Old Testament Archaeology - Part 1

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Old Testament Archaeology - Part 1 – Quiz

Quiz for Apologetics course by Chris Ashcraft

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1. Why have critics challenged the authenticity of the Biblical text? *

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a. They argue that errors must have crept-in while being copied by scribes over the centuries.

b. Until recently the oldest Hebrew manuscript of the Bible dated to the 10th century.

c. It describes events that were written often thousands of years after they transpired.

d. All of the above

2. Why was the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls so significant? *

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a. Their preservation over thousands of years speaks to supernatural preservation.

b. We learned about the culture and civic life of one of the most reclusive of the Jewish sects – the Essenes.

c. They were found to be 1000 years older than any other known Biblical text, and therefore settled challenges as to the authenticity of the Biblical text?

d. They are scrolls that may have been used by Jesus, who is known to have taught at the Synagogues near the Dead Sea.

3. What discovery answered the challenge that the Bible was a late creation and written during the post-exilic period? *

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a. The existence of the Hittites as a major power in Asia Minor before the Babylonian exile.

b. The Dead Sea Scrolls.

c. The high place discovered at Tel Dan which was destroyed before the exile of the prophet Jeremiah.

d. The silver amulet scrolls of Ketef Hinnom.

4. What is the likely date of the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah? *

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a. 1070 AD

b. 1070 BC

c. 1570 BC

d. 2070 BC

5. Where were the “cities of the valley” where Lot decided to settle when separated from Abraham? *

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a. Mesopotamia

b. The Kidron Valley

c. The Jezreel Valley

d. The Dead Sea Valley

6. What ancient artifact identifies the location of the Sanctuary of Lot built at a cave near Zoar where Lot is believed to have fled? *

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a. The Madaba Map.

b. The Dead Sea Scrolls.

c. The Lot’s Cave Museum.

d. The Valley of Siddim stella.

7. In the narrative about Sodom and Gomorrah, the Hebrew word translated as “valley” is the word kikkar, which literally means what? *

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a. Salt.

b. Circle.

c. Bitumen.

d. Sulfur.

8. Two different locations for Sodom and Gomorrah have been proposed by Biblical Archaeologists. Who are the archaeologists whose proposals were discussed in this lecture? *

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a. Bryant Wood and Steve Collins

b. Flinders Petri and David Down

c. Kathleen Kenyon and John Garstang

d. David Rohl and Bryant Wood

9. Many critics of the Bible alleged the Hittites were an invention of the biblical authors. We now know their empire was located in what modern-day country? *

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a. Eastern Europe

b. Iraq

c. Turkey

d. Persia

10. What object of great historical significance was found at Tel Dan? *

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a. The location of the lost tribe of Israel.

b. A stela fragment that references the “House of David”.

c. A high place where the tribe of Dan conducted idol worship.

d. One of the best-preserved fragments of the Isaiah scroll.

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