Quiz: Revelation at Sinai

Please answer these questions and upload the document with your answers.

1. Rashi teaches us that Moses did not care about his own concerns during this moment. What does the Mekhilta show us to prove this point?
2. Where does Sforno show us that there are similarities to this moment in the rest of the Bible?
3. Mekhilta suggests that there is a linkage between the moment of revelation  (Exodus 19:17) and 2:14 of Song of Songs. Please elaborate on these linkages.
4. How does the Talmud (Shabbat 88a) add to this moment of covenant between the people and God? What are the problems the Talmud suggests about the formation of this relationship?
5. What does Chizkuni offers that helps to explain the reason why God needed to ask for the Israelites loyalty again?
6. Please offer a comparison between the different commentaries regarding “God coming down the mountain.” (Exodus 19:20)
7. Chiskuni suggests that God was deliberate in speaking. How so? (20:1)
8. Please explain Ramban’s understanding of, “I am the Lord, your God.”