Making things
Who does Marduk kill in order to fashion the cosmos?
Tiamat
Abraham had two sons. Who are they?
Isaac and Ishmael
What is the technical term for the four-letter divine name revealed to Moses at the burning bush?
Tetragrammaton
What does the MT stand for?
Masoretic Text
There are two copies of the ten commandments. In what books can they be found?
Exodus and Deuteronomy
What work is done on the seventh day?
Making the day holy.
Who was David’s father?
Jesse
What does Eve's name mean?
One who brings forth life, life-giver
Over time, what happened to the Masoretic Text of Jeremiah?
It continued to grow/expand/got longer/etc.
In Hebrew, the book of Chronicles is called what? (English)
"Words of the Days"
What is made with the ‘blood of Igigi’?
Humanity
Who is considered to be God’s son in ancient Israelite history?
The King
What Persian ruler allowed the Israelites to leave Babylon and return to their ancestral lands?
Cyrus of Persia
The doc.hypoth claims that Judah in the south and Israel in the north both had accounts of origins and the patriarches. Which source is affiliated with the Northern tribe of Israel?
E(lohist)
What king is dramatically recast in the narrative of the kings in Chronicles?
Manasseh
The name Jehovah uses the consonants of the divine name and the vowels from what word?
Adonai/Lord
How old was Abraham when he was circumcised in Genesis 17?
99
Which king finds a copy of the law buried in the temple?
Josiah
Genesis 2-3 is attributed to what source?
J(awhist)
Name two doublets in the book of Genesis?
Creation, Sarai/Abraham before ruler, Covenant with Abraham, casting out Hagar,
The term for covenant, berit, literally means to ‘what’.
'to cut'
Who inherited the throne after King David
Solomon
In Exodus 6, YHWH says that he revealed himself to the Patriarchs not as YHWH but as what other name
El-shaddai
What is the final book in the Hebrew order of the biblical canon?
Chronicles
What Genesis story is rewritten in a text called 1Q20 the Genesis Apocryphon, which was found at the Dead Sea?
Abram and Sarai's encounter with Pharaoh.