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This wiki is a place for students in the DMES Hebrew Bible/Ancient Near Eastern PhD program to share and collaborate on comprehensive exam questions and topics.

NOTE: If you have an answer for a question that already has an answer please feel free to put yours at the end. The more the merrier. There is always more than one good way to answer these questions.

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The best way to navigate the wiki is to use the sidebar to the right. Additionally, if you can assign the individual pages a category, they can be accessed through the category pages below.

These categories include:

• Significant Figures
• Archaeological Sites
• Inscriptions
• Other Terms and IDs
• Essays

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Significant Figures
Friedrich Delitzsch— Hermann Gunkel— William Foxwell Albright— Brevard Childs— Max Weber— Albrecht Alt— Frank Moore Cross— Norman Gottwald— Phyllis Trible— Tikva Frymer-Kensky— Carol Meyers— J. Cheryl Exum— Jo Ann Hackett— Michael Fishbane— Meir Sternberg— Sigmund Mowinckel— Gerhard von Rad— James Barr— Jon D. Levenson— Yehezkiel Kaufmann— John Van Seters— David Noel Freedman— P. Kyle McCarter— Moshe Weinfeld— Jacob Milgrom— Baruch Levine— Umberto Cassuto— John Huehnergard— Nahum Sarna— H. G. M. Williamson— Sara Japhet— Israel Knohl— Baruch Halpern— S.R. Driver— Emmanuel Tov— James Sanders— Benedict Spinoza— W. M. L. de Wette— Julius Wellhausen— Johann David Michaelis— Karel van der Toorn— John J. Collins— Peter Machinist— Martin Noth— Carol Newsom— Lawrence E. Stager— G. Ernest Wright
Archaeological Sties
Ashkelon— Ekron— Tayinat— Shechem— Jerusalem— Jericho— Bet Shemesh— Dibon— Mari— Ebla— Ugarit— Emar— Ras Shamra— Megiddo— Hazor— Kuntillet Ajrud
Inscriptions
Tell Deir Alla plaster texts— Tel Dan Inscription— Merneptah Stela— Moabite Stone— Siloam Inscription— Arad Letters— Lachish Letters— Samaria Ostraca— Proto-Sinaitic inscriptions— Elephantine Papyri— El-Amarna Letters— Wadi el-Hol graffiti
Other Terms
Molek— Moab— Servant songs— D— E— Syro-Ephraimite War— Hosea and kingship— H— Sheshonq/Shishak— J— Lex talionis in Israel and its ancient Near Eastern context— Decree of Cyrus to the exiles— Herem— Rechabites— Covenant Code— P— Gedaliah— Amos and the covenant tradition— Bamah— Babel und Bibel— King Ahaz and his new altar in the Jerusalem Temple— Proto-apocalyptic— Primary History— Goring Ox— Tiglath-pileser III— Elohistic Psalter— Nicanor— Hypostatic Wisdom— 4QMMT— Jebusite Hypothesis— Additions to Esther— Intercalation— The three pilgrimage feasts— The Shulamite— The main theological point of the book of Job— “Der Gott der Väter”— Pastoral Nomad Hypothesis— Amphictyony hypothesis— Peasant Revolt Hypothesis
Essays
(1) Origins of Israelite Monotheism (2) Origins of Yahwism (3) Origins of Israelite Law (4) Pre-Classical vs. Classical Prophecy (5) ANE Prophecy (6) Prophecy and Cult (7) The End of Prophecy(?) (8) Origins of Apocalyptic (9) Israelite Aniconism (10) Myth in the HB (11) Problem of J (12) Problem of P (13) History and Wisdom (14) Relationship of H and P (15) Isaiah - Critical Issues (16) Chronicles - Evaluation (17) Psalm 2 (18) Psalm 82 (19) The Patriarchs (20) Succession History (21) Achaemenid Persia in the HB (22) Fall of Samaria (23) Reign of Manasseh (24) Hezekiah and Josiah (25) 701 vs 586 (26) Ezra and Nehemiah (27) Feminist Criticism (28) Job in Israelite Religion (29) Maximalists vs. Minimalists (30) Clan Structures (31) Wisdom and Torah (32) Death and Afterlife (33) Deuteronomy and the Covenant Code (34) Kingship in Early Israel (35) Methodology and the HB (36) Two Invasion Theory of Sennacherib (37) David's Strategies in HDR (38) Psalms and the Cult (39) History of Wisdom Genres (40)Ezekiel 44:6–16 (41) See Question (24) (42) Development of Messianic Thought (43) Popular vs. Official Religion (44) Omri and Ahab (45) Wellhausen on Cult in Ancient Israel (46) Post Wellhausen Documentary Hypothesis (47) Depopulation of Judah (48) Development of DH since Noth (49) Song of Songs in the HB (50) Relationship of DH to Chronicles (51) Daniel Flemming on Amorites (52) Samaria in the Post-Exilic Period (53) Priesthood and Priestly Groups (54) DSS and Textual Criticism (55) Deuteronomist(s) in the Prophets (56) Role of Sacrifice (57) Comparative Ritual Theory (58) Fall of Judah