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Critical Study Of Ot Texts Question Paper

Critical Study Of Ot Texts

Course:Bachelor Of Education In Religious Studies

Institution: Kenyatta University question papers

Exam Year:2008

KENYATTA UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS 2007/2008
INSTITUTIONAL BASED PROGRAMMES
SECOND SEMESTER EXAMINATION FOR DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF
ARTS
ARE 201: CRITICAL STUDY OF OT TEXTS

DATE: Monday 7th July, 2008 TIME: 8.00 ? 10.00 a.m.
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INSTRUCTIONS:
Answer THREE questions at least ONE from each section.

SECTION I
1.
(a)
What are the four special purposes of the visions in Daniel chapters 7 to 1

2?
(b)
What are some of the major elements that are common to apocalyptic type
of literature?
2.
(a)
What common characteristics asset the books of Wisdom apart from the

other biblical books?

(b)
Summarize nine topics that dominate Proverbs.
3.
(a)
Discuss how Qoheleth develops his arguments to prove his thesis of

Ecclesiastes 1:2.
(b)
?Qoheleth challenges many of the cherished religious opinions of his
contemporaries.? Discuss.

SECTION II
4.
What are the three implications of the composite nature of Pentateuchal traditions.
5.
(a)
Why is it stated that Moses wrote the Pentateuch?
(b)
Briefly discuss the reasons why the tradition of mosaic authorship of the
Pentateuch is rejected by many scholars today.
6.
(a)
What is Documentary Hypothesis?
(b)
The Pentateuch is composed of how many sources? Explain each of these
sources.

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