Chapter 8 Test Bank Answers Law, Ritual, And Holiness

Chapter 8: Law, Ritual, and Holiness

Test Bank

Type: essay/short answer question

Title: Chapter 08 Question 01

1. How do the biblical collections of law compare to law collections known from other ancient Near Eastern peoples?

Type: essay/short answer question

Title: Chapter 08 Question 02

2. Discuss the levels of meaning present in the golden calf account. How might the text have developed, and what are its purposes?

Type: essay/short answer question

Title: Chapter 08 Question 03

3. Explain the term “holiness.” Why is it important to the book of Leviticus and the religious and social organization of ancient Israel?

Type: essay/short answer question

Title: Chapter 08 Question 04

4. What are the significant differences between the Decalogue as it is presented in Exodus 20 and the Ritual Decalogue in Exodus 34? In what ways does the Ritual Decalogue have a different focus?

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 08 Question 01

1. The Code of Hammurapi is the only ancient Near Eastern law code in existence.

a. True

b. False

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 08 Question 02

2. The Ritual Decalogue is concerned mainly with community relations.

a. True

b. False

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 08 Question 03

3. The descriptions of rituals and ritual objects in Exodus 25–31 are realistically mundane.

a. True

b. False

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 08 Question 04

4. The Covenant Code reflects an egalitarian society free of slavery.

a. True

b. False

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 08 Question 05

5. Yom Kippur is the most solemn day in the Jewish calendar.

a. True

b. False

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 08 Question 06

6. The treatment of lesser classes is never discussed in the Covenant Code.

a. True

b. False

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 08 Question 07

7. The “ark of the covenant” and the “ark of the testimony” are the same thing.

a. True

b. False

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 08 Question 08

8. The tabernacle was the first permanent sanctuary built for Yahweh.

a. True

b. False

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 08 Question 09

9. Leviticus states that resident aliens were full members of the community for the purposes of ritual.

a. True

b. False

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 08 Question 10

10. Sacred holidays in ancient Israel are more holy than the sabbath.

a. True

b. False

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 08 Question 01

1. The type of law that is characterized by absolute or general commands and

prohibitions is:

a. Decalogue

b. casuistic

c. apodictic

d. Code of Hammurapi

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 08 Question 02

2. The ephod is:

a. the tabernacle

b. a type of law

c. a priest

d. an apron

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 08 Question 03

3. The cherubim consisted of two gold statues of

a. calves

b. sphinxes

c. serpents

d. winged divine beings

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 08 Question 04

4. The negative depiction of the golden calves that Jeroboam I had installed in the royal sanctuaries at Bethel and Dan reflects:

a. a non-Yahwistic form of worship

b. a southern bias

c. a state-sanctioned act of idolatry

d. none of the above

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 08 Question 05

5. The Ritual Decalogue apparently forbids all of the following except:

a. eating certain foods

b. intermarriage

c. work on sabbath

d. graven images

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 08 Question 06

6. The tribe that was a minor class of clergy was:

a. Levi

b. Dan

c. Judah

d. Ephraim

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 08 Question 07

7. The words “_________________” were engraved on a rosette ornamenting the priestly headgear.

a. Life for Life

b. Holy to Yahweh

c. Holy of Holies

d. Son of Aaron

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 08 Question 08

8. Hammurapi’s Law Code dates to which century bce?

a. 18th

b. 8th

c. 22nd

d. 15th

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 08 Question 09

9. The main source of the Holiness Code appears to be:

a. P

b. D

c. H

d. E

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 08 Question 10

10. All of the following statements are true of the Urim and Thummim except:

a. they were stones

b. they were contained in the “breastpiece of judgment”

c. they were engraved with the names of the tribes of Israel

d. they were used in rendering oracular judgments

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 08 Question 11

11. The altar described in Exodus 20.25–26 should be made of:

a. semiprecious stones

b. acacia wood

c. unhewn stones

d. gold

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 08 Question 12

12. Hammurapi claimed that this god ordered him to give the laws to the people:

a. Marduk

b. El

c. Baal

d. Re

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 08 Question 13

14. ______________ is the best term for translating the concept of purity in the Hebrew Bible.

a. clean

b. suitable for human use

c. clear

d. uncontaminated

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 08 Question 15

15. All are theories that attempt to explain the purity laws except:

a. atonement

b. health

c. cultural differentiation

d. social order

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 08 Question 16

16. The Hebrew name for the book of Leviticus is:

a. (way)yiqra

b. minhah

c. ola

d. shelamim

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 08 Question 17

17. The term “abomination” is frequently used to describe violations of divinely given law concerning all of the following topics, except:

a. sexual activity

b. idolatry

c. diet

d. all of the above

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 08 Question 18

19. The Philistines apparently emigrated from:

a. Egypt

b. the Aegean Sea

c. Babylon

c. Arabia

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 08 Question 20

20. The type of sacrifice where an animal is offered in place of the offender is called:

a. sin offering

b. sacrifice of well-being

c. holocaust

d. grain offering

Type: fill-in-blank

Title: Chapter 08 Question 01

1. The portable dwelling for the ark was called____________________.

a. tabernacle

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Title: Chapter 08 Question 02

2. The cherubim on top of the ark were supposed to serve as_______________.

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Title: Chapter 08 Question 03

3. The “Lord of Hosts” means the leader of______________.

a. the armies

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Title: Chapter 08 Question 04

4. Offering something of value to a deity is called ___________________.

a. sacrifice

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Title: Chapter 08 Question 05

5. The formula “eye for eye, tooth for tooth” found in Exodus 21.24 is known as the _________________.

a. law of talion or lex talionis

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Title: Chapter 08 Question 06

6. The ___________________ is characterized by the use of case laws more frequently than apodictic laws.

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Title: Chapter 08 Question 07

7. The offering of children to ________________ is a non-Israelite ritual prohibited in Leviticus.

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Title: Chapter 08 Question 08

8. Case law, often in the form of a conditional sentence in which specific situations are addressed, is called _____________________.

a. casuistic

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Title: Chapter 08 Question 09

9. The usual method of capital punishment in biblical times was_______________.

a. stoning

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Title: Chapter 08 Question 10

10. On the Day of Atonement, the sacrifice offered “for Azazel” is often translated as the _______________.

a. scapegoat