1. Which ONE of the following statements BEST describes the religious outlook of the Hebrews as OPPOSED to Mesopotamian and Egyptian religious outlook BEFORE the so-called "Prophetic Revolution" and the introduction of ethical monotheism?
A. Nature is a "divine gift" to humanity to use, tame, and control
B. Gods are arbitrary in their distribution of rewards and punishments
C. Every god has his/her own sphere of influence
D. Gods primarily demand sacrifices and are only secondarily concerned with ethical behavior and justice
2. It would be INCORRECT (you are looking for the WRONG answer) to state that:
A. Ancient Hebrews associated the Mosaic Covenant with the foundations of Hebrew nationhood
B. If at all, Hebrew Exodus from Egypt took place sometime in the mid-13th century B.C.E.
C. The Amarna correspondence dated to the 14th century B.C.E. attests to the significant regional power of the Egypt's New Kingdom as well as to the increasing power of its most powerful neighbor, the Hittite Kingdom
D. The Victory Stele of Pharaoh Merneptah places the Israelites in the Levant within the context of the collapse of the Bronze Age in the Mediterranean in the late 13th century B.C.E.
E. After the death of Solomon, the United Hebrew Kingdom devolved into a tribal-based society