Chapter 12: The Emergence of Israel in the Land of Canaan

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Type: essay/short answer question

Title: Chapter 12 Question 01

1. What does the term “judge” mean in the book of Judges? How are the judges of Israel portrayed in the book of Judges? How do the Deuteronomistic Historians frame the stories of the exploits of Israel’s judges?

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Title: Chapter 12 Question 02

2. Discuss the final three chapters of the book of Judges and their position on the issue of kingship in Israel. How is the tribal confederacy portrayed? What role do the Deuteronomistic historians play in shaping the narrative to promote a particular position?

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Title: Chapter 12 Question 03

3. How are both named and unnamed women depicted in Judges? How do they shape the narrative overall?

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Title: Chapter 12 Question 04

4. The Deuteronomistic writers stress the importance of a unified people living under one God and the laws of Moses. How are these directives observed in the book of Judges? Give specific examples.

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Title: Chapter 12 Question 01

1. The judges were probably local heroes who emerged in times of crisis.

a. True

b. False

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Title: Chapter 12 Question 02

2. The hometown of the Levite’s secondary wife is Beth-shemesh.

a. True

b. False

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Title: Chapter 12 Question 03

3. The Song of Deborah is one of the oldest texts in the Bible.

a. True

b. False

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Title: Chapter 12 Question 04

4. No two judges are from the same tribe.

a. True

b. False

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Title: Chapter 12 Question 05

5. According to the genealogy at the end of the book of Ruth, King Saul had a Moabite ancestor.

a. True

b. False

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Title: Chapter 12 Question 06

6. The Philistines were a part of the Sea Peoples.

a. True

b. False

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Title: Chapter 12 Question 07

7. Delilah was probably an Amorite.

a. True

b. False

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Title: Chapter 12 Question 08

8. All judges are given equal approval and treatment in the narrative.

a. True

b. False

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Title: Chapter 12 Question 09

9. The Deuteronomistic History contains a strong antimonarchic strand.

a. True

b. False

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Title: Chapter 12 Question 10

10. Jerusalem is an Israelite city during the period of the Judges.

a. True

b. False

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 12 Question 01

1. The Ammonites and Moabites were descendants of:

a. Moses

b. Lot

c. Joshua

d. Jacob

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 12 Question 02

2. All are Philistine cities except:

a. Ashkelon

b. Ashdod

c. Beth-shemesh

d. Gaza

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 12 Question 03

3. Jair is from:

a. Issachar

b. Manasseh

c. Gilead

d. Judah

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 12 Question 04

4. All play a role in the dissolution of the tribal confederacy except:

a. military threats from foreigners

b. the tribe of Benjamin

c. the residents of Gibeah

d. the Levite from Ephraim

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 12 Question 05

5. The Philistines forced the tribe of ___________ to move north.

a. Dan

b. Judah

c. Benjamin

d. Ephraim

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 12 Question 06

6. All of the following are features of Philistine culture and society except:

a. circumcision

b. centralized political organization

c. consumption of pig

d. material culture distinct from that of Israelites

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 12 Question 07

7. In the ancient Semitic world, the title “judge” is applied to all of the following, except:

a. administrators

b. kings

c. soothsayers

d. deities

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 12 Question 08

8. Eglon was assassinated by:

a. Ehud

b. Deborah

c. Abimelech

d. Gideon

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 12 Question 09

9. The biblical judges were primarily:

a. military leaders

b. prophets

c. heads of law courts

d. lawgivers

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 12 Question 10

10. Jerubbaal is better known as:

a. Ehud

b. Deborah

c. Othniel

d. Gideon

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 12 Question 11

11. At the end of Samson’s life, he destroyed the temple of:

a. Baal

b. Chemosh

c. Dagon

d. Heracles

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 12 Question 12

12. Jael kills:

a. Eglon

b. Sisera

c. Jephthah’s daughter

d. Ehud

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Title: Chapter 12 Question 13

13. All of the following are true of Gideon, except:

a. belongs to an insignificant clan

b. eagerly accepts title of king

c. youngest in family

d. destroys father’s shrine to Baal

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 12 Question 14

14. The Philistines probably migrated from:

a. Egypt

b. Arabia

c. Babylon

d. the Aegean

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Title: Chapter 12 Question 15

15. All are sources of the book of Judges except:

a. early poetry

b. folk legends

c. farewell addresses

d. etiologies

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Title: Chapter 12 Question 16

16. Who has a brief and ill-fated kingship?

a. Abimelech

b. Ehud

c. Samson

d. Jephthah

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Title: Chapter 12 Question 17

17. How many judges are named in the book of Judges?

a. seven

b. ten

c. twelve

d. fifteen

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Title: Chapter 12 Question 18

18. Jewish tradition identifies the author of Judges as:

a. Samuel

b. Joshua

c. Moses

d. Ruth

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Title: Chapter 12 Question 19

19. All are northern tribes except:

a. Dan

b. Naphtali

c. Zebulun

d. Simeon

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 12 Question 20

20. All are similarities between Israelites and Moabites except:

a. closely related languages

b. use of the “ban”

c. tribal organization

d. attribution of national successes and failures to the favor or displeasure of their national god

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Title: Chapter 12 Question 01

1. According to the book of Judges, there exists an otherwise unattested ritual in which the daughters of Israel lament _______________ for four days.

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Title: Chapter 12 Question 02

2. The rape of the Levite’s secondary wife occurs in the city of ______________.

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Title: Chapter 12 Question 03

3. The source of Samson’s power was ______________.

a. his hair

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Title: Chapter 12 Question 04

4. Jephthah defeated the _______________.

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Title: Chapter 12 Question 05

5. _____________’s mother receives an announcement from a divine messenger that she will conceive a son who will deliver Israel.

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Title: Chapter 12 Question 06

6. Jael belongs to the _______________ clan.

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Title: Chapter 12 Question 07

7. Tola, Jair, Ibzan, Elon, and Abdon are all _________________.

a. minor judges

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Title: Chapter 12 Question 08

8. The sociologist who dubbed the judges “charismatic leaders” was _____________.

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Title: Chapter 12 Question 09

9. Ehud defeated the _______________.

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Title: Chapter 12 Question 10

10. ______________ is a named, female judge.