jacob
Moabites Correct Answer: Israel's neighbors considered the "sons of Moab" who was the son of Lot by
one of his daughters
Ammonites Correct Answer: Israel's neighbors considered the "sons of Ammon" who was the son of Lot
by one of his daughters
Philistines Correct Answer: one group of the sea peoples, failed to conquer the Egyptians and then settled
on the coast of the Mediterranean where they worked with Israel for control of Canaan.
Assyrians Correct Answer: captured the northern kingdom of Israel
Documentary Hypothesis Correct Answer: explains the repetitions and inconsistencies in the first 5
books of the Bible as a result of originally independent sources or documents having been combined over
several centuries; is shown by the use of different names of YHWH
J Source (Southern Epic, YHWH), E Source (Northern Epic, El) Correct Answer: part of the documentary
hypothesis which indicates that the bible was written by several different authors
Deuteronomistic History Correct Answer: books of (Deuteronomy?--what Alejandro believes, everything
else came from the glossary in the Coogan book) Joshua, Judges, 1 and 2 Samuel, and 1 and 2 Kings
which form a narrative history of Israel in the Promised Land
Abraham Correct Answer: a patriarch of Israel; father of Ishmael (by Hagar) and Isaac (by Sarah);
covenant with YHWH promising Abraham many descendants and the land of Canaan and required that
he and all his male offspring be circumcised
Isaac Correct Answer: Son of Abraham and Sarah, married to Rebekah and is the father of Esau and
Jacob. Accidently blessed Jacob instead of his eldest son Esau; this happened because YHWH told
Rebekah that Jacob was "the chosen one"
Jacob Correct Answer: The chosen one by YHWH, son of Isaac and Rebekah
12 tribes/sons of Jacob Correct Answer: Each son of Jacob was given his own part of the land of Israel and
that became the 12 tribes, in Genesis Jacob tells all of his sons that their tribe will fail and the only one
that would survive would be Judah. This story was told etiologically, the author knew that Judah would
be the only tribe that survives.
Israel Correct Answer: Name given to the patriarch Jacob; Jacob's sons became the ancestors of the 12
tribes of Israel; also the people and geopolitical entity formed by the 12 tribes; used as the name of the
northern kingdom of Israel as opposed to the southern kingdom of Judah
Pharaoh Correct Answer: king of Egypt
Moses Correct Answer: leader of the Exodus from Egypt to whom God gave his laws on Mount Sinai
Deborah Correct Answer: very important lady judge, thought to have a direct line of communication
with God. The people felt that if Deborah was with them then YHWH was with them.
Saul Correct Answer: first king of Israel; succeeded by David
, David Correct Answer: succeeded Saul as king of Israel; succeeded by his son Solomon
Solomon Correct Answer: KIng of Israel, builds the temple to unify the nation, the covenant lives in the
temple and people travel to Jerusalem to worship, he was the last king to rule over the unified nation
(after him comes the North & the South)
Ahab Correct Answer: son of Omri
Sennacherib Correct Answer: king of Assyria and under his rules the Assyrians laid siege to Jerusalem.
Hezekiah Correct Answer: King of Judah who was advised by the prophet Isaiah, under his rule
Sennacherib attacked Jerusalem.
Manasseh Correct Answer: king of Judah, known as a bad king, longest running king
Nebuchadnezzar Correct Answer: King of Babylon who captured Jerusalem in 586 and exiled many of
those living there to Babylon
Cyrus Correct Answer: King of Persia who captured Babylon and released to Jewish exiles; the new
anointed one; appointed by YHWH to commission the rebuilding of the temple
Ezra Correct Answer: appointed by Cyrus to rebuild the temple; story explained etiologically why
intermarriage was part of the culture
Nehemiah Correct Answer: governor of Judah appointed by the Assyrians; rebuilt the walls of Jerusalem
and led religious reforms
Alexander the Great Correct Answer: King of Greece who defeated Cyrus and the Persians
Israelites Correct Answer: descendants of Jacob
Moabites Correct Answer: Israel's neighbors considered the "sons of Moab" who was the son of Lot by
one of his daughters
Ammonites Correct Answer: Israel's neighbors considered the "sons of Ammon" who was the son of Lot
by one of his daughters
Philistines Correct Answer: one group of the sea peoples, failed to conquer the Egyptians and then settled
on the coast of the Mediterranean where they worked with Israel for control of Canaan.
Assyrians Correct Answer: captured the northern kingdom of Israel
