HIEU 201 Quiz 2 A New View of God and the Individual solutions complete answers

HIEU 201 Quiz 2 A New View of God and the Individual solutions complete answers

 

Under Hebrew law, within the family

          a. women were treated as property.     

          b. a divorce could be granted by request of either the husband or wife.         

          c. women had full legal rights. 

          d. the father had supreme authority.    

 

The legacy of the ancient Jews includes all of the following EXCEPT

          a. the idea that all time is cyclical.       

          b. the value Westerners place on the individual.          

          c. monotheism. 

          d. a fundamental component of Christianity.    

 

Under the rule of David's son Solomon,

          a. the Israelites lost Jerusalem to the Philistines.         

          b. Israel reached the height of its power and prosperity.         

          c. Jerusalem decreased in importance.  

          d. old tribal patterns gained renewed strength. 

 

The Old Testament

          a. explores only human weakness and cruelty.  

          b. depicts demigods as its heroes.      

          c. is a record of ancient Jewish history compiled by research historians. 

          d. describes the efforts of the Jews to understand the ways of God.    

 

The historical significance of Israelite law was that it

          a. demonstrated greater ethical awareness than other legal codes of the Near East.    

          b. rejected protection of the widows, orphans, and slaves.       

          c. introduced the idea of private property as the most important concept in society.    

          d. embraced the idea that law should treat people differently depending on their wealth.       

 

During the flowering of the prophetic movement, the Hebrew prophets

          a. preached social responsibility and criticized those who emphasized accumulation of possessions and wealth.          

          b. saw poverty and injustice as facts of life that would be futile to oppose.     

          c. insisted that Yahweh would be pleased only by the observance of proper rituals and ceremonies.    

          d. embraced parochialism and believed Israel's sacred mission was to focus on the chosen people alone.          

 

Which of the following describes the Hebrews' relationship with the natural world?

          a. Natural phenomena were the result of God's handiwork.     

          b. The Hebrews demystified nature by creating theoretical science.      

          c. Nature was divine, and natural phenomena were invested with supernatural qualities.         

          d. God was a part of nature and was thus affected by numerous natural forces like storms.     

 

The Old Testament discussed slaves

          a. as the absolute property of the slave-owner, to do with as he wished.        

          b. as human beings deserving justice and moral treatment.     

          c. as deserving no protection.  

          d. in the same way as all other ancient Near Eastern law.        

 

After the fall of Israel to the Assyrians in 722 B.C.

          a. the Hebrews experienced an immediate return to their former power.         

          b. many Hebrews lost their identity as the people of God.       

          c. thousands of Hebrews were exiled to Syria.   

          d. the prophets Isaiah, Ezekiel, and Jeremiah declared that the Hebrews had been forsaken by Yahweh.          

 

The Hebrews' belief in moral responsibility resulted from

          a. communal traditions. 

          b. an emphasis on the family as the source of morality. 

          c. pride in oneself.       

          d. an awareness of individual human beings as having free will to act.

 

The Hebrews' concept of Yahweh

          a. is similar to that of other ancient monotheisms, such as the worship of Aton in Egypt.        

          b. shows that they were monotheists from their earliest days in Mesopotamia. 

          c. views Yahweh as one of many gods, all deserving honor and obedience by humans. 

          d. emphasizes the God's power as ruler of all and subject to none.     

 

All of the following is true of universalism in Hebrew thought EXCEPT

          a. its contradiction of the narrow, tribal origins of Hebrew society.       

          b. its emphasis that Israel was charged to lead in the struggle against idolatry. 

          c. its stress on the special nature and destiny of the Hebrews as God's chosen people. 

          d. its concern for all humanity.  

 

During the eleventh century B.C., the leadership of Saul united the ________ Hebrew tribes in Canaan.

          a. ten   

          b. twelve        

          c. twenty        

          d. two

 

In the history of the Hebrew people, the covenant has served to

          a. emphasize the unique relationship of God to the Israelites as a chosen people that had accepted God's moral code.     

          b. encourage the Hebrews to turn inward and take a very limited role in human affairs.         

          c. justify the exploitation and oppression of the weakest members of society.   

          d. emphasize the all-importance of the Hebrew nation over all other people.

 

The Hebrews originated in

          a. Palestine.     

          b. Egypt.         

          c. Mesopotamia.         

          d. Canaan.

 

The biblical account of the Exodus identifies ________ as leading the Hebrews out of Egypt.

          a. Abraham     

          b. Moses        

          c. David          

          d. Saul 

 

The Hebrews regarded history as

          a. the random result of human acts.    

          b. a purely secular subject.      

          c. a process leading to a goal.  

          d. a great cycle, with the same events occurring over and over again.  

 

The Hebrews thought of Yahweh as

          a. a universal spirit that resided in the elements of nature, such as the earth, the moon, and the sun.  

          b. the great creator of the universe, who had then withdrawn entirely from earthly affairs.      

          c. fully powerful and therefore fully free.         

          d. a superhuman deity who required food, drink, sleep, and sexual gratification.

 

Which of the following is a fundamental Hebrew belief about the individual?

          a. Human beings lacked the power to choose between righteousness and wickedness. 

          b. Human beings ranked equally with all other elements of God's creation.     

          c. God did not create people to be his slaves.  

          d. God desired his people to grovel before him and forbid them the capacity to take responsibility for their conduct.

 

The first five books of the Old Testament are known as the

          a. Torah.         

          b. Tanak.        

          c. Quintarch.    

          d. Talmud.