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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.
