Genesis creation narrative - Quiz
A) Four contrasting models B) Only one model C) Three distinct models D) Two contrasting models
A) Logos model B) Temple model C) Combat model D) Agon model
A) Numerological model B) Logos model C) Speech model D) Agon model
A) Kings, Chronicles, and Psalms B) Isaiah, Job, and Psalm 74 C) Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and Daniel D) Genesis, Exodus, and Leviticus
A) Leviathan B) Rahab C) Marduk D) Tannin
A) Dragon B) Sea C) Coiled one D) River
A) Sea B) River C) Arrogant one D) Dragon
A) Wind of God B) Arrogant one C) Coiled one D) Great deep
A) Coiled one B) Arrogant one C) Primordial ocean D) Formless void
A) Wind B) River C) Dragon D) Sea
A) By resting on the seventh day B) By vanquishing the water deities C) By speaking dormant matter into existence D) By building the Jerusalem Temple
A) Day 4 B) Day 3 C) Day 1 D) Day 2
A) The Sun and Moon B) The sky C) Land animals and humans D) Light
A) Day 1 B) Day 5 C) Day 3 D) Day 7
A) Animals of the air and sea B) Light C) The Sun and Moon D) The sky
A) Day 4 B) Day 6 C) Day 5 D) Day 3
A) Vegetation and seas B) The Sun and Moon C) The sky D) Land animals and humans
A) Created the Sabbath B) Rested from his work C) Spoke the cosmos into existence D) Created land animals
A) The firmament B) The Sabbath C) The merism D) The deep
A) Numerological and symbolic B) Strictly factual and historical C) Random and accidental D) Purely mathematical data
A) Divine completion B) Material destruction C) The primordial ocean D) Human rebellion
A) Twenty-one words B) Thirty-five words C) Fourteen words D) Seven words
A) Seven words B) Twenty-one words C) Thirty-five words D) Fourteen words
A) Twenty-one words B) Fourteen words C) Seven words D) Thirty-five words
A) 14 times B) 7 times C) 21 times D) 35 times
A) 35 times each B) 21 times each C) 7 times each D) 14 times each
A) 14 times each B) 7 times each C) 35 times each D) 21 times each
A) The Tabernacle B) The Tower of Babel C) The Ark of the Covenant D) Solomon's Palace
A) The Temple in Jerusalem B) The Garden of Eden C) The Enuma Elish temple D) The primordial ocean
A) As a description of the construction of the cosmos as God's house B) As a manual for military combat against sea monsters C) As an account of the uncreation of Israel D) As a historical timeline of biological evolution
A) Filled with light and dry land B) Ruled by sea monsters C) Complete chaos and darkness covered the face of the deep D) Fully ordered and populated with living creatures
A) In the beginning when God created B) A wind from God swept over the waters C) The earth was a formless void D) In the beginning God created
A) Creation by combat B) Creation by speech C) Creation from chaos D) Creation from nothing
A) King James Version B) NRSV C) Septuagint D) Enuma Elish
A) It translates directly to 'dragon' or 'chaos' B) It explicitly means creation from absolute nothingness C) It is in the grammatical construct state describing the beginning of the acts D) It is an absolute position indicating strict chronological time
A) R. N. Whybray, Christine Hayes, Michael Coogan, Cynthia Chapman, and John H. Walton B) John Day and David Toshio Tsumura C) Marduk and Tiamat D) The authors of the Enuma Elish
A) John Day and David Toshio Tsumura B) Michael Coogan and Cynthia Chapman C) R. N. Whybray and Christine Hayes D) John H. Walton and R. N. Whybray
A) tohu B) bara' C) ruach D) təhôm
A) Manufacturing physical matter from absolute nothing B) Assigning roles and functions C) Defeating sea monsters in battle D) Building a literal temple in Jerusalem
A) Material creation is the only natural way of taking the text B) The text is purely numerological with no physical meaning C) The text exclusively describes assigning functional roles without matter D) The creation account was borrowed entirely from Canaanite myths
A) Ruach elohim B) Təhôm and darkness C) Tohu wa-bohu D) Heaven and earth
A) ruach elohim B) b'reshit bara' C) tohu wa-bohu D) creatio ex nihilo
A) 'Primordial ocean' or 'deep' B) 'Breath' or 'wind' C) 'Emptiness' or 'futility' D) 'Dragon' or 'sea monster'
A) The Tabernacle B) The Jerusalem Temple C) The desert wilderness D) The Garden of Eden
A) It is an ancient term for the Jerusalem Temple B) It is a Hebrew term specifically meaning absolute nothingness C) It is derived from the Babylonian goddess Tiamat D) It has no known meaning but appears related to Arabic bahiya
A) Jeremiah B) Isaiah C) Psalms D) Job
A) A victory over the sea monsters Yam and Nahar B) The return of darkness and chaos as if uncreated C) The beginning of creatio ex nihilo D) The immediate construction of the Jerusalem Temple
A) The spirit of God B) A formless void C) A mighty wind D) A primordial ocean or deep
A) The storm god Marduk B) The goddess Tiamat C) The sea monster Tannin D) The prophet Jeremiah
A) They are identified as the physical foundation of the Jerusalem Temple B) They are not personified as evil enemies, but as indications that creative work has not begun C) They are personified as evil gods who fight against Yahweh D) They are portrayed as the ultimate victors over the cosmos
A) Bara', ruach, and elohim B) Yam, Nahar, and Leviathan C) Tohu wa-bohu, darkness, and təhôm D) Light, sky, and vegetation
A) 'Breath', 'wind', or 'spirit' B) 'Sea', 'river', or 'dragon' C) 'Form', 'void', or 'chaos' D) 'Heaven', 'earth', or 'firmament'
A) The 'breath of Tiamat' B) The 'voice of the deep' C) The 'hand of the Lord' D) The 'wind of Marduk'
A) It linked the creation account directly to the Canaanite combat myth B) It provided biblical support for the presence of the Holy Spirit at creation C) It proved that the earth was originally made from absolute nothingness D) It explained the architectural layout of the Jerusalem Temple
A) "Divine sea monster" B) "Holy Spirit of the Trinity" C) "Wind from God" or "great wind" D) "Formless and void deep"
A) The story of the Jerusalem Temple B) The Canaanite myth in Psalm 74 C) The Genesis flood narrative D) The Enuma Elish epic
A) To create light on the first day B) To defeat the sea monsters C) To establish the numerological pattern D) To make the waters subside
A) By speaking her into existence B) By building a tabernacle C) By resting on the seventh day D) With his wind
A) A cosmic battle prior to creation B) The presence of a watery deep C) The use of the word bara' D) Any mention of the heavens and earth
A) As a warrior god engaged in a fierce combat with Tiamat B) As a single God whose power is uncontested, bringing order out of chaos C) As a spirit restricted by the waters of the deep D) As a builder dependent on preexisting chaotic deities
A) Elohim B) LORD God C) Tetragrammaton D) Yahweh
A) 17th century B) 5th century BC C) 3rd century BC D) 11th century
A) The Achaemenid Code B) The Primeval History C) The Pentateuch D) The Jahwist Source
A) The Persian source B) The Priestly source C) The Jahwist source D) The Elder source
A) 3rd century BC B) 10th century BC C) 6th century BC D) 5th century BC
A) The Mosaic source B) The Achaemenid source C) The Priestly source D) The Jahwist source
A) 1st century BCE B) 10th century BCE C) 3rd century BCE D) 5th century BCE
A) Babylonian tax records B) New Testament gospels C) Persian imperial legal codes D) Older mythologies
A) The Jahwist narrative B) The Priestly code C) The Pentateuch D) Primeval history
A) 7th century BC B) 6th century BC C) 3rd century BC D) 10th century BC
A) Achaemenid Empire B) Babylonian Empire C) Roman Empire D) Assyrian Empire
A) 5th century BC B) 6th century BC C) 538 BC D) 3rd century BC
A) The priestly families B) The Jahwists C) The elders D) The landowning families
A) The Mosaic authors B) The Persian governors C) The priestly families D) The landowning families
A) 11th century B) 5th century C) 3rd century D) 17th century
A) Three days B) Six days C) Seven days D) Forty days
A) Yahweh B) Elohim C) An angel D) Adam
A) Genesis B) Numbers C) Leviticus D) Deuteronomy
A) Atheism B) Pantheism C) Polytheism D) Monotheism
A) Monolatry B) Polytheism C) Deism D) Monotheism
A) Myth B) Biography C) Epistle D) Law code
A) Narrative structure B) Folklore elements C) Societal function D) Veracity
A) Canaanite literature B) Babylonian philosophy C) Comparative mythology D) Mesopotamian theology
A) Dualistic B) Monotheistic C) Polytheistic D) Pantheistic
A) Enuma Elish B) Gilgamesh epic C) Atra-Hasis epic D) Baal Cycle
A) Abzu B) Kingu C) Baal D) Marduk
A) Baal B) Kingu C) Abzu D) Tiamat
A) Theogony B) Theomachy C) Cosmology D) Polytheism
A) Theogony B) Monotheism C) Pantheism D) Theomachy
A) All-powerful B) Dependent on humans C) Amoral D) Limited in power
A) Every living thing B) The cosmic ocean C) Only the heavenly bodies D) The lower waters
A) Eve B) Asherah C) Sarah D) Tiamat
A) The Baal Cycle B) The Enuma Elish C) The Atra-Hasis epic D) The Gilgamesh epic
A) John Day B) E. A. Speiser C) Maimonides D) Walton
A) Egyptian mythology B) Greek philosophy C) Roman law D) Babylonian science
A) A pyramid B) A cube C) A flat disc D) A sphere
A) Exodus B) Genesis C) Psalms D) John
A) A cosmic monster B) A flat disc C) A solid bowl D) An underworld
A) Medieval period B) Priestly period C) Babylonian period D) Hellenistic period
A) A flat disc B) A crescent C) A cylinder D) A sphere |
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