Deck 10: The End of the Journey to the Promised Land

Question 1

Describe the textual history of the book of Deuteronomy. When was it composed and edited? What figures and events helped to shape it?

Answer 1

no answer

Question 2

Who are the Levites? How are they portrayed in the book of Deuteronomy? What role did they play in ancient Israel?

Answer 2

no answer

Question 3

What is the original provenance of Deuteronomy? What evidence supports this provenance? What is the legacy of Deuteronomy and the Deuteronomic school on ancient Israelite history and literature?

Answer 3

no answer

Question 4

Discuss Moses's death outside the Promised Land. What explanations does the Bible offer for his exclusion from the land? What does the variety of explanations suggest about the theological and historical implications of Israel's greatest leader not reaching the Promised Land?

Question 5

All of the laws that are presented in Deuteronomy appear elsewhere in the Pentateuch.

Question 6

Every member of the tribe of Levi is an Israelite priest.

Question 7

The laws of Deuteronomy reflect the actual practices of the time of its composition.

Question 8

The command to observe the Sabbath in Deuteronomy's version of the Ten Commandments is motivated by imitation of the divine rest after creation.

Question 9

Israel finally enters Canaan at the end of Deuteronomy.

Question 10

The name "Deuteronomy" means "second law" in Greek.

Question 11

The original core of Deuteronomy probably dates to the eighth century bce.

Question 12

In cases of adultery, both Leviticus and Deuteronomy presume the woman to be innocent if the adulterous act occurs "in the open country," where her cries for help cannot be heard.

Question 13

The origins of Deuteronomy coincide with the decline of the Assyrian empire.

Question 14

The mountain of revelation in Deuteronomy is Horeb, not Sinai.

Question 15

All of the following offer farewell addresses except:

A) Joseph
B) Moses
C) Joshua
D) Samuel

Question 16

The central core of Deuteronomy is called the:

A) Covenant Code
B) Deuteronomic Code
C) Holiness Code
D) Shema

Question 17

Identifying and tracing the editorial layers underlying written sources is known as:

A) textual criticism
B) source criticism
C) canonical criticism
D) reaction criticism

Question 18

All are part of the Deuteronomic Code except:

A) rules for kings
B) elevated status of Levites
C) legislation concerning prophecy
D) curses on the poor

Question 19

The prophet _______________ may have belonged to the Deuteronomic school.

A) Habakkuk
B) Nahum
C) Ezekiel
D) Jeremiah

Question 20

Moses views the Promised Land from Mount:

A) Horeb
B) Sinai
C) Nebo
D) Ebal

Question 21

The curses found in Deuteronomy 28 share several similarities with the treaties of the Assyrian emperor:

A) Sennacherib
B) Esarhaddon
C) Ashurbanipal
D) Hezekiah

Question 22

The only place named as a place of worship in Deuteronomy is:

A) Jerusalem
B) Megiddo
C) Shechem
D) Nebo

Question 23

The king who inaugurated a religious reform in 622 bce was:

A) Hezekiah
B) David
C) Josiah
D) Solomon

Question 24

The oldest passages in Deuteronomy are found in chapter(s):

A) 1-4.43
B) 12-26
C) 5-11
D) 28

Question 25

All are true of Jeremiah except:

A) his prophetic career began during Josiah's reign
B) he modeled his reforms on the book of Deuteronomy
C) he may have belonged to the Deuteronomic school
D) he was a northern prophet

Question 26

In art Moses is often depicted ___________ because of a misreading of Exodus
34)29.

A) with Aaron
B) with horns
C) nude
D) with his staff

Question 27

The primary difference between Hittite and Assyrian suzerainty treaties is that the
Assyrians treaties do not include:

A) blessings
B) curses
C) divine witnesses
D) a list of stipulations

Question 28

All are true of the Levites except:

A) they are a tribe of priests
B) they carry the ark of the covenant
C) they are metalsmiths
D) they possess cities of asylum

Question 29

All are tenets shared by Deuteronomy and Hosea, the eighth-century bce prophet from northern Israel, except:

A) importance of covenant
B) exclusive worship of Yahweh
C) divine love of Israel
D) need for strict adherence to religious and social customs

Question 30

The king responsible for the reform and independence movement of 715-687 bce
Was:

A) Josiah
B) Solomon
C) Hezekiah
D) Jeroboam

Question 31

The Deuteronomic law of the king forbids all of the following except:

A) too many horses
B) excessive gold and silver
C) a large harem
D) the exclusive worship of Yahweh

Question 32

All suggest a northern origin for Deuteronomy except:

A) Horeb as the mountain of revelation
B) references to Shechem
C) close connections with the Levites
D) the "Blessing of Moses"

Question 33

The only place explicitly identified as a place of Israel's worship in the book of Deuteronomy is:

A) Jerusalem
B) Shechem
C) Shiloh
D) Samaria

Question 34

All are shared features of both D and E except:

A) the relatively elevated status of the Levites
B) an interest in prophecy
C) the use of Horeb instead of Sinai
D) a likely northern provenance

Question 35

The Hebrew word shema means________________.

Question 36

Another name for the Pentateuch is______________.

Question 37

The Hebrew name for Deuteronomy is_________________.

Question 38

The "holy war" in Deuteronomy called for a ban on _________________ and ___________________.

Question 39

The book of Deuteronomy contains a third version of the __________________.

Question 40

The "law of the king" appears to critique the line of kings belonging to the dynasty established by _________________.

Question 41

The ________________ is a set of laws found in Deuteronomy 12-26.

Question 42

The __________________ continued to revise the book of Deuteronomy in light of Israel's changing political circumstances and was also responsible for editing the oracles of several prophets.

Question 43

Assyria was at the height of its powers under King________________.

Question 44

Moses died at the __________________ of Yahweh.