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Which of the following describes Nabonidus?
Which of the following describes Nabonidus?
- The last king of the Babylonian empire. (correct)
- An Amorite king from the Old Babylonian period.
- Founder of the Babylonian empire.
- A Sumerian king.
Which of the following statements about Sargon of Akkad is incorrect?
Which of the following statements about Sargon of Akkad is incorrect?
- Sargon used Sumerian as the kingdom's formal language (correct)
- Sargon referred to himself as King of the four corners of earth.
- Sargon established uniform year names.
- Sargon referred to himself as King of Four Corners of the earth.
Which of the following law codes was composed during the Old Babylonian period? Please check all the correct answers.
Which of the following law codes was composed during the Old Babylonian period? Please check all the correct answers.
- Laws of Hammurabi (correct)
- Laws of Lipit Ishtar (correct)
- Laws of Ur Nammu
- Middle Assyrian laws
The Amorites were: (please check all the correct answers)
The Amorites were: (please check all the correct answers)
Which of the following was an important factor in the rise of the Babylonian Empire?
Which of the following was an important factor in the rise of the Babylonian Empire?
Which of the following statements best describes the relation between Enūma Eliš and the Genesis 1?
Which of the following statements best describes the relation between Enūma Eliš and the Genesis 1?
Why is the myth about God's battle with the sea not explicitly related in the Bible?
Why is the myth about God's battle with the sea not explicitly related in the Bible?
According to Enûma Eliš, the world was created out of:
According to Enûma Eliš, the world was created out of:
Which of the following ideas appears both in Enūma Eliš and Genesis 1?
Which of the following ideas appears both in Enūma Eliš and Genesis 1?
Who was Marduk?
Who was Marduk?
Which Mesopotamian flood story stands at the background of the biblical flood story?
Which Mesopotamian flood story stands at the background of the biblical flood story?
What can we learn from the way in which Noah is portrayed in the Bible?
What can we learn from the way in which Noah is portrayed in the Bible?
What can we learn from the verse “And the Lord smelled the pleasing odor”?
What can we learn from the verse “And the Lord smelled the pleasing odor”?
According to the Mesopotamian tradition, the reason for the flood was:
According to the Mesopotamian tradition, the reason for the flood was:
Which of the following components of the flood story are found in the ark tablet?
Which of the following components of the flood story are found in the ark tablet?
Which of the following verses may imply that Israelite religion was not always purely monotheistic? Check all the correct answers.
Which of the following verses may imply that Israelite religion was not always purely monotheistic? Check all the correct answers.
What can we learn from the characterization of the protagonist of the biblical flood story?
What can we learn from the characterization of the protagonist of the biblical flood story?
According to Kaufmann, the gods' behavior in the Mesopotamian flood story teaches us that (check all the correct answers):
According to Kaufmann, the gods' behavior in the Mesopotamian flood story teaches us that (check all the correct answers):
What is the main difference between Kaufmann's theory and Wellhausen's theory regarding monotheism?
What is the main difference between Kaufmann's theory and Wellhausen's theory regarding monotheism?
How does Kaufmann describe the concept of myth?
How does Kaufmann describe the concept of myth?
According to the Mesopotamian etymology, what was the meaning of the name Babel?
According to the Mesopotamian etymology, what was the meaning of the name Babel?
Which of the following is typical of a ziggurat? (CHECK ALL CORRECT ANSWERS):
Which of the following is typical of a ziggurat? (CHECK ALL CORRECT ANSWERS):
Which of the following can be learned from the verse "And they had brick for stone, and bitumen for clay"?
Which of the following can be learned from the verse "And they had brick for stone, and bitumen for clay"?
Which of the following components of the Tower of Babel story implies that the story is not an anti-Babylonian polemic? (CHECK ALL THE CORRECT ANSWERS)
Which of the following components of the Tower of Babel story implies that the story is not an anti-Babylonian polemic? (CHECK ALL THE CORRECT ANSWERS)
The name Esagila means:
The name Esagila means:
Which law code is named after a city?
Which law code is named after a city?
Which of the following law codes was composed outside of Mesopotamia?
Which of the following law codes was composed outside of Mesopotamia?
Which of the following verses presents a rule fundamentally different from the rule in the parallel Mesopotamian law?
Which of the following verses presents a rule fundamentally different from the rule in the parallel Mesopotamian law?
Which of the following law codes is written in the Sumerian language?
Which of the following law codes is written in the Sumerian language?
Which of the following verses undermines Greenberg’s argument that biblical law regards murder as a crime against God Himself rather than a crime against the family of the victim?
Which of the following verses undermines Greenberg’s argument that biblical law regards murder as a crime against God Himself rather than a crime against the family of the victim?
What is the main difference between Hammurabi law 146 and the Sarah and Hagar story in Genesis 16?
What is the main difference between Hammurabi law 146 and the Sarah and Hagar story in Genesis 16?
Which of the following was suggested as an argument against the theory that apodictic law is an Israelite innovation?
Which of the following was suggested as an argument against the theory that apodictic law is an Israelite innovation?
Which of the following quotes assumes that obtaining a slave girl is in the interest of the wife? PLEASE CHECK ALL THE CORRECT ANSWERS.
Which of the following quotes assumes that obtaining a slave girl is in the interest of the wife? PLEASE CHECK ALL THE CORRECT ANSWERS.
Which of the following is characteristic of casuistic law?
Which of the following is characteristic of casuistic law?
What did Alt conclude from the absence of the apodictic pattern from ancient Near Eastern law collections?
What did Alt conclude from the absence of the apodictic pattern from ancient Near Eastern law collections?
What can be learned from the following verse: "The prophets of Israel who prophesy concerning Jerusalem and see visions of peace (Heb: shalom) for it, when there was no peace, says the Lord God" (Ezek 13:16)?
What can be learned from the following verse: "The prophets of Israel who prophesy concerning Jerusalem and see visions of peace (Heb: shalom) for it, when there was no peace, says the Lord God" (Ezek 13:16)?
Which of the following is typical of prophecy and which is typical of divination?
According to our current knowledge, it was practiced especially at Mari and Nineveh
Which of the following is typical of prophecy and which is typical of divination?
According to our current knowledge, it was practiced especially at Mari and Nineveh
Which of the following is typical of prophecy and which is typical of divination?
Common across all the ancient Near East
Which of the following is typical of prophecy and which is typical of divination?
Common across all the ancient Near East
Which of the following is typical of seventh century Assyrian prophecy and not typical of eighteenth-century Mari prophecy?
Which of the following is typical of seventh century Assyrian prophecy and not typical of eighteenth-century Mari prophecy?
Which of the following is typical of prophecy and which is typical of divination?
Spontaneous, associated with an ecstatic revelation
Which of the following is typical of prophecy and which is typical of divination?
Spontaneous, associated with an ecstatic revelation
Which of the following is typical of prophecy and which is typical of divination?
Conceived by the ancients as a science
Which of the following is typical of prophecy and which is typical of divination? Conceived by the ancients as a science
What are shulmu prophecies?
What are shulmu prophecies?
Which of the following forms of wisdom exist in the Bible?
Which of the following forms of wisdom exist in the Bible?
Which of the following elements hints that the biblical sage adapted the Egyptian text?
Which of the following elements hints that the biblical sage adapted the Egyptian text?
In light of the affinities between the Egyptian and biblical text, which is likely to have influenced the other?
In light of the affinities between the Egyptian and biblical text, which is likely to have influenced the other?
Which of the following support the claim of parallels between Israelite and Egyptian wisdom?
Which of the following support the claim of parallels between Israelite and Egyptian wisdom?
In light of the Instruction of Amenemope, the “man diligent in his work” in Prov 22:29 is most likely to be
In light of the Instruction of Amenemope, the “man diligent in his work” in Prov 22:29 is most likely to be
Flashcards
Who was Nabonidus?
Who was Nabonidus?
The last king of the Babylonian empire.
