List of short essays [OT portion] (knowledge
and understanding question) for Final Exam. I will list
two of the following on the final exam; you will need to answer
one of the two given:
- Describe the theme of "God alone establishing life"
in Genesis. Use specific examples from both the primeval history
and the ancestral narratives. Give 1 example from the Primeval
History of how humans act counter God's plan and then give 1
example from the ancestral narrative where humans' attempt to
aid God actually brings about complications that God has to work
through.
- Briefly describe how the accounts of the occupation of the
land in Joshua and Judges are in tension with each other. How
does a geographical study help us to understand these differences
and tensions? Which account do the "facts" of archaeology
support? In your answer, state briefly what can be said with
some degree of probability about what actually happened with
respect to the occupation of the land at the beginning of the
Iron Age.
- Briefly describe what is meant by the term "Deuteronomistic
History." In your answer, include an explanation of how
the book of Deuteronomy functions are both an introduction to
the Deuteronomic History and as part of the Pentateuch. Also
include an explanation of why scholars of identified the Deuteronomistic
History and describe its major components.
- How does a central prophet differ from a peripheral prophet?
Please
give 2 examples from at least 2 different centuries. You may
also give
examples from the Mari texts.