Deck 5: The Bible: Genesis Creation

Question 1

We can tell which portions of Genesis are written by the Jehovist-Elohist or the Priestly writer because the ____________________________.

A) J-E writer always calls God "Lord God"
B) Priestly writer always calls God "Lord God"
C) writers identify themselves
D) more scholarly passages were written by the Priestly writer

Answer 1

A

Question 2

The term for a deity who is involved with human life is ______________.

A) transcendent
B) immanent
C) paratactic
D) anthropomorphic

Answer 2

B

Question 3

The Greek gods were anthropomorphic because _______________________________________.

A) there were many of them
B) they could change their shape
C) they looked and behaved like human beings
D) they lived on Mt. Olympus

Answer 3

C

Question 4

One reason we might consider God in Genesis transcendent is that He ________________________________:

A) speaks directly to Adam
B) does not have a human body
C) punishes Adam and Eve for their sins
D) creates from nothing

Question 5

"And God saw that the light was good; and God _____________________________________."

A) created the sun
B) called the light Day
C) separated the light from the darkness
D) called the darkness Night

Question 6

We can assume that the Priestly writer wrote his portions of Genesis after the Babylonian Captivity of the Jews because _______________________________________________________________.

A) his work is dated 538 B.C.E., which is after the time the Jews spent in Babylon
B) he says so
C) he refers to God by the Hebrew word "Elohim"
D) he is often concerned with refuting the beliefs of the Babylonian religion

Question 7

Leviathan was __________________________.

A) a Babylonian astronomer
B) a great sea monster
C) the name Noah gave to the ark
D) a third son of Adam

Question 8

In the first version of creation in Genesis, ___________________________.

A) God creates male and female humans simultaneously
B) God creates Adam, and then Eve from Adam
C) there is yet no account of God's creating humans
D) God creates humans only reluctantly

Question 9

In the J-E story of creation, God ___________________________.

A) rests on the seventh day, the Sabbath
B) names all of the created beings
C) creates humans from nothing
D) creates Adam from dust

Question 10

"[T]hey heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden" shows us that _______________________.

A) this section of the creation story portrays God as immanent
B) God's "visit" signifies his approval of Adam and Eve's deed
C) God was there when Adam and Eve ate the forbidden fruit
D) God was not careful to conceal his presence

Question 11

God shows his ongoing concern for humanity by ______________.

A) cursing Adam and Eve
B) telling Adam, "You are dust, and to dust you shall return"
C) clothing Adam and Eve before banishing them from the Garden of Eden
D) telling Eve, "your desire shall be for your husband, and he shall rule over you"

Question 12

The Greek and Roman counterpart to Adam and Eve's bliss in the Garden of Eden was _______________________________.

Question 13

According to tradition, ____________________ is said to be the author of Genesis.

Question 14

Deities in the shape of human beings are called _____________________.

Question 15

The ______________________ version of Genesis focuses on the covenant between God and Israel.

Question 16

"God blessed the seventh day and hallowed it, because ___________________________________________."

Question 17

In the ________________ story of creation, the earth is dry at the beginning.

Question 18

Creating woman from a part of man runs counter to Babylonian mythology, in which the god Marduk creates the world from the body of the goddess _____________________.

Question 19

When God confronts Adam and Eve about the forbidden fruit, Adam __________________________ and Eve ___________________________.