Old Testament Chapter Quizes 24-44
The book of Obadiah espouses the idea of Lex Talionis which means _____________.
"An eye for an eye"
The Qoheleth repeatedly uses the phrase ___________ to speak of life and experience in the world.
"Under the sun"
The book of Jonah is structured with __________ roughly even sections.
2
How many major divisions does Micah have?
3
How many times does Ezekiel's chariot vision appear in the text?
3
Jeremiah contains ___________ major books/sections.
3
How many "messages" comprise the book of Haggai?
4
How many kingdoms are featured in the visions of Daniel chapters 2 and 7?
4
How many major sections/scenarios is the book of Isaiah divided into?
4
At least _______ different writers have been have been identified as human authors of the Old Testament.
40
How many judgment oracles did Micah give?
5
The book of Lamentations mourns the fall of Jerusalem in ______________.
587/586 bc
The fall of Jerusalem occurred in ________.
587/6 bc
Malachi is composed of a series of _______ oracles.
6
The book of Daniel divides clearly between chapters ______ and ______.
6,7
What is the most likely date for the prophecy of Zephaniah?
627/626 bc
When did Josiah come to the throne of Judah?
640 Bc
The first section of Zechariah contains ___________ "night visions."
7
How long did it take to build the first temple?
7 years
According to Qoheleth, life is __________.
A gift from God
Joel uses the image of ______________ to speak of impending invasion and devastation.
A locust plague
Which of the following people is not featured in Song of Songs?
A village priest
Most of the poems of Lamentations are composed as _______.
Acrostics
The book of Joel is quoted in:
Acts
Which two kings of Judah feature prominently in the book of Isaiah?
Ahaz and Hezekiah
Haggai shows literary skill in which of the following ways?
All of the above
Which covenant did Malachi cite specifically?
All of the above
Which of these represents an interpretative approach that has been taken with Song of Songs?
All the above
Which of the following is the oldest interpretive approach to Song of Songs?
Allegorical
Zephaniah and which other OT book are the only Minor Prophets to include oracles against the nations?
Amos
The earliest of the classical prophets who were active within Israel (the northern kingdom) were _____________.
Amos and Hosea
What natural phenomena/event is referenced in Amos 1:1?
An earthquake
When Jonah sees that God has relented from destroying Nineveh because of their repentance he is _____________.
Angry
The book of Daniel is written in Hebrew and has a large section written in ________.
Aramaic
Nahum deals with which ancient Near Eastern empire?
Assyria
The book of Jonah concerns the judgment of the city of Nineveh, the capital of ____________.
Assyria
Which nation is the archvillain of the Old Testament?
Assyria
Micah ministered during the ________ crisis.
Assyrian
God's controversy with Israel was rooted in the conflicting religious ideologies of Canaanite ______ and Hebrew Yahwism.
Baalism
Ezekiel prophesied during the captivity by which nation?
Babylon
The nation of Judah was conquered by _________.
Babylon
Which nation would eventually exile Judah?
Babylon
Which of the following nations was not exerting pressure on Israel during Hosea's ministry?
Babylon
Who was the pagan nation threatening Judah during the time of Zephaniah's ministry?
Babylon
Daniel was trained in diplomatic service and served in the ____________ government.
Babylonian
Jeremiah's scribe was _____________.
Baruch
Amos's prophecies were delivered to Israel at _____________, a site of syncretic worship.
Bethel
One of Zechariah's two explicitly stated duties as God's spokesman was to ________ the people of Judah.
Comfort
The message of the book of Jonah concerns God's sovereign right to bestow ______on whomever he wills, even to the point of relenting from threatened destruction.
Compassion
At the end of the book of Jonah, God is __________ toward the Ninevites.
Compassionate
Zephaniah indicted Judah for its corrupt officials and ___________.
Continued rebellion
Classical prophecy had its basis in the ___________.
Covenant
The reason given for the fall of Jerusalem is the violation of the ______ between God and Israel/Judah.
Covenant
Who was welcomed into Babylon as a deliverer?
Cyrus
_____________ can be characterized as apocalyptic literature.
Daniel and Zechariah
Along with the prophet in the answer to question #1, which other three books comprise the corpus of Old Testament Prophetic literature dating to the Persian period of Hebrew history (ca. 550-330 bc)?
Daniel, Joel, and Malachi
The backdrop for Haggai's prophecy was the reign of ____________, king of Persia.
Darius I
The reign of ___________, king of Persia, is the background for Zechariah's prophecies.
Darius I
One of the difficult interpretive issues for Joel is its _______.
Date
Two places in the book of Micah speak of royal ______ who would serve as the Lord's instruments for saving Israel from her enemies.
Deliverers
All of the following are tips for reading prophetic literature except________________.
Determine what current event the prophecy is tied to
Which of the following features is not indicative of apocalyptic literature?
Divine absence in human history
By what type of natural disaster does Amos date his ministry?
Earthquake
The book of Obadiah pronounces divine judgment on what nation?
Edom
The prophet Isaiah lived in the _________ century bc.
Eighth
One of the major themes in the book of Malachi was the promise of an _____-like figure as a messenger of the covenant.
Elijah
All of the following are key ideas from the book of Ecclesiastes except___________.
Enjoyment in life comes through our arranging for it
Though Zechariah does not use the phrases "the Day of the Lord" or "the Kingdom of God" the book contributes greatly to our knowledge of the Hebrew understanding of __________.
Eschatology
The Qoheleth does not appeal to divine revelation to make his point; instead his approach was philosophical and based on __________ and wisdom.
Experience
A later editor probably added the "pro-Judah" portions of Hosea.
False
According to the book of Habakkuk, God is unjust in his dealings with the nations.
False
All of Song of Songs is poetic in form except for 8 verses in chapter 3, which feature narrative prose.
False
Amos is unconcerned with the welfare of others.
False
Amos opens his prophecy with ten oracles against the nations.
False
Amos was the only writing prophet who lived and ministered in the northern kingdom.
False
Because of internal evidence, namely the known date of the destruction of the city of Nineveh, it is logical to date the book of Nahum prior to 712 bc.
False
Because of its theme and frank language of the Song of Songs, rabbis and early church fathers endorsed its contents as an affirmation of God's design for married love.
False
By Jeremiah's time all of the false prophets had been expelled from Judah.
False
Critical scholarship divides Zechariah into five parts on the basis of perceived differences in style, vocabulary, theme, and genre.
False
Due to the mention of the reign of King Uzziah the book of Joel can be dated to 756 bc.
False
Habakkuk identifies himself as a priest in the line of Zadok.
False
Habakkuk, like Job, receives no answers to his questions about God's justice.
False
Haggai was possibly a member of the royal household.
False
Hosea's message was delivered prior to Babylon's destruction of the northern kingdom in 722 bc.
False
Hosea's prophecy is solely focused on the northern kingdom.
False
In the book of Jonah, Jonah represents Israel as a whole.
False
In the book of Malachi, the oracles are interspersed with twenty rhetorical questions designed to leave the opponent devoid of further argumentation.
False
Isaiah chapters 37-39 feature four sons whose names were given prophetic significance.
False
Isaiah does not see Yahweh as the Redeemer of Israel and Judah.
False
It is most helpful to understand prophecy as prediction.
False
Joel insists that though things are currently bad they will quickly get better.
False
Joel is mentioned several times in the Old Testament outside of the book of Joel.
False
Jonah claims to be the author the book of Jonah.
False
Lamentations is one of the Megilloth, or "Festival Scrolls" and is read annually at the Passover, the commemoration of God's delivering of Israel from slavery in Egypt.
False
Malachi identifies himself as a part of the priestly family of Iddo.
False
Malachi is the last book of the Old Testament both in terms of position in the canon and chronology.
False
Many of the metaphors in the book of Song of Songs appear to be taken from the experience of a husbandman working in a vineyard.
False
Micah 6:8 is a comprehensive statement of human responsibility before God.
False
Micah's ministry was set against the backdrop of the impending Babylonian invasion.
False
Nahum proclaimed peace for the nation of Assyria.
False
Obadiah is concerned with social justice and the spiritual sickness which is at the root of people's mistreatment of the poor.
False
Obadiah is one of the most detailed books in the Old Testament in terms of background, giving the time, setting, and information about the prophet at the beginning of the book.
False
Obadiah's message has three parts.
False
Obadiah's name means "the LORD will triumph."
False
One of Haggai's concerns was the rebuilding of the walls of Jerusalem.
False
One of Joel's major indictments of Israel is in relation to the worship of Baal.
False
One of Micah's primary concerns centers around maintaining the Davidic line of kings.
False
Sections 1 and 2 of Zechariah are arranged in an acrostic structure.
False
The Qoheleth is traditionally identified with Hezekiah.
False
The Qoheleth promotes an "eat, drink, and be merry for tomorrow we die" view of the world.
False
The authorship of the book of Daniel is virtually undisputed in scholarly study.
False
The background of Isaiah is the invasion of Israel by the Neo-Babylonian Empire.
False
The book of Ecclesiastes is arranged much like a Western philosophical treatise.
False
The book of Ecclesiastes is wholly pessimistic.
False
The book of Lamentations teaches that God does not punish sin.
False
The earliest human writings predate 4000 bc and are found in Egypt and Mesopotamia.
False
The four kingdoms in chapters 2 and 7 are clearly identified.
False
The king of Nineveh in the book of Jonah has been identified as Tiglath Pileser III.
False
The major event which looms in the background of Habakkuk is the recent destruction of Jerusalem.
False
The mention of the fall of the Egyptian city of Memphis is another factor which helps to the date the book of Nahum.
False
The message of the book of Jonah is directed toward Israel, encouraging her to move beyond her borders to evangelize other nations and to love and forgive her enemies.
False
The ministry of Ezekiel took place in Jerusalem after the return from exile.
False
The ministry of the prophet Jeremiah spanned more than fifty years.
False
The only nation which does not receive an oracle of condemnation is Judah.
False
The primary job of a prophet is to highlight what the people are doing correctly.
False
The purpose of the book of Ezekiel was to promote the rebuilding of the temple.
False
The purpose of the book of Nahum was to pronounce the possibility of Nineveh avoiding destruction through repentance.
False
The word Apocryphameans "hidden" and refers to a group of books produced during the time of the exile in Babylon.
False
There are four major literary categories in the book of Jeremiah.
False
There are multiple clear historical allusions in Song of Songs.
False
There was a clear counterpart in the ancient Near East to classical prophets.
False
Though Daniel and his friends reside in a pagan nation, the surrounding culture appears to be amiable toward Israelite religion.
False
Though Haggai gives the name of the king reigning in Judah during the time of his prophecies, we cannot pinpoint the exact time of his prophetic activity.
False
Though Hosea delivered his message to the northern kingdom, he was actually from Judah.
False
Though Jeremiah is called to deliver a difficult message he seems to have been able to carry out his duty as a prophet without any substantial personal struggles.
False
Within its context, Micah 6:8 should be understood as a comprehensive statement of God's demands on humanity.
False
Zechariah has very little to say about the messiah.
False
Zephaniah was possibly a member of the royal household.
False
Zephaniah was specific that judgment for Judah would include destruction of the temple.
False
Zephaniah's oracles of judgment were focused solely on Judah.
False
The Canaanite god Baal was a god of ______________ .
Fertility
The book of Lamentations is comprised of five poems, three of which are ____________ , opening with the customary wail "how?"
Funeral dirges
The book of Jonah is primarily concerned with _______.
God
The message of Ecclesiastes is that the course of life to be pursued is a ______-centered life.
God
Some scholars attribute the writing of the book of Daniel to an author in the second century bc due to very precise predictions in chapter 11 relating to which world empire?
Greek
Which kingdom is under discussion in chapter 11?
Greek
All of the following are types of oracles present within prophetic literature except___________.
Grief oracles
Zechariah and _______ both encouraged the building of the temple.
Haggai
All of the following are major themes in the book of Isaiah except_____________
Hesed
The main question of the book of Habakkuk is, ____________________?
How can those who are wicked go unpunished
The major theme of Song of Songs is the positive dimensions of __________.
Human Love
Where is the message of the book of Habakkuk found?
In God's response
Which of the following is not a characteristic of lyric love poetry found in Song of Songs?
Inappropriate language
Ezekiel highlighted the ________ of each generation to live according to God's commands, and in doing so refuted the unwarranted displacement of blame for God's punishment solely on the sinful behavior of previous generations.
Individual Responsibility
The book of Habakkuk is organized around several __________ by the prophet.
Inquiries
Micah was a contemporary of the prophet _______________.
Isaiah
The book of Nahum contains many parallels to the book of ________ including vocabulary, phrasing, theme, and motif.
Isaiah
The book of Joel abundantly uses words, phrases, and motifs from which prophetic books?
Isaiah, Amos, and Ezekiel
Hosea was a prophet to which kingdom?
Israel
Which of the following is not another name for Edom in the book of Obadiah?
Jacob
Which NT book also deals with social justice?
James
Both the Septuagint and Jewish tradition ascribe authorship of Lamentations to ______________.
Jeremiah
Habakkuk was a contemporary of which prophet?
Jeremiah
The prophet Micah is specifically referred to in the prophetic book of ________________.
Jeremiah
The prophet Zephaniah was a contemporary of the prophet ________________.
Jeremiah
Hosea the prophet operated during the northern kingdom's "golden age" under King __________.
Jeroboam II
Which of the following attested to the tri-partite division of the Old Testament?
Jesus
According the superscription of the book (1:1) the prophecies of Zephaniah are dated to the reign of ____________.
Josiah
Which of the following kings of Judah ruled during the ministry of Nahum?
Josiah
Who was king when Jeremiah began his ministry?
Josiah
The book of Lamentations is concerned with the defeat and exile of __________.
Judah
The second section of the book of Nahum contains alternating addresses to Nineveh and ________.
Judah
In general the progression of the role of the prophet within Israel was _______________.
Leader, adviser, and social/spiritual commentator
Jonah's theodicy is concerned with ____________.
Leniency toward wickedness
Each of Micah's major divisions opens with a call to ________.
Listen
Who held that the Apocrypha, though not Scripture, was useful for edification?
Luther
Which of the following books does not contain an anti-Edomite oracle?
Malachi
The apostasy of King _______________ for the five decades prior to the ministry of Zephaniah exacted a heavy spiritual toll on Judah.
Manasseh
One of the major themes identified in Malachi is _________________.
Marriage and divorce
Zechariah has more to say about the ________ than any other Old Testament book except Isaiah.
Messiah
Hosea is part of the _________.
Minor Prophets
Joel is part of the _________.
Minor Prophets
The best example of a preclassical prophet who held the reins of leadership was ____________.
Moses
Habakkuk deals with God's justice on a/an __________ level.
National
Who was the king of Babylon when Jerusalem fell?
Nebuchadrezzar
In the _________ of Jeremiah 31 God's law will be written on the heart, not etched on stone tablets.
New Covenant
Prior to becoming a prophet Joel was a _________________.
None of the above
Chapters 1-3 of Hosea are arranged in a literary pattern known as _____________.
Palistrophe
In later Judaism Songs of Songs was designated to be read as a part of which feast, since it was understood to represent God's love for Israel?
Passover
Habakkuk 2:4b, "But the righteous will live by faith," is quoted by _____in the New Testament.
Paul
What was the earliest stage in the development of writing?
Pictograms
Malachi's message is reminiscent of the ________ prophets.
Preexilic
One major theme in Daniel is the ____ of kings that leads to the eventual downfall.
Pride
Along with being a prophet, Zechariah was also a ________________ .
Priest
Ezekiel was a ______________.
Priest
God commanded Hosea to marry a ______________ named Gomer.
Prostitute
Zechariah is often classified as __________ literature.
Proto-apocalyptic
The book of Nahum opens with an introductory _____________.
Psalm
Who is responsible for removing the Apocrypha from the English Bible?
Puritans
What is the strongest evidence for Joel as a postexilic prophet?
Reference to the exile as a past event
Jonah is angry because the people of Nineveh _________.
Repent
Obadiah's oracle concludes with the promise of ______ for the remnant of Israel.
Restoration
The people in Malachi ask how they have _______ God.
Robbed
The returned exiles had difficulties with the _______.
Samaritans
Which of the following is an Assyrian king who was a threat during Micah's ministry?
Sargon II
Which Babylonian king invaded Judah in the eighth century?
Sennacherib
Which king made Nineveh his capital?
Sennacherib
The school of the rabbi _________, like many through history, questioned the authority of Ecclesiastes and its canonical status.
Shammai
Prior to becoming a prophet Amos was a _______________.
Shepherd
Obadiah is the ____________ book in the Old Testament.
Shortest
A major theme in the book of Amos is ________________.
Social justice
Authorship of Songs of Songs is traditionally attributed to ________________.
Solomon
The Lord addresses Ezekiel by the title _____________ some ninety times in the book.
Son of Man
Literarily Ecclesiastes makes use of all of the following except for ______________.
Sonnets
The wisdom of Ecclesiastes comes from the "Qoheleth" which means ____________.
Teacher/preacher
Amos is from which city?
Tekoa
The major theme of the book of Haggai is the rebuilding of the ________.
Temple
The science of manuscript comparison, which aims at restoring the written text of the Old Testament as close to its original reading as humanly possible, is known as __________.
Textual Criticism
In the book of Habakkuk the main instrument of God's judgment will be ______________.
The Babylonians
_______ refers to those books which demonstrate the inherent quality of divine inspiration, and which are supremely authoritative for faith and religious practice.
The Canon
A major theme of Zephaniah was _______, a time when the current state of affairs would be replaced by the Lord's intended order of things.
The Day of the LORD
Joel's main concern throughout the book was to address ________, a time of destruction and judgment.
The Day of the LORD
Lamentations records _________ for Judah, an event of God's judgment and suffering.
The Day of the LORD
_______is a title used for God almost exclusively by Isaiah in the Old Testament.
The Holy One of Israel
Which important group of Jewish scholars improved word divisions, and added vowel points, punctuation marks, and verse divisions to the Hebrew Old Testament?
The Masoretes
Jeremiah functioned as a prophet during which crisis in Israel's history?
The fall of Jerusalem
The most likely background for the book of Obadiah is ________________.
The fall of Jerusalem
All of the following are major themes in the book of Jeremiah except_______________.
The new temple
The canonical value of Ezekiel was called into question because of _________________.
The prophet's understanding of temple ritual
Another major theme of the book is theodicy, or justifying the ways of God, which in the story of Jonah takes the form of being justified to act as he pleases whether that is in mercy or judgment.
Theodicy
Which of the following is not an interpretive option for Hosea's marriage to Gomer?
Three literal marriages
Which Assyrian king invaded Israel in the eighth century?
Tiglath-Pileser III
The ministry of biblical prophets tended to be clustered around ______________.
Times of crisis
A prophet is someone who speaks on behalf of someone else.
True
Amos is the oldest of the writing prophets.
True
Amos preached during a prosperous period in Israel's history.
True
Amos says mistreatment of the poor is a symptom of spiritual sickness.
True
Ezekiel is known for using bold and provocative language.
True
Habakkuk was concerned with the justice of God at a time when a wicked nation was prospering.
True
Haggai prophesied that God would overthrow the nations and restore Israel's fortunes.
True
In interpreting the book, Jonah should be equated with the city of Nineveh.
True
Isaiah and Micah were the earliest active classical prophets in Judah.
True
Isaiah gave his sons names with prophetic importance.
True
It is likely that Manasseh or Josiah was in power when Nahum delivered his oracle.
True
Jeremiah deals with the issue of God's judgment of nations due to generations of compounded sin.
True
Jeremiah teaches that Yahweh is ruler over all nations.
True
Joel prophetically identified a current crisis as God's judgment on the community.
True
Lamentations illustrates the retributive aspect of human suffering; at least some suffering is brought on as punishment.
True
Legal terminology abounds in Hosea as God brings a "lawsuit" against Israel.
True
Malachi speaks out against idolatry, social injustice, and easy divorce.
True
Micah explicitly states his purpose.
True
Micah's message was that the people were guilty of injustice.
True
Micah's prophecy ends with an oracle of hope.
True
Obadiah touches on the theme of the day of the Lord for the nations.
True
One of Haggai's concerns was the reinstitution of the liturgical calendar.
True
One of the major reasons for which Obadiah proclaims judgment on this pagan nation is because of its pride.
True
One of the purposes of the book of Hosea was to highlight the spiritual harlotry of Israel.
True
Parts of Zechariah are written in a chiastic pattern.
True
Qoheleth contends that nothing under the sun can give meaning to life.
True
Referring to the Old Testament as the "Old Testament" is a distinctly Christian concept.
True
Rock, wooden tablets, clay, papyrus, and parchment were all materials used in the ancient writing process.
True
Several elements of apocalyptic literature reside in the writings of Ezekiel.
True
Some modern scholars deny that Ezekiel authored the book of Ezekiel.
True
Some scholars doubt the historicity of Daniel because of the fantastic events it recounts.
True
Song of Songs affirms chastity for unmarried people.
True
Song of Songs can be considered lyric love poetry.
True
The Assyrians had a reputation in the Old Testament for incredible cruelty.
True
The Cyrus Cylinder decreed the return of conquered peoples to their home lands.
True
The Hebrew term nabi appears to indicate "one who is called."
True
The Hebrews included twenty-four books in the Holy Scriptures, which is fifteen less than the English Old Testament, but they both contain the exact same material.
True
The New Testament attributes parts of the second half of the book of Isaiah to the prophet Isaiah.
True
The anti-Edomite theme is popular in the Old Testament.
True
The author of Songs of Songs makes use of reference to many objects in nature, including flora and fauna, to describe his lover.
True
The book of Ezekiel is autobiographical in style, often utilizing the personal and possessive pronouns "I," "me," and "my."
True
The book of Ezekiel is essentially a theodicy.
True
The book of Habakkuk appears to have been written during a period of time when Assyrian power was on the decline.
True
The book of Jeremiah occupies more space in the Bible than any other book.
True
The book of Joel is quoted by Peter in his message on the day of Pentecost.
True
The book of Jonah is unique among the Prophets in that it relates episodes from the life of Jonah instead of being a collection of oracles.
True
The book of Lamentations contains highly emotional language.
True
The book of Lamentations pictures God as abandoning Judah to punishment.
True
The book of Lamentations teaches that God will not forever abandon his people.
True
The final section of Nahum contains a dirge suggesting the reasons for God's action against Nineveh.
True
The fourth address by Haggai promised to establish Zerubbabel as "a signet ring" in Zion, thus rekindling the messianic expectation among the Israelites.
True
The historical background of Joel's prophecy is difficult to ascertain.
True
The identity of Darius the Mede causes questions for scholars.
True
The material of the book is arranged to highlight the trustworthiness of the covenant God.
True
The message of Malachi reflects conditions associated with pre-Ezra decline.
True
The name Malachi means either "my messenger" or "my angel."
True
The predominant theme of Malachi is Israel's covenant relationship with God and its ramifications.
True
The prophet's job was to communicate a message from God.
True
The purpose of the prophecies by Zephaniah was to initiate change in Judah by pronouncing God's judgment on wickedness.
True
The religious leaders of the Hebrew community established the canon.
True
The sovereignty of God is one of the core messages of Daniel.
True
The title "Redeemer" is used for God more than a dozen times in Isaiah.
True
There are possibly numerous "days of the Lord."
True
There is a "wisdom" tone to the prophecy of Habakkuk.
True
Two of the poems of Lamentations are cast in the form of a "lament" or "complaint."
True
Zechariah summoned the community to repentance and spiritual renewal.
True
Zechariah's message was laced with concern for social justice in the present.
True
Zephaniah's message of judgment for Judah also included a message of eventual restoration.
True
One of the biggest controversies surrounding the book of Isaiah is in relation to its __________.
Unity
Amos dated his prophecy by reference to which two kings?
Uzziah and Jeroboam II
What are human errors of sight, hearing, writing, memory, and judgment which occur during the hand-copying process known as?
Variants
Obadiah's oracle is a ________.
Vision
Ezekiel has been known as the _________.
Watchman
What is the solution that Qoheleth offers regarding adversity?
We should not try to avoid it
Which other prophet's ministry also involved the city of Nineveh?
Which other prophet's ministry also involved the city of Nineveh?
In the Hebrew Scripture Song of Songs is in the ______________.
Writings
Zechariah means ___________________.
Yahweh has remembered
Haggai was a contemporary of the other postexilic prophet, ___________________.
Zechariah
Which of the following led a return of Judean exiles?
Zerubbabel
Forty-seven of the fifty-five verses of the book of Malachi address Israel in the ________ person.
first
The kingdom of God, a concept introduced in chapter 2 as that which will never be destroyed, is one of the major themes of the book of Daniel.
kingdom of God