Title: Chapter 03: Fill-in-the-blank/Short Answer Questions: Settlement in the Land
Course: Engaging the Christian Scriptures Instructor's Manual

Q: What are the three main parts of the book of Joshua?
- Joshua’s leading Israel across the Jordan into Canaan, the division of the land among the tribes, the Shechem assembly (Joshua’s leading Israel across the Jordan into Canaan, the division of the land among the tribes, the Shechem assembly)

Q: What does archeological evidence indicate about life in thirteenth-century Palestine? A) it was a time of upheaval and change

Q: In the time of the judges, how does the biblical text indicate Israel was organized? A) a loose tribal confederation

Q: What is the basic four-fold pattern of events in the book of Judges?
- the Israelites do evil, which leads to the Israelites being oppressed, which causes the Israelites to call out to YHWH, which prompts YHWH to raise up a deliverer/judge (the Israelites do evil, which leads to the Israelites being oppressed, which causes the Israelites to call out to YHWH, which prompts YHWH to raise up a deliverer/judge)

Q: What is the concluding statement of the book of Judges that plays an important role in the narrative of the Former Prophets?
- in those days, there was no king in Israel; the people did what was right in their own eyes (in those days, there was no king in Israel; the people did what was right in their own eyes)