1. Phyllis Trible (Depatrializing in Biblical Interpretation) is a) an anti-feminist interpretation of biblical passages, b) a pro-feminist interpretation of the Bible, c) an anti-patriarchal interpretation of the Bible, or d) something other than a) through c) (if so, please explain in one sentence).

2. What does Tikva Frymer-Kensky mean when she speaks of humans taking on the erstwhile function of the goddesses of the Canaanite or Mesopotamian pantheon?

3. Why, according to Frymer-Kensky, is there a desire for mediation following the rise of radical monotheism?

4. Name the seven major empires or civilization (in historical order) located in Mesopotamia that influenced, among others, the political fate of Israel/Palestine before the rise of the Roman empire.

5. According to Bynum, what’s the difference between sex and gender?

6. How is the Christian canon of the Sacred Scriptures different from the Jewish/rabbinic one?

7. Name a major author and his most influential work in the early history of modern critical studies on the Bible. What, in a few words, was his understanding of the Mosaic Torah?

8. According to 2. Kings 22-23, what was the “normal”  religion practiced in Judah before the reforms of King Josiah were instituted?

9. What does it mean to speak of the Torah as a response to, and explanation of, the destruction of the Judahite kingdom in 586?

10. What are some of the most important “male” functions represented by the God of Israel (acc. to Frymer-Kensky)?