Old Testament Survey, Final Exam
Which psalm did David write after Nathan confronted him about his sin with Bathsheba?
Pslam 51
Ecclesiastes
Qoheleth, vanity, meaningless and empty
How did the Israelites view faith and knowledge?
Rational perceptions and faith were not different
Isaiah
"Holy One of Israel", Suffering Servant, Glorious Messiah
Exodus
"I AM", slavery, deliverance, Ten Words, institution of the sacrificial system
Esther
"Such a time as this", Feast of Purim
Define OT wisdom.
"Wisdom is basically the very practical art of being prudent, sensible, and skillfully insightful so that one might prosper and have good success in life"
Modern scholars have classified the books of Job, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes as
"Wisdom literature,"
There is no conclusive information that identifies who the author of Job was.
..
There are five basic divisions of the book of Psalms
1-41, 42-72, 73-89, 90-106, and 107-50.
How many signs are in the Ugaritic language?
30
How many divisions are in the book of Psalms?
5
I & II Chronicles:
: Supplementary information
Zechariah:
A call to repentance and spiritual renewal, Hearts of Stone
What is the overall structure of Song of Songs?
A collection of songs about sexual love in marriage
What characterizes penitential psalms?
Appeals for forgiveness
Numbers
Census, disobedience, wanderings
What chapter of Ecclesiastes has political corruption as its main theme?
Chapter 5
What is the underlying essence of knowledge or wisdom as presented in Proverbs?
Character > Intellect
X of x is an example of what type of Hebrew literary form?
Chiastic Pattern
Joshua
Conquest, division of the land
Name the major contributors to the book of Psalms.
David, Asaph, sons of Korah, others Psalm 90: Moses Psalms 72 and 127: Solomon
Zephaniah:
Day of the Lord
What type of wisdom literature is usually found in Proverbs?
Didactic
Daniel
Dreams, historical/ apocalyptical, Nebuchadnezzar's dream
In which book is the philosophy "Man should eat, drink, and be satisfied with his work" found?
Ecclesiastes
The meaning of life is a major focus of this book.
Ecclesiastes
The meaning of life is a major focus of which book?
Ecclesiastes
Where was much of ancient Near Eastern wisdom literature written?
Egypt
What type of ancient literature provides the best parallels to the wisdom of Proverbs?
Egyptian
The wisdom literature of the Book of Proverbs parallels what other ancient wisdom literature?
Egyptian instructional wisdom
An ancient parallel to Ecclesiastes 9:7-9 is ________.
Epic of Gilgamesh
What is the Old Testament foundation of wisdom?
Fear of the Lord expressed in genuine faith
Psalms
Five books, Worship, Songs set to music
What makes the book so unique in God's Scripture?
Gives insight into Israelite worship, both private and public Give insight into all aspects of life: praise, forgiveness, sorrow, enemies
Elihu sets the stage for whom to speak?
God
Jonah
God's grace to the Gentiles
Who introduced the initial classification of types of psalms?
Gunkel
Parallelism is the most important feature of ________.
Hebrew poetry
Whose collection of Proverbs most often deals with leadership?
Hezekiah
II Kings
Hezekiah, Manasseh, Josiah, Zedekiah, Exile
What place did Proverbs have in Israelite education?
In the home
Didactic
Intended to teach, used for moral instruction
What is the result of the literary form x of x?
It intensifies an idea
Who was Agur's father?
Jakeh
"Wisdom is God's and human beings can not attain it" is the main theme of ________.
Job
Why bad things happen to good people is a major focus of this book.
Job
What biblical books do modern scholars designate as "Wisdom literature"?
Job, Proverbs and Ecclesiastes are wisdom literature.
The poetical books
Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and Song of Songs
Obadiah
Judgement on Edom
II Samuel
King David, Jerusalem
I Kings
King Solomon, the Temple, religious syncretism, the kingdom divides
How do you identify divisions in the psalms?
Last verse of each section in a distinctive style
Leviticus
Laws and regulations, offerings, feasts, and festivals
Judges
Leaders/ Delivers, sin, suffering, sorrow, salvation (deliverance)
What is the conclusion of "a man's only goal in life should be to..." reached by Qoheleth in Ecclesiastes?
Life in relationship with God
What type of outlook on life does Ecclesiastes reflect?
Life without God at the center is meaningless
What type of framework does the prologue to Job create?
Literary
Joel
Locusts plague, Outpouring of the Holy Spirit promised
Song of Solomon
Love song, faithfulness in marriage
Finish this quote: A life of folly can be avoided most easily if the young person will
Maintain their relationship with God and adhere to his ways
What is the teacher's philosophy in Ecclesiastes?
Man should eat, drink, and be satisfied with is work
Differentiate between Mesopotamian discursive material and Israelite Wisdom literature.
Mesopotamian documents rarely have moral content and generally refer to skill in magical practices while Israelite wisdom literature is based on the fear of the lord expressed in genuine faith.
What is the distinguishing feature of Hebrew wisdom literature?
Monotheistic perspective
To whom is Psalm 90 often attributed?
Moses
Malachi:
My Messenger, disputation speech - Questions, questions, questions
Nahum:
Nineveh's doom, vindicates God's justice and sovereignty
What is the most important feature of Hebrew poetry?
Parallelism
What is the enemy of wisdom?
Pride
Discuss the date and authorship issues of the book of Ecclesiastes. What is the only sure conclusion concerning authorship?
Probably 3rd century BC Pre exilic - grammar and vocabulary evidence shows it can't be post exilic
Principles for living are a major focus of this book.
Proverbs
Principles for living are a major focus of which book?
Proverbs
What is the most powerful unit on the dangers of sexual impurity?
Proverbs 7
Where does one find the pinnacle of the Bible's view of wisdom?
Proverbs 8
An example of an acrostic psalm is ________.
Psalm 119
I Samuel
Samuel, King Saul, obedience
What is the word used in Egyptian literature for wisdom literature?
Sebayt: Instruction
Ezra
Second Temple completed, the Chronicler
What is the Song of Songs about?
Sexual love in marriage
Deuteronomy
Shema, Second Law, regulations for kings, test for true prophets
Amos
Social justice required, Plumb-line
Ezekiel
Son of Man, dry bones
Job
Suffering, the retribution principle
What is the Hebrew word for the Book Psalms?
Tehillim - praises
Genesis
The Beginning, the first Gospel, the patriarchs
What topic is explored in Wisdom literature?
The meaning of life
What distinguished Hebrew wisdom from its ancient Near Eastern counterparts?
The phrase, "the fear of the Lord"
Which sections of the Book of Proverbs may have non-Israelite origins?
The sayings of the wise men (Proverbs 22:17-24:34) These Hebrew proverbs were likely modeled on an Egyptian original (Instruction of Amenemope)
Human suffering is blamed on whom in the Babylonian discourses?
The sufferer
Why would the sayings of 25:1-29:27 have been of interest to Hezekiah?
They deal with topics of leadership
How did the Israelites interact with the literature and worldview of their ancient Near Eastern neighbors?
They were comfortable incorporating materials from other cultures, as long as they eliminated polytheistic elements "Cross-cultural communication of faith"
What is the value of Proverbs for today?
Timeless principles for living
Micah:
True religion defined, "Who is a God like unto Thee?"
What group has informed much of our knowledge about ancient Near Eastern polytheism?
Ugarits
Hosea
Unfaithful wife/ unfaithful Israel
Nehemiah
Walls of Jerusalem rebuilt
Lamentations
Weeping
Jeremiah
Weeping prophet, "New covenant", Book of Comfort
Habakkuk:
Why God? Honest doubt
Proverbs
Wisdom, theological and pragmatic principles
Haggai:
Zerubbabel as a "signet right" in Zion
Who insisted Job's main problem was greed?
Zophar
How do we classify the content of the Song of Songs?
a collection of songs
The Song of Songs has all the following, except ________.
a consistent narrative plot
Proverbs 23 and the sayings of the wise men focus on ________.
a foundation for life in truth
Chiastic Pattern:
a literary device in which a sequence of ideas is presented and then repeated in reverse order.
Whom does the term Qoholet describe?
a philosopher
a proverb is not
a promise or a command.
A proverb is
a short saying about principles of living that have been proven by life experience,
Who compiled the Song of Songs?
an admirer of King Solomon
Responsive Reading:
call and response
Imprecatory psalms
call on God to judge one's enemies.
What characterizes imprecatory psalms?
calls for judgment
How is the collection of sayings (1:8-9:18) different from most of the other collections in the book?
considered "fatherly talks"; contrasts sexual immorality with devotion to wisdom, which involves sexual purity
Imprecatory psalms call for God's judgment on ________.
enemies
Who was the producer of discourses of wisdom in the ancient Near East?
fathers
What aspect of the psalms has an ancient origin?
headings of Psalms
From whom did King Lemuel learn his proverbs?
his mother
Ancient Egypt created many examples of
instructional wisdom, which focused on successful living.
Ruth
loving kindness, Kinsman-redeemer
Which was a common theme of Mesopotamian Wisdom literature?
magical practices
Character receives a relatively ________ emphasis in Proverbs.
major
To whom does the book of Proverbs apply today?
men and women
Asaph was the chief ________.
musician
Does Song of Songs have a consistent narrative plot?
no
Maxims are most likely to be in a(n) ________ tone.
optimistic
What part of the Book of Job creates a literary framework?
prologue
Chapter 2 of Job is written in ________.
prose
Except for drama, the book of Ecclesiastes contains the following literary types.
proverbial sayings, brief meditations, poetry
What group produced wisdom discourses in the ancient Near East?
sages
What is a key theme of Proverbs 7?
sexual purity
Hebrew poetry has three basic types of parallelism:
synonymous, antithetic, and synthetic.
What characterizes hymn psalms?
thanksgiving to God
Distich
two contiguous lines related to each other by form and by content. a couplet,
hokma
wisdom, both divine and human.
