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Hebrew Sacred History (Extract 7)
(Wimp Quiz 2)

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The complex book of Leviticus contains the Lord’s instructions to the Hebrews about how to hold up their end of the “Contract with God” so central to their identity. Obviously most readers using this quiz will not remember all of the injunctions in the text, even though the text is much abridged here, so these questions are very general or else refer to admonitions likely to be especially striking to today’s readers.
1. (Extract 7b) Although archaeology tells us that pork was widely consumed in the ancient near east (apparently including by Hebrews), it is a meat prohibited in Leviticus. To this day, the avoidance of pork is considered a mark of Jewish piety. The Leviticus text explains that, although pigs have split hooves, they are prohibited because, unlike allowable split-hooved animals they
grunt 
wallow in dirty water 
eat dung 
do not chew a cud 
taste good and are conducive to human gluttony 
taste like people and are conducive to human cannibalism 
No Answer
2. (Extract 7b) A person was rendered ritually unclean through contact with a dead body or with any discharge of semen or of menstrual blood or by contact with bedding or clothing that has been so contaminated. To become ritually pure again required (Select two.)
reciting a long prayer four times while facing north 
the passage of time 
animal sacrifice 
confession to a priest and the performance of whatever penance he assigned 
providing a meal to the temple or temple-tent priesthood 
beating a goat —the “scapegoat”— and driving it into the desert 
3. (Extract 7c) The procursus to 7C on “Sex & Incest” notes that some of the prohibitions are “justified” by saying that the prohibited behaviors
undercut the authority of the elders 
are subversive of public order 
had been prohibited since the time of Jonah 
had been prohibited since the time of Abraham 
were practiced by Canaanites or Egyptians 
No Answer
4. (Extract 7c) The incest rules in section 7C on “Sex & Incest” are
addressed primarily to women 
make little reference to relatives through maternal links 
make little reference to relatives through paternal links 
prohibit men (but not women) from having sexual intercourse with animals 
prohibit women (but not men) from having sexual intercourse with people of the same sex 
No Answer

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