Now I want to find the most important questions to ask a biblical scholar to determine his leanings. This should be interesting. Here's the questions:

1. Do you believe Moses wrote the Pentateuch?
2. Do you adhere to the Two-Source Theory regarding the Synoptic Gospels?
3. Do you adhere to the teachings of the Catholic Magisterium?
4. Did Jesus really rise from the dead?
5. Did the miracles in the Bible really occur?
6. Is Jesus God?

I'm trying to figure out the top ten questions an historical-critcal scholar asks when he reads the biblical text. Here's what I've come up with so far:

1. Who wrote this text?
2. Who edited/redacted it?
3. Where was it written?
4. When was it written?
5. For what purpose did the author write it? Especially, what was his political motivation?
6. How does this text fit or not fit into the theories developed by historical-critical scholars?