Hey Everybody-
I have to leave to go out of state a few hours earlier than I expected and there’s no way I’m going to be able get a podcast recorded, mixed and uploaded for you before I leave. I’ll try to put one together when I get home Sunday morning, but I don’t want you to wait that long to start studying.
So, here’s some exam tips to help you…
10 Matching questions will ask you to connect a person, place or date with relevant information about them. Easy. (10 points total)
10 True or False questions. Easy (10 points total)
40 Multiple Choice questions. Beyond Easy. (40 points total)
10 “Short Answer” questions will be about major topics or themes. I’ll expect to see a couple of sentences explaining what the situation or person is notable for and where it is generally located in the OT. Some examples from your study guide in this area are Role of the Judges, Qarqar, 587BCE, Nature of God according to J and P, Solomon’s Mistakes, Syro-Ephraimitic War and Hezekiah’s Reforms. (20 points total)
1 “Long Answer” question will ask you to write a well developed paragraph or to (or three) on a specific issue. That issue will be the development of the understanding of God during and after the Exile and into the Second Temple Period compared to the understanding of God before the Exile (before 587BCE). What are some of the changes or differences that occurred because of the Fall of Jerusalem and who helped develop those changes? Were they all in one group? Etc… (20 points total)
So, that adds up to 100 points. The short answer questions are two points apiece and the long answer question is worth 20 points. The other questions are 1 point apiece.
With all of that information, your notes, your book and this website, there’s no reason you shouldn’t ace the exam!
I’ll be back on Sunday. I’ll put a short podcast up then, but start studying now!
hey…just wondering if you are going to put that podcast up (i hope)?
Mr. Harrelson I need some help w/the last question. Can you explain it a little bit better. Meaning can you put it in layman’s terms?
“Layman’s terms”?
I think I’ve been more than fair by giving you a tip on what general direction to focus on for the long answer question on the exam.
Giving you the question itself would defeat the point of a final exam, Jessica.
It is very understandable on the exam itself as you’ll see tomorrow.
the 1 long question…are you talking about the exile in babylon?
Yep!
ok great, so I found the changes that they made (ch 11 right?) how far do I need to go back to get a good understanding of God?
I guess what Im trying to ask is: is going back to isaiah to get God’s perspective far enough to go to have that significatn change with the fall of jerusalem?
Sure… it really depends on how you make your argument about how the understanding of the nature of God changes from before the exile to during and then after the exile. So, it’s subjective based on how you answer the question. There’s no one right way to do it!
thank you!!
podcast? are you going to put one up? If so, when? anyone heard anything about it, please let me know.
thank you
Just wondering how long you assume this exam should take? The full time?Or in and around an hour?
It took most people about 45 mins to an hour yesterday.
oh also…i hope you get this, but i know generally about the exile but I want more info…where in the book could i look specifically?thanks