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The Qoheleth repeatedly uses the phrase "_________" to speak of life and experience in the world.

"Under the sun"

How many times does Ezekiel's chariot vision appear in the text?

3

Jeremiah contains _ major books/sections.

3

8. Which of the following in NOT an interpretive option for Hosea's marriage to Gomer?

3 literal marriages

How many kingdoms are featured in the visions of Daniel in chapters 2 and 7?

4

How many major sections/scenarios is the book of Isaiah divided into?

4

. At least ______ different writers have been identified as human authors of the OT

40

Malachi is composed of __ series.

6

The book of Daniel divides clearly between chapters _ and _.

6 and 7

When did Josiah come to the throne of Judah?

640

Which of the following is NOT featured in SoS?

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 prominently in the book of Isaiah?

Ahaz and Hezekiah

Which covenant did Malachi cite specifically.

All of them.

Which of the following is the oldest interpretive approach to SoS?

Allegorical

Which of the following books does not contain an anti edomite orcale

Amos

The earliest of the classical prophets who were active within Israel (the northern kingdom) were

Amos and Hosea

Lex talionis means

An Eye for an Eye

The book of Daniel is written in Hebrew and has a large section written in ________.

Aramaic

Ezekiel prophesied during the captivity of which nation?

Babylon

The nation of Judah was conquered by _____.

Babylon

Which of the following nations was NOT exerting pressure on Israel during Hosea's ministry?

Babylon

Daniel was trained in diplomatic service and served in the _________ government.

Babylonian

Jeremiah's scribe was ______.

Baruch

_______ refers to those books which demonstrate inherent quality of divine inspiration, and which are supremely authoritative for faith and religious practice.

Canon

Classical prophecy had its basis in the.

Covenant

Who was welcomed into Babylon as a deliverer?

Cyrus

can be characterized as apocalyptic literature.

Daniel and Zechariah

Lamentations records the ____________ for Judah, an event of God's Judgment and suffering.

Day of the Lord

Which of the following is NOT indicative of apocalyptic literature?

Divine Absence

the book of obadiah pronounces divine judgement on what nation.

Edom

The prophet Isaiah lived in the ______ century BC

Eighth

All of the following are key ideas from the book of Ecclesiastes.

Enjoyment in life comes through our arranging for it

Though Hosea delivered his message to the northern kingdom, he was actually from Judah.

F

All of Sos is poetic form except for 8 Verses in chapter 3, which feature narrative prose.

False

Because of its theme and frank language of the SoS, rabbis and early church fathers endorsed its contents asan affirmation of God's design for married love.

False

The Qoheleth is traditionally identified with Hezekia.

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 earliest human writings predate 4000BC and are found in Egypt and Mesopotamia.

False

The book of Lamentations is comprised of five poems, three of which are ____ _____ opening with the customary wail "how.

Funeral Dirges

Where is the message of the book of Habakkuk found?

God's responses

Some scholars attribute the writing of the book of Daniel to an author in the 2nd century BC due to very precise predictions in chapter 11 relating to which world empire?

Greek

All of the following are types of oracles present within prophetic literature EXCEPT

Grief Oracles

All of the following are major themes in the book of Isaiah EXCEPT ____.

Hesed

The main question in Habakkuk is, _______.

How can those who are wicked go unpunished

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of lyric love poetry found in SoS?

Inappropriate language

The book Habakkuk is organized around several ______ by the prophet.

Inquiries

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

Both the Septuagint and Jewish tradition ascribe authorship of Lamentations to ________.

Jeremiah

Habakkuk was a contemporary of which prophet.

Jeremiah

Hosea the prophet operated during the Northern kingdom's "golden age" under King _______.

Jeroboam II

Which of the following attests to the tri-partite division of the OT?

Jesus

Who was king when Jeremiah began his ministry?

Josiah

The book of Lamentations is concerned with the defeat and exile of ______.

Judah

The major theme of SoS is the positive dimensions of ______.

Love

Who held that the Apocrypha, though not Scripture, was useful for edification?

Luther

One of the major themes identifiede in Malachi is _______.

Marriage and Divorce

The best example of a pre-classical prophet who held the reigns of leadership was _____.

Moses

Habakkuk deals with God's justice on a _______ level.

National

Who was the king of Babylon when Jerusalem fell?

Nebuchadnezzar

In the ____ ________ of Jeremiah 31 God's law will be written on the heart, not etched on stone tablets.

New Covenant

In later Judaism Songs of Songs was designated to be read as part of which feast, since it was understood to represent God's love for Israel?

Passover

What was the earliest stage in the development of writing?

Pictograms

Malachi message is reminiscent of the _____ prophets.

Preexlic

Ezekiel was a ________.

Priest

Who I 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

The people in Malachi ask how they have ____ God

Robbed

The returned exiles had difficulties with the ______.

Samaritans

Which Assyrian king invaded Judah in the Sixth Century?

Sennacherib

The school of the rabbi _______, like many through history, questioned the authority of Ecclesiastes and its canonical status

Shammai

Obadiah is the _____ book in the old testament.

Shortest

Authorship of Song of Songs is traditionally attributed to

Solomon

Lamentations illustrates the retributive aspect of human suffering; at least some suffering is brought on as punishment.

T

One of the purposes of the book of Hosea was to highlight the spiritual harlotry of Israel.

T

Some modern scholars deny that Ezekiel authored the book of Ezekiel.

T

Some scholars doubt the historicity of Daniel because of the fantastic events it recounts.

T

The authorship of Daniel is virtually undisputed in scholarly study.

T

The book of Ezekiel is autobiographical in style, often utilizing personal possessive pronouns.

T

The book of Ezekiel is essentially a theodicy.

T

The book of Lamentations pictures God as abandoning Judah to punishment.

T

The sovereignty of God is one of the core messages of Daniel.

T

Two of the poems of Lamentations are cast in the form a "lamentation" or "complaint."

T

The wisdom of Ecclesiastes comes from the "Qoheleth" which means? /

Teacher / Preacher

The science of manuscript comparison, which aims at restoring the written text of the OT as close to its original reading as humanly possible is known as ________.

Textual Criticism

In the book of Habakkuk the main instrument of Gods Judgement will be _______.

The Babylonians

______ is a title used for God almost exclusively by Isaiah in the OT.

The Holy One of Israel

Which important Jewish scholars improved word divisions, and added vowel points, punctuation marks, and verse divisions to the Hebrew OT?

The Masoretes

All of the following are major themes in the book of Jeremiah EXCEPT

The New Temple

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

Which Assyrian king invaded Israel in the Eighth Century?

Tiglath-Pilser III

The ministry of biblical prophets tended to be clustered around ________.

Time of Crisis

A prophet is someone who speaks on behalf of someone else.

True

Isaiah and Micah were the earliest active classical prophets in Judah.

True

Jeremiah deals with the issues of God's judgement of nations due to generations of compounded sin.

True

Qoheleth contends that nothing under the sun can give meaning to life.

True

SoS can be considered lyric love poetry.

True

Solomon is traditionally thought to have written Ecclesiastes.

True

The author of SoS makes use of reference to many objects in nature, including flora and fauna, to describe his lover.

True

The book of Jeremiah occupies more space in the Bible than any other book.

True

The material of the book is arranged to highlight the trustworthiness of the covenant of God.

True

One of the biggest controversies surrounding the book of Isaiah is in the relation to its ______.

Unity

What are human errors of sight, hearing, writing, memory, and judgment which occur during the handcopying process known as?

Variants

Ezekiel has been known as the ________.

Watchman

What is the solution that Qoheleth offers regarding adversity?

We should not try to avoid it

In the Hebrew Scripture Song of Songs is in the?

Writings

Joel uses images of to speak of impeding invasion and devastation.

a locust plague

The reason given for the fall of Jerusalem is the violation of the between God and Israel/Judah

covenant

One of the difficult interpretive issues for Joel is it's ____

date.

All of the following are tips for reading prophetic literature EXCEPT

determine what current event the prophecy is tied to.

Joel is mentioned several times in the OT outside of the book of Joel.

f

The Canaanite god Baal was a god of .

fertility

47 of the 55 verses of the book of Malachi address Israel in the ____ person

first

Ezekiel highlighted the ______ ______ of each generation to live according to God's commands.

individual responsibility

Which of the following is not another name for edom in the book fo obadiah

jacob

In general the progression of the role of prophet within Israel was.

leader, advisor, and social/spiritual commentator.

Hosea is part of the ____ _____.

minor prophets

Joel is part of the

minor prophets

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

God commanded Hosea to marry a named Gomer.

prostitute

The Lord addresses Ezekiel by the title _____ __ ___ some ninety times in the book.

son of man

Joel prophetically identified a current crisis as God's judgment on the community.

t

The historical background of Joel's prophecy is difficult to ascertain.

t

The canonical value of Ezekiel was called into question because of _______ ______ _______.

the prophet's understanding of the temple ritual.


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