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BIBL 410 W EEKLY S TUDY Q UESTIONS A SSIGNMENT I NSTRUCTIONS O VERVIEW Each Module: Week you will complete study questions that you must answer after reviewing the readings. Your answers must demonstrate some reflection of the material. I NSTRUCTIONS The list of study questions is provided below for each of the Modules within the course. The answers can be found by reading the material found in the Learn section of the corresponding Module: Week. You must submit the template provided which includes the questions with the answers and where you found your answers (name of book, page number) in the course readings . Please find the list of questions below. Note: Your assignment will be checked for originality via the Turnitin plagiarism tool. Module 1: Week 1 — Introduction to Genesis and Creation Answer thoroughly the following questions based on the Learn material in Module 1: Week 1. 1. What is the Documentary Theory? 2. Give the “contributions” Spinoza and Astruc made to this theory. 3. What reasons does Davis give to refute this theory? 4. Give several examples of external evidences for Mosaic authorship. 5. Give several examples of internal evidences for Mosaic authorship. 6. Does any one specific evidence stand out to you more than the rest? Which one? Why? 7. Is it important to know exactly how old the earth is? Why or why not? 8. What is considered the most important purpose of Genesis? Why? 9. Discuss how Genesis is relevant for today. 11. What does the use of the “waw consecutive” normally describe? 12. The qal stem of the term “bara” is used exclusively in the Old Testament for what? 13. Summarize the main thought of the Gap Theory. 14. Give evidences against the Gap Theory. 15. List several ways the biblical view of creation is different from the Babylonian view. 16. List several ways the biblical view of creation is similar to the Babylonian view. 17. Describe two ways how “day” is interpreted other than a literal 24-hour day. 18. Why do some feel the need to interpret “day” other than a literal 24-hour day? 19. How are the first three days of creation related to the second three? 20. How does the formula structure change with the creation of man? 21. Traditionally, how have Genesis 1 — 3 been viewed? 22. What is Chou’s goal in writing chapter 1 of his book? 23. Objections against interpreting Genesis 1– 3 revolve around two major arguments. What are they? 24. “The hermeneutical objections against historicity are real and substantial”—does this apply only to Genesis 1 — 3? Explain. 25. State one example of how history and theology interact. Why is this important? Page 1 of 10

BIBL 410 26. What is Chou’s point in discussing the differences between ANE accounts and Genesis 1 — 3? 27. Briefly state the final argument Chou makes “that Genesis 3 is historical in nature.” 28. How does Genesis 1 reveal the uniqueness of humans in at least 2 ways? 29. For Christians, what does the unity of creation testify to? 30. Christians engaged in the debate over the historical Adam need to have what kind of mindset? 31. After watching the presentation, what is one way the New Testament writers use Genesis? Module 2: Week 2 — Image of God, Family, and The Fall Answer thoroughly the following questions based on the Learn material in Module 2: Week 2. 1. Define “evolution.” 2. Define “theistic evolution.” 3. Is the dating of Adam important? Explain your answer. 4. When was the origin of the “soul” in man? 5. Explain how dust cannot be a symbol for animal life. 6. Which of the six marriage principles stands out the most to you and why? 7. Who is the “us” referring to in Genesis 1:26? Explain. 8. What is included in the phrase “the image of God” (besides “likeness”)? 9. T/F—Adam and Eve and all of the animals were originally vegetarians. Support your answer. 10. Explain the terms “dominion” and “subdue.” What implications does this have for humans today? 11. T/F—It is impossible to understand the rest of the Bible without understanding Genesis 3. Support your answer. 12. What does Davis say that seems to be a better translation for “gods” in Genesis 3:5? Why? 13. What is the sequence of the temptation and Fall? 14. What is depravity? 15. What were Adam and Eve attempting to do when they made “fig leaves” clothes (other than covering their nakedness)? 16. Where is the first possible mention of the virgin birth of Christ in Genesis? 17. How is God’s grace exhibited in chapter 3 of Genesis? 18. What does the term “coats of skin” (Genesis 3:21) imply? 19. T/F—Man having to work is a result of the curse. Support your answer. 20. Describe one meaningful way that a historical view of Genesis could interact with the genetic data. 21. “Everything else one believes about the Bible and Christian theology and practice depends ultimately on…” what? Explain. 22. Explain how Genesis 3 is the story that tells you how you became so unable to read the story being told. 23. Explain where temptation is. 24. How does the author describe the tree of the knowledge of good and evil as a “good thing”? Page 2 of 10

BIBL 410 25. After watching the presentation, state two ways the Fall of man affects life today. Module 3: Week 3 — Early Civilization and the Flood Answer thoroughly the following questions based on the Learn material in Module 3: Week 3. 1. Explain the meaning of the word “knew” in Genesis 4:1 The conception of Cain is described in typical Hebrew idiom: “Adam knew [yāḏâʿ] Eve” (v. 1). Knew is a common euphemism for sexual union (Davis,1975.p 97). 2. How is God’s grace evident in chapter 4 of Genesis? Be thorough. God Grace is evident when God rebuked Cain and warned him that sin is crouching at his door, After cain commited murder God demonstrates Grace and mercy toward Cain by marking him so he wont be murdered . What a marvelous exhibition of divine patience and grace! How far this is from the medieval representations of God as a tyrant ruler who would crush the sinner without mercy. With intimate tenderness and concern the Lord encouraged Cain to assess himself. God promised that if Cain should do well, he would be “accepted” (śeʾēṯ). Seʾēṯ comes from the root nāśāʾ, the primary meaning of which is “lifting, lifting up.” Cain’s countenance would be lifted because he would be restored to favor. However, if Cain should resist the grace of God, then “sin [ḥaṭṭāʾṯ] lieth at the door.” 3. Look up the following verses and explain each verse individually and how it fits the story of Cain and Abel: John 8:44 It recognizes the essential conflict between Satan and the Lord and indicates that this conflict also will involve the people of God and the followers of Satan. I believe God was referencing The murder of Abel when he states that Satan was a killer from the beginning. (Davis.p 92) I John 3:12 KJV states, that Cain killed his brother because of jealousy and hatred. Cain slew his brother (v. 8), “because his own works were evil, and his brother’s righteous” (Davis.p.92). Hebrews 11:4 There can be no doubt that Cain’s attitude was rebellious. When his offering was rejected, he “was very wroth [wayyiḥar leqayin meʾōḏ] and his countenance fell” (v. 5). The Hebrew words paint a vivid picture of extreme anger. The New Testament teaches that Abel’s faith made his offering acceptable (Heb. 11:4). The Old Testament teaches that God will reject the most perfect sacrifice if that sacrifice is offered by an apostate heart Davis.p.98) Hebrews 12:24 God had created life and could not tolerate the indiscriminate, unjustified slaughter of a man. Premeditated murder in the history of the world’s first family was no accident; sin distorts reason unbelievably and produces irrational acts. While the blood of Abel Page 3 of 10

BIBL 410 cried out for judgment, the blood of Jesus Christ “speaketh better than that of Abel” (Heb. 12:24), for it cries out to God for the sinner’s redemption. (Davis.p.100) 4. Where did Cain get his wife? Support your answer from the Bible. 5. Many have charged that the Bible contradicts itself, saying on the one hand that only Cain and his parents existed, and on the other that Cain found a woman to marry (v. 17). But this charge is groundless. According to Genesis 5:4 Cain had many sisters, and in all probability he married one of them. Such a relationship would eventually be forbidden by Mosaic law, but at this stage of human development, it could not be considered wrong or unnatural. (Davis.p.101) 6. Offer two explanations as to why the patriarchs lived so long. There seems to be no reason to regard the names and ages of the individuals in this chapter as other than fully historical. How do we explain the longevity of these men? Advocates of the canopy theory suggest that this antediluvian canopy arrested life-shortening solar rays, but Leupold answers the question less speculatively: “He … who is duly impressed by the excellence of man’s original state, will have no difficulty in accepting the common explanation that even under the curse of sin man’s constitution displayed such vitality that it did not at first submit to the ravages of time until after many centuries had passed.Davis.p.105) 7. How do we know the birth order of Noah’s sons? Be specific. 8. Noah was about 500 years old when he fathered his three sons, “Shem, Ham, and Japheth” (v. 32). They are not named in chronological order; Ham was the youngest of the three (9:24) and Japheth the oldest (10:21). Shem is mentioned first because it was through him that God’s Messiah would come. This narrative, then, illustrates God’s faithfulness to His promise of a chosen seed. (Davis.p.106) 9. When did Methuselah die (how old, relation to flood)? Exactly how much time elapsed between the creation and the events of Genesis 6 is unknown. What is clear, however, is that men were beginning to multiply at a rapid rate. Men lived to be over five hundred years old, and their procreative powers persisted over an extended number of years, from as young as sixty-five years of age (Mahalaleel and Enoch) to as old as five hundred (Noah). Their families must have been large. Genesis 5:25 KJV states Methuselah lived to be 960 years old, but died before the flood. (Davis.p.106) 10. Name the two fundamental reasons for the flood. When divine judgment falls in Scripture, the reasons or causes are always carefully delineated. Chapter 6 furnishes two fundamental reasons for the flood: the sins of the “sons of God,” and the sins of mankind in general. (Davis.p.106) Page 4 of 10

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