Test Questions

1. (Frye) What is the Gk translation of the Hebrew texts that became the OT? Septuagint (70 or LXX)

2. In order, what are the 7 stages of the Bible? Creation, Revolution, Law, Wisdom, Prophecy (1st 5 are OT), Gospel and Apocalypse (last 2 are NT)

3. The U shape structure Frye refers to as what literary type? Comedy (traditional definition)

4. What does Frye say about the word whore/harlot? It is a theological, not sexual, term

5. What 3 things is biblical writing antagonistic toward? Women, snakes and nature

6. Dr. Sexson will craft the question based on Frye and recurring themes, and trees and water will be the answer

7. Again, Dr. S will write the ? relating to snakes/Yahweh as trixter, but answer will be trixter (remember the word "smooth")

8. Define archetype? Fundamental or primary image, symbol or story

9. Look at Frye pg 63 - idea of a "dying" and resurrecting god appears in many stories throughout history

10. 3 phases Hebrew people went through? Pastoral, agricultural and urban

11. What, according to Bloom, is J's most prominent literary feature? irony

12. (Bloom) What is the documentary hypothesis? Multiple authorship of 1st 5 books of Moses

13. What are mortal crimes in the OT? The top of the list was apostacy - worshipping other gods

14. Look at Frye Chapter 5 - ideas & metaphors of bride/groom/marriage - Dr. Sexson will draw a ? from this

15. There will be a list of attributes and we will assign them to P or J

16. Which one of these is not a traditional patriarch? David

17. Rebecca, not Leah, waters the camels.

18. What is theodicy? the question of the justice of a god who appears to permit bad things to happen to good people

19. T or F - Bloom argues that J is a moralist - False

20. What is lacuna(e)? Gap(s) in text

21. Henotheism? One's own god is stronger than another's god (implies multiple gods) - opposite of monotheism

22. Gnosticism? Nurturing a spark of divine knowledge within the self

23. Patriarchy? In a patriarchy, even the men who are not fathers are considered women, patriarchy marginalized people, including women, blacks and Indians

24. Exodus in Bible is comparable to what story in Gk mythology? Trojan War - know date of 1200 BCE

25. Bloom's definition of blessing? "more life," "wholeness of being"

26. Know 2 big dates of 1200 BCE and 500 (approx) BCE - look at timeline in beginning of Bloom

27. Who are the 5 authors of the Penteteuch? J,E,D,P,R - Jehovist, Elohist, Deutoronomist, Priestly, Redactor - Jed Eats Dates, Prunes, Raisins

28. 2 sins of women (biblically speaking!)? sexuality and deceit

29. Know Essau's association with wild game

30. Know Frye's chapter on types/antitypes

31. Define etiology and provide examples: mythological or metaphorical explanation of why we do things - example: why we speak different languages (Tower of Babel) or why we have rainbows (Noah's Ark)

32. Look at the ambiguity/contradictions/confusions in the Bible - sorry, I don't have an example for that one