Old Testament Exam 1 Springer Study Guide
Where was Abraham's original home
Ur of the Chaldees
Holiness is
a key idea in Leviticus
At Bethel, what did Jacob see
a ladder to heaven
describe an "unclean" animal
animal which was unfit for sacrifice
Pseudopigrapha
are books which claim to be written by ancient prophets
The Talmud
are notes and commentaries on the Hebrew scriptures
Five Rolls
are shorter books read as Jewish festivals
Human beings
are the crowning glory of God's creation
The dead seas scrolls
are the oldest and most important Old Testament manuscripts
"autographs"
are the original writings as completed by their human authors.
Joshua said
as for me and my house we will serve the lord
The Apocrapha
contains books written from 200 B.C. to 100 A.D.
Rueben
convinced his brothers not to kill Joseph
What does the word Testament mean
covenant or agreement
Adam and Eve chose to
disobey
In the Bible, the word "lust" meant to
earnestly covet
Job's wife
encouraged him to "curse God and die"
Israel
entered a golden age of obedience and blessing after David became king
The patriarchal period
extends from approx 2100 B.C. to 1850 B.C.
What did Abraham's name mean
father of a multitude
God promises blessings to those who
fulfill the conditions of His covenant
God promised to give Abraham a
great name
God's covenant is based on
his mercy and grace
God created man and women as equals and both are created
in his image and both are told to have domination or authority over the earth
Jasher
is a book mentioned but not included in the old testament
"Ziggurat"
is a tower and is associated with the Tower of Babel
Joshua
is known for his faith, courage, and skill in leadership
Enoch
is mentioned for his fellowship with God
Isaiah
is the Old Testament brook most often quoted in the New testament
Koine
is the form of Greek used in the New Testament
Samuel encouraged the people not to get a
king
The two important commands God gave were to
love God with your whole heart and to love your neighbor as much as you love yourself
Elohim
means "God of Power"
The Torah
means The Law and is the first division of the Hebrew Scriptures
"canon"
means that which is measured by an authoritative rule or standard
Lot compromised with sin by
offering his daughters to be raped by the men of Sodom
Hosea
one of the "Minor Prophets"
The grand theme of the Bible is
redemption or salvation
Inspirations
refers to the way the Word of God has been recorded in scripture
Aramaic
replaced Hebrew as the spoken language of the Israelites after the Babylonian captivity
Genesis 4-11 tells how
sin spread through the human family like terminal cancer through a human body
The Psalms speak of struggles with
sin, joys, and sorrows, failures and victories
Inequality between man and women are the result of
sin. After Adam and Eve sinned, both of them were punished. The Words: "he shall rule over you" are a part of this punishment. They are not a part of God's original intention as presented in Genesis
Adam and Eve were created without a
sinful nature
Joshua was chosen to
succeed Moses and to lead Israel to the Promise Land
The "gap theory"
suggests that many years may have elapsed between Genesis 1:1 and Genesis 1:2
The Pentateuch
tells us that God hates sin as well as what sin does to his perfect creation
In the New Testament we read
that Christ has redeemed us from the "curse of the law" and that in Christ, there is "neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female."
According to Lennox, the Old Testament is
the best commentary ever written on the New Testament
The Psalms portray
the character of David's relationship with God
Abraham is known as
the father of all who have faith
Tyndale
the first to make an English translation directly from the Hebrew and Greek
Revelation includes all the ways that God makes himself known :
through the Bible, through nature, through conscience, through the holy spirit, through Christ
Jamnia
was a Jewish council that made the recognition of the Old Testament books official
the Bible says that Abraham believed God and it "..."
was credited to him as righteousness"
The Fertile Crescent
was the center of the Old Testament world
Tiamet
was the goddess of the deep in the Babylonian creation epic
Elihu
was the man who discussed the disciplinary values of suffering
The Septuagint
was the version of the Old Testament used by Jesus
An agnostic is one
who does not believe that once can know if God exists.
When Potiphar's wife attempted to seduce Joseph, he said
"How can I do this evil and sin against God"
Joseph
"they intended it for evil against me, but God intended it for good"
Leviticus says
"you must be holy because the Lord your God is holy"
The word "bara"
(to make out of nothing) is used three times in the creation account
The Hebrew word "yom"
(translated as "day" in Genesis chapter one) is translated elsewhere as "generation" or "age"
the Bible was written over a period of approximately how many years?
1500 years
Commentary
A book (or online reference) which gives notes or explanation on chapters and books in the Bible is called a commentary
Condorance
A book (or online reference) which lists each word in the Bible and tells each reference where that word can be found
Samuel
Both Saul and David were anointed as kings by
God's most perfect revelation of himself is found in ..?
Christ
When God described Himself to Moses he emphasized his
Compassion
the plagues of Egypt directly and indirectly challenged the authority of the
Egyptian gods.
Eden was the garden where
God put Adam and Eve
David
Is Psalms principle written and compiler
Book of Psalms is made up of
Israel's prayer book and hymn book
The writer of the Old and New testaments believed
Moses wrote the Pentateuch (the first five books of the Old Testament)
is a prominent feature in Hebrew poetry
Parallelism
In the Pentateuch God is described as
Perfect
suggests that the Pentateuch raises from several sources and was completed in about 400 A.D.
The JEPD Theory
scripture used by Jesus and the first disciples
The Old Testament
Judges
The book of Ruth belongs to the period of the ...
