Old Testament textbook

Archaeology

"To recover the material culture of the peoples of antiquity and, so doing, attempt to reconstruct their history and lifestyles" is Hill & Walton's definition of the purpose of:

cycle

4. A sequence of actions repeated again and again in the same order is called a:

worship

A careful study of the Old Testament is imperative if we are to understand proper:

christ and the church

A common view of the book is that it is actually describing:

sovereignty

A key attribute of God described in the book of Daniel is His:

king Solomon

A key author of the Proverbs is:

David and Salomon

A key element of 1-2 Chronicles is holding up as ideal the reigns of Kings __?__ and __?__.

parallelism

A key feature of Hebrew poetry is:

love

A key idea in Hosea is God s unchanging __?__ for Israel.

change

A key lesson from the Old Testament is that God does not:

only the wicked suffer

A key misunderstanding that the book of Job disproves is:

the conquest of Canaan and..

A major portion of the Old Testament book that bears his name is devoted to:

social justice

A major theme of Amos is that genuine obedience to God will also result in:

covenant

A prominent theme in the book of Jeremiah is the New __?__.

God intends His Word to retain an element of the "mysterious," not to be understood completely.

According to Hill & Walton, the difficulties in "listening" to God "speaking" through the Old Testament include all of the following, except:

worship

Among other principles, the prophet Malachi taught the people what God expected in:

evil deeds

Among other problems, the prophet Zechariah rebukes the returned exiles for repeating the __?__ of their ancestors.

David

An Israelite "empire that stretched from the elbow of the Euphrates in the north to the borders of Egypt in the south" was inherited by King Solomon from his father, King __?__.

meaning

An overall theme of Ecclesiastes is that without God, life has no __?__.

temple worship

Another important theme of these books is the importance of:

covenant

As an act of His grace, God chose Abram (later called Abraham) and established a __?__ with him.

the holy one of Israel

As the title for God, Isaiah used almost exclusively:

sanctuary

Because Israel had only one God, that God could not be represented by idols, and the rituals had to be performed in God's presence, there was only one __?__ in Israel.

a second chance

Both Jonah himself and the people of Nineveh received from God the gift of:

love

Contrary to what many Christians falsely believe, even in the Old Testament, God is a God of:

cannot be thwarted by the schemes of the wicked.

Esther also demonstrates the truth that God's plan for His people . . .

sabbath

God ordained that the seventh day be set aside as a holy:

commandments

God's stipulations for how He expected His people to live - recorded first in Exodus and repeated in Deuteronomy - are known as the "Ten:

similar in both form and content

Hebrew poetry and the poetry of other peoples in the Ancient Near East are:

Among whom he could dwell and...

Hill & Walton conclude that "God's plan from the beginning was to create a people . . .

jesus

Hill & Walton conclude that the ultimate goal of the Old Testament is:

covenant

Hill & Walton observe that the Old Testament "often appears to be the history of the __?__ . . . more than a history of Israel."

Assyria

Hill & Walton observe that the primary anchor for the absolute chronology of the Old Testament world is the date of a solar eclipse, recorded in a list of honored officials from:

eternal

In Daniel, the kingdoms of men are contrasted with the kingdom of God, which is:

five

Internally, the Old Testament book of Psalms is divided into __?__ smaller books.

murder and adultery

King David was guilty of:

sacrifices

Leviticus also explained the system of __?__ God had established.

divine humor

Major themes of the book of Proverbs include all of the following, except:

prose narrative

Most of the literature of these five books is:

revelation

One contrast drawn in Ecclesiastes is between experience and __?__.

counting

One important event in Numbers is the __?__ of the Hebrew people.

a king David

One of the primary authors of the Psalms was

children

One way God gave signs through the prophet Isaiah was by names the prophet gave to his:

the king

Prophecies in the Ancient Near East were typically addressed to:

seam

Some scholars believe that the transitions in the book of Psalms are explained by the __?__ psalms.

prophet

Someone who speaks on behalf of someone else is a:

patriarchs

The "fathers" of the Hebrew people are together known as:

Moses

The "one author hypothesis" considers __?__ to be the author or compiler of the Pentateuch.

Yahweh

The Hebrew name for God is:

presence

The ark of the covenant was the physical symbol of God's:

the preacher

The author of Ecclesiastes is commonly called (in English):

monotheism

The belief in, and worship of, only one God is:

retribution

The belief that the righteous prosper and the wicked suffer is called the __?__ principle.

the song of solomon

The book Song of Songs is also often called:

divorce

The book also states that God hates:

a god-ordained marriage

The book expresses the goodness of human sexual love within the particular context of:

is working behind the scenes

The book of Esther demonstrates that God is still at work even when He . . .

compassion

The book of Jonah illustrates the truth that God has the sovereign right to show His __?__ whenever and to whomever He chooses.

Jeremiah

The book of Lamentations is believed to have been written by the prophet:

wandered in the wilderness

The book of Numbers describes events during the time when the Hebrews . . .

the perfect obedience of the Hebrews

The book of Numbers includes all of the following themes, except:

the day of the lord

The book of Zephaniah focuses on the coming:

Babylon

The books of Ezra and Nehemiah describe the return of exiles to Judah from:

Samuel

The boy God called to become the priest-leader of Israel after Eli died was:

exodus

The departure of the Hebrew slaves from Egypt is known as the:

Pentateuch

The first five books of the Old Testament are together known as the:

god and his covenant

The focus of the Old Testament historical literature is:

David

The future king who killed the giant Goliath in battle was

king solomon

The historical figure traditionally believed to be this author was:

judges

The leaders God called to guide His people sometimes for a brief period and sometimes for several years were called:

Joshua

The man God appointed to lead the Israelites after the death of Moses was

temple

The ministry of the prophet Haggai stresses the importance of the __?__ as a covenant symbol for Israel.

Israel and Judah

The nation of Israel eventually divided into the kingdoms of __?__ and __?__.

calves

The northern kingdom fell into idolatry when King Jeroboam re-introduced the worship of golden:

ancient near east

The physical world of the Old Testament, today called the Middle East, was the:

renewing the covenant

The primary theme of both books is __?__ in the post-exilic community.

Jerusalem

The prophet Ezekiel calls the people of Judah to repentance in light of the coming destruction of:

day of the lord

The prophet Joel used a locust plague as an analogy to describe the coming:

right behavior

The prophet Micah proclaimed that the proper response to God's anger was not manipulating rituals, but:

judgement

The prophetic oracle that described the punishment God was sending was the __?__ oracle.

wealth psalms

The psalms within the book can be divided into all of the following categories, except:

philistines

The residents of the land of Palestine from whom it takes its name were the:

kinsman-redeemer

The role of Boaz in the book of Ruth is an excellent illustration of the Hebrew character known as a:

textual criticism

The science of manuscript comparison is also called:

justice

The story told in Job describes the relationship among God's wisdom, sovereignty, and:

new covenant

The term New Testament is another way of saying:

canon

The word that originally meant "reed" or "stalk" of a plant and now refers to the "measure" of what is included in the Holy Scriptures is:

Baal

There was constant temptation for the Israelites to mix their worship of Yahweh with worship of:

israel

Through the prophet Obadiah, God promised both the destruction of Edom and the restoration of:

ten

To demonstrate His superiority over the false gods of Egypt, God afflicted the nation with __?__ plagues.

promise

We should understand a proverb to illustrate a general principle, not a __?__.

"the exercise of an expert sense of judgment about the text"

When Hill & Walton discuss "critical scholarship," they use the term "criticism" to mean:

it is difficult, but possible, to tell them apart.

When attempting to distinguish between Hebrew prose and Hebrew poetry . . .

Dead Sea scrolls

When the __?__ "were found in the late 1940's, they provided manuscripts of the Old Testament that were a thousand years older than any previously available."

keeps

Yahweh is presented in these books as a God who __?__ His covenant.

messiah

Zechariah is one of the most important Old Testament books in describing the coming:

creation

the first portion of the book of Genesis primarily describes God's work of:

keep living by faith in god

the key theme of Habakkuk is that, even when we are confused about what God is doing, we must:

holiness

the primary theme of the book of Leviticus is:

Assyrian

the prophet Nahum foretold the destruction of the __?__ Empire.