Deck 6: Escape From Egypt

Question 1

Why is the character of Moses so important to the formation of ancient Israel's identity? What aspects of his life and personality make him a "typical" Near Eastern hero?

Answer 1

no answer

Question 2

Could the Exodus from Egypt be a historical event? What historical and literary factors suggest that the Exodus actually occurred? What details of the story are unlikely to be historical?

Answer 2

no answer

Question 3

What significant changes in religious belief occurred throughout much of the ancient world at the end of the Late Bronze Age? How did these changes affect the beliefs and practices of Israel? What specific evidence for these changes exists in the book of Exodus?

Answer 3

no answer

Question 4

How does the version of the call of Moses found in P differ from the other account of Moses' call? What is the significance of these differences?

Question 5

The Bible tells us that Rameses II is the pharaoh who releases Israel from bondage.

Question 6

In the Late Bronze Age, El became the chief Ugaritic god.

Question 7

The word "exodus" is Greek for "going out."

Question 8

Both the Puritans who settled in the American colonies and the enslaved Africans who were forcibly brought to the American colonies viewed their oppressors Pharaoh.

Question 9

The name "Moses" is drawn from an Egyptian word meaning "to be born."

Question 10

The account of the plagues in the Exodus matches the number and order of the description of the plagues in Pslams 78.44-51 and 105.28-36.

Question 11

According to the earliest traditions, Passover was originally a pilgrimage festival.

Question 12

God appears to Moses in the form of a burning bush in the P account of the call of Moses.

Question 13

Moses's parents were both from the house of Levi.

Question 14

Egyptian priests are often referred to as "magicians" in Exodus.

Question 15

Egyptian documentation of the Exodus refers to all of the following except:

A) Moses
B) Aaron
C) the plagues
D) none of the above

Question 16

Moses's father-in-law is________.

A) pharaoh
B) Jochebed
C) Amram
D) Jethro

Question 17

Moses does not want to lead the people because:

A) he was related to pharaoh
B) he wanted Aaron to do it
C) God told him not to do so
D) he had a speech impediment

Question 18

"The sons of ____________" is a term for the priests who officiated in the Temple of Jerusalem.

A) Aaron
B) Jacob
C) Phineas
D) Moses

Question 19

The Amarna Letters date to the reign of:

A) Akhenaten
B) Rameses II
C) Seti I
D) Merneptah

Question 20

All of the following are associated with Sinai except:

A) Horeb
B) a burning bush
C) the mountain of God
D) Zaphon

Question 21

According to the biblical chronology, the events of the Exodus occur in the __________century bce.

A) sixteenth
B) Fifteenth
C) fourteenth
D) thirteenth

Question 22

Aaron is featured most prominently in which source?

A) J
B) E
C) P
D) D

Question 23

The name Yahweh may originally have been a kind of title or epithet identifying the deity as a:

A) ancestral god
B) storm god
C) creator
D) fire god

Question 24

All of the following titles are associated with Miriam except:

A) midwife
B) sister of Moses
C) prophet
D) author of the Song of the Sea

Question 25

In Jewish tradition the book of Exodus is known as:

A) Egypt
B) Names
C) Moses
D) Commandments

Question 26

In Ugaritic myth, the storm-god is known as:

A) Baal
B) Yahweh
C) Re
D) Zeus

Question 27

Divine figures are often reluctant to give their names because naming suggests:

A) control
B) weakness
C) absence
D) mercy

Question 28

The closest parallel to Moses's rescue from the Nile is the account of:

A) Jesus
B) Dionysus
C) Sargon
D) Utnapishtim

Question 29

The divine name was considered so sacred that the high priest used it only on:

A) New Year's Day
B) Passover
C) the Day of Atonement
D) never

Question 30

_______________ was known as "Moses" to those who traveled the Underground Railroad in the nineteenth century CE:

A) Frederick Douglass
B) Levi Coffin
C) Harriet Tubman
D) Martin Luther King, Jr.

Question 31

All are mentioned in Exodus as part of the Passover meal except:

A) lamb
B) herbs
C) wine
D) bread

Question 32

Moses's son was circumcised by:

A) Moses
B) Aaron
C) Zipporah
D) Jethro

Question 33

According to historical narratives, the national celebration of Passover in Israel
Was part of the religious reforms of what two kings?

A) David and Solomon
B) Abimelech and Jeroboam I
C) Saul and Zedekiah
D) Hezekiah and Josiah

Question 34

Most scholars agree that the Exodus should be dated to the ____________ century bce.

A) fifteenth
B) thirteenth
C) twelfth
D) tenth

Question 35

Baal resides in a palace of cedar, silver, gold, and precious stones on Mount ________.

Question 36

Moses's Midianite wife was named ______________.

Question 37

The appearance of God before humans is called a(n)_____________.

Question 38

The earliest Near Eastern text that mentions any person, event, or entity from the Bible is the_______________.

Question 39

Prince Sea and Judge River are titles for the adversaries of ______________.

Question 40

The Song of the Sea, a hymn that appears in Exodus 15.1-18, is attributed to both ________________ and _______________.

Question 41

The ______________ may have been developed from two originally distinct festivals, including the agricultural festival of unleavened bread.

Question 42

The two Egyptian midwives who helped the Hebrews when pharaoh orders the death of newborn boys are_____________ and _____________.

Question 43

The escapees from Israel crossed a body of water called yam suf, which means_______________.

Question 44

The Semitic rulers of Egypt who were expelled in the mid-sixteenth century bce are called the ____________.