Final Exam

From Acts: On the road to Damascus, what did the voice say to Saul?

"Saul, Saul, why do yo persecute me?"

What number is the genealogy of Jesus structured?

14

When did the Babylonian armies lay siege to Jerusalem?

597

How does book IV of Psalms begin?

A prayer of Moses

How was Noah described?

A righteous man who walked with God

According to OAB, how does Mark unfold?

A series of escalating steps

When do most interpreters believe the book of Job came together?

After the sixth-century fall of Jerusalem

Which of the following are reasons for the plagues sent against Egypt?

All of these

Which of the following do the Israelites do upon entering Canaan?

All of these

From Acts: What was the name of the disciple in Damascus who prayed for Saul's sight to return?

Ananias

How does Matthew use "His blood be on us and on our children"?

Attributes the destruction of Jerusalem and the Temple in 70 CE to Israel's rejection of Jesus

What is the name of Jeremiah's scribe?

Baruch

Alexander gained control of the regions of Judea and Samaria in 332 BCE when he defeated the Persians at which battle?

Battle of Issus

What was the sign of the covenant God gave Noah?

Bow/Rainbow

How is the water separated during creation?

By a dome

The Covenant Code, which expands upon the basic laws given in the Ten Commandments, primarily consists of what type of law?

Casuistic Law

According to ECS, which of the following is not a main character in the psalms of lament?

Creation

In Isaiah, who dos the prophet declare will act as the chosen one of YHWH and make it possible for the remnant of Judah to return to Jerusalem?

Cyrus

What Persian ruler issued an edict that allowed the return of Israel to their land?

Cyrus

According to OAB, what practice will help the reader approximate the experience of the Gospel of Matthew's first readers?

Disregarding chapter and verse numbers

Regarding the temptation of Jesus in Matthew, what prophet would one recall?

Elijah

Which group of Jews often separated themselves from others, lived in commual settings, offered their own religious sacrifices, and established a routine of daily prayer and religious washings?

Essenes

How did Babylon treat conquered peoples?

Exiled them

What does the English name "Exodus" come from?

Exodus aigyptous ("exit from Egypt")

Between 450 and 400 BCE, who led the people in religious reform centered on renewal of the covenant and obedience to Torah?

Ezra

All Jews completely rejected Hellenism

False

Paul spole to the Corinthians with lofty words and wisdom.

False

According to OAB, what was Amos's profession?

Farmer and herder

In John, what did Jesus tell Peter after the resurrection?

Feed my sheep

How many speeches does the commission of Joshua have?

Four

What did Rebekah tell Jacob to do when Esau was furious?

Go to her brother Laban in Haran

What position did Joseph rise to in Egypt?

Governor

How did Jacob deceive Isaac?

He pretended to be Esau

What did Paul say about his calling?

He was called to be an apostle of Christ Jesus

In Luke, why did Jesus go into the wilderness?

He was led by the Spirit

In John, what did John the Baptist say when he saw Jesus walking by?

Here is the Lamb of God

What do the Former Prophets recount?

History from the time of Joshua to the fall of the southern kingdom of Judah

What did God tell Moses his name was?

I am Who I Am

From Galatians: How did Paul say that he received the gospel he proclaimed?

I received it through a revelation of Jesus Christ

What was Jeremiah born?

In the final years of the reign of King Josiah

In Luke, when Jesus read from the scroll, from what book did he read?

Isaiah

What was Jacob's name changed to at Peniel?

Israel

Why was the woman made?

It is not good for a man to be alone

What was a sign that the Corinthians were still in the flesh?

Jealousy and quarreling

From Galatians: Who did Paul say sent him?

Jesus Christ and God the Father

What does Mark hope to convince readers of in the first half of the book?

Jesus is the Son of God

Who did the new king of Egypt not know of?

Joseph

What does Amos want to see roll and flow?

Justice and righteousness

What kind of psalm does Psalm 13 illustrate?

Lament

What did Nehemiah do?

Led in rebuilding Jerusalem and the province

What does Paul say to pursue?

Love

Which Gospel has a more sophisticated literary style?

Luke

Which Gospel is considered to be the earliest Gospel?

Mark

Which Gospel was probably written in Rome during a time when Christians experienced various kinds of persecution and affliction?

Mark

Which German scholar argued that the Former Prophets were edited together during the exile?

Martin Noth

Which Gospels are the synoptic Gospels?

Matthew, Mark, Luke

How did the angel of the Lord describe Gideon?

Mighty warrior

Who nursed Moses for Pharoah's daughter?

Moses's Mother

In Amos 2:12, it says that Israel made the Nazirites drink wine. Why is this significant?

Nazirites made a vow not to drink wine

How did Moses respond when God told him that he was sending Moses to Pharoah?

Objected

What does the Greek word prophetes mean?

One who speaks for another

How does YHWH speak in Job chapter 38?

Out of the whirlwind

From Acts: Before Saul's conversion, how did he treat Christians?

Persecuted them and sent them to prison

Which group of Jews strove to embody virtuous living as the Mosaic law prescribed?

Pharisees

In what language in Mark written?

Popular spoken Greek

What kind of psalm does Psalm 117 illustrate?

Praise

In Matthew, what does Jesus' phrase "truly ('amen') I tell you" frequently involve?

Pronouncements pertaining to the end of time

What is in the first half of the book of Jeremiah?

Prophecies against Judah and Jerusalem for their idolatry and their social injustice

Which general controlled the Egyptian region when Alexander divided the kingdom into four major regions?

Ptolemy

What did the Israelites do with the blood of the lamb?

Put it on the doorposts of the house

Which group of Jews did not believe in the resurrection of the dead or in an afterlife of any kind, they did not believe in postmortem rewards for faithfulness or punishment for unfaithfulness?

Sadducees

Which judge delivers the Israelites from the Philistines but breaks a Nazirite vow?

Samson

Who did early rabbis believe wrote the book of Judges?

Samuel

Which ritual included the sending away of a scapegoat as a symbol of the removal of the people's sins?

Say of Atonement

For what did Esau sell his birthright to Jacob?

Stew

How does the prophet view the basic sense of justice?

That people have what is needed for a full life

From what does the book of Psalms receive its title?

The Greek title meaning "songs"

Who allots spiritual gifts?

The Holy Spirit

What does Isaiah mean?

The Lord saves

What does the final book of the Psalter reflect on?

The context of the exile and its aftermath

What is the Day of YHWH?

The day of the victory and reign of YHWH over those who oppose the divine will

From Galatians: What does Paul call love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control?

The fruit of the Spirit

To whom did Amos and Hosea preach?

The northern kingdom

In Luke, according to Jesus, who is the greatest?

The one who serves

From Galatians: What does Paul call fornication, impurity, licentiousness, idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousy, anger, quarrel, dissensions, factions, envy, drunkenness, and carousing?

The works of the flesh

Which of these terms describes the issue of how one can claim an all-good and all-powerful God in the face of the evil and suffering in the world?

Theodicy

What did the fall of Jerulasem, the capital, mean?

There was no king to bring justice and no temple to make atonement possible

What did Chloe's people report to Paul?

There were quarrels among the people

If one part of the body suffers, how are the others impacted?

They suffer with it

In John, how did the Jews respond when Pilate offered to release Jesus?

They wanted Barabbas released

From Galatians: Why was Paul astonished by the Galations?

They were turning to a different gospel

What is the structure of Amos?

Three major parts

Why did Paul write what he did to the Corinthians?

To admonish them as his children

In Mark, what is Jesus' first public action?

To call people for follow him

What did Luke say was his purpose in writing the gospel account?

To write an orderly account

Paul said the Corinthians should be infants in evil but adults in thinking.

True

In John, what was Jesus' first sign?

Turning the water into wine

What literary device does Matthew use to connect Jesus with Moses?

Typology

Who is known to be the author of the book of Joshua?

Unknown

Where was Job from?

Uz

In John, what did Jesus do for the disciples during supper?

Washed their feet

In Luke, how did the two on the road to Emmaus respond when they recognized Jesus?

Were not our hearts burning within us

When should a woman be veiled?

When she prays or prophesies

When God raised up Othneil, how has the Israelites turned away from God?

Worshiped the Baals and the Asherahs

What did the serpent say would be the result of eating the forbidden fruit?

Your eyes will be opened

According to the authors of ECS, the idea of "holiness" is best understood as being

distinct from the world

Reading the first half of the book of Joshua prompted W. F. Albright to devise a model for Israel's emergence in the land of Canaan that involved

military incursion

The model for Israel's emergence in the land of Canaan that George Mendenhall and Norman Gottwald proposed, which the story of the Gibeonites in the book of Joshua may support, involves

peasant revolt by indigenous Canaanites who joined with Israel