Old Testament
Social justice
A major theme in the of the book of Amos is ________________
The day of the Lord
A major theme of Zephaniah was _________________, a time when the current state of affairs would be replaced by the Lord's intended order of things.
Isaac
Abraham was asked to sacrifice his son________________
Josiah
According the superscription of the book (1:1) the prophecies of Zephaniah are dated to the reign of _________________.
Xerxes
According to the book of Esther, __________ was the king who was in power during the events described in Esther.
Atonality
All of the following are elements present in Hebrew poetry except ...
Enjoyment in life comes through our arranging for it
All of the following are key ideas from the book of Ecclesiastes except ...
Hesed
All of the following are major themes in the book of Isaiah except...
The new temple
All of the following are major themes in the book of Jeremiah except ...
Grief Oracle
All of the following are types of oracles present with prophetic literature except ...
Nathan
All of the following people are an author of one or more Psalms except ...
Amenmeope
All of the following were contributors to the book of Proverbs except ...
Abundance offering
All of the following were offerings instituted for Israel in Leviticus except...
Priest
Along with being a prophet Zechariah was also a ________________ .
Daniel, Joel, and Malachi
Along with the prophet of question #1, which other three books comprise the corpus of Old Testament prophetic literature dating to the Persian period of Hebrew history (ca. 550-330 BC)?
Uzziah and Jeroboam II
Amos dated his prophecy by reference to which two kings?
Bethel
Amos' prophecies were delivered to Israel at _____________ a site of syncratic worship.
Hittites
Asia Minor was the home of what powerful empire in the second millennium BC?
40
At least _______ different writers have been have been identified as human authors of the Old Testament.
Sini
At what mountain did God make a covenant with Israel?
Solomon
Authorship of Songs of Songs is traditionally attributed to ________________.
Laments
Book 1 contains mostly ___________.
Jeremiah
Both Septuagint and Jewish tradition ascribe authorship of Lamentations to ______________.
Palistrophe
Chapters 1-3 of Hosea are arranged in a literary pattern known as _____________.
True
Covenant is one of the core concepts of the Old Testament.
All of the above
Critical methodologies are referred to as:
False
Cult sites were centers of ancient commerce and often yield abundant numbers of ancient "receipts."
Babylonian
Daniel was trained in diplomatic service and served in the ____________ government.
Curses and blessings
Deuteronomy 28 contains the ______________ as a description of the results of covenant faithfulness or unfaithfulness.
3
Each of Micah's ____________ major divisions opens with the call to "listen."
Deuteronomy
Efforts are often made to demonstrate the effects of the theology of which Old Testament book the books of Joshua-Kings?
David
Excavations from Tel Dan have yielded inscriptions referring to the "house" of which king of Israel?
Priest
Ezekiel was a ______________.
Susa
Ezra and Nehemiah came from the Persian city of ______________.
Artaxerxes I
Ezra and Nehemiah came to Jerusalem during the reign of King ________________.
1st
Forty-seven of the fifty-five verses of the book of Malachi address Israel in the ________ person.
Prostitute
God commanded Hosea to marry a ______________ named Gomer.
Cloud
God's presence was confirmed to Israel by a ______________ that covered the tabernacle and led them through the wilderness
True
Habakkuk was concerned with the justice of God at a time when a wicked nation was prospering.
Zechariah
Haggai was a contemporary of the other postexilic prophet ___________________.
Jeroboam II
Hosea the prophet operated during the northern kingdom's "golden age" under king __________.
4
How many "messages" comprise the book of Haggai?
2
How many censuses were recorded in the book of Numbers?
5
How many judgment oracles did Micah give?
4
How many kingdoms are featured in visions the Daniel chapters 2 and 7?
4
How many major sections/scenarios is the book of Isaiah divided into?
3
How many times does Ezekiel's chariot vision appear in the text?
True
If God is not understood to be the source of the Old Testament, it cannot serve as a self-revelation.
True
In early Greek manuscripts 1 & 2 Kings were combined in one volume with 1 and 2 Samuel to form a book called "Kingdoms," evidencing perceived unity of content and purpose.
Leader, adviser, social/spiritual commentator
In general the progression of the role of the prophet within Israel was _______________.
Passover
In later Judaism Songs of Songs was designated to be read as a part of which feast, since it was understood to represent God's love for Israel?
Writings
In the Hebrew Scripture Song of Songs is in the ______________ .
Former prophets
In the Hebrew arrangement of the books of the Old Testament, Joshua, Judges, and the books of Samuel and Kings form a section known as the ______________.
New covenant
In the _______________ of Jeremiah 31, God's law will be written on the heart, not etched on stone tablets.
The Babylonians
In the book of Habakkuk main instrument of God's judgment will be ______________.
Prophet, priest, and judge
In the books of 1 and 2 Samuel, Samuel functions as a...
Sumerian
In the literature of which culture does the earliest known flood story occur?
3
Jeremiah contains ___________ major books/sections. .
The fall of Jerusalem
Jeremiah functioned as a prophet during which crisis in Israel's history?
Baruch
Jeremiah's scribe was _____________.
3
Job's lament in chapter 3 introduces __________ cycles of dialogue which occupy chapters 4-27.
A locust plague
Joel uses the image of ______________ to speak of impending invasion and devastation.
A priest
Joshua was all of the following except ...
Egypt, Assyria
King Josiah of Judah died fighting against ___________, while trying to stop their attempt to lend assistance to _____________.
Fighting the Philistines and recovering land that was lost
King Solomon was known for all of the following except ...
The day of the Lord
Lamentations records _______________ for Judah, an event of God's judgment and suffering.
Sonnet
Literarily, Ecclesiastes makes use of all of the following except for ______________.
6
Malachi is composed of a series of _______ oracles.
Isaiah
Micah was a contemporary of the prophet _______________.
Prosper, suffer
Most simply stated the retribution principle is that: If a person is righteous, he will ________ and if a person is wicked, he will _________.
Rebuild the walls around Jerusalem
Nehemiah undertook an initiative to do what in Jerusalem?
Unity
One of the biggest controversies surrounding the book of Isaiah is in relation to its __________.
Marriage and Divorce
One of the major themes identified in Malachi is _________________.
Elijah
One of the major themes in the book of Malachi was the promise of an ____________ -like figure as a messenger of the covenant
True
One principle of biblical interpretation is that we must speak for the bible.
1/3
Poetry comprises ______ of the Old Testament.
True
Possessing land was central to Israel's covenant with God.
Shepherd
Prior to becoming a prophet Amos was a _______________.
Hezekiah
Sennacherib's Prism records receiving tribute from which king of Judah?
Greece
Some scholars attribute the writing of the book of Daniel to an author in the 2 nd century BC due to very precise predictions in chapter 11 relating to what world empire?
Amenemope
The "Teachings of __________" from Egypt, bear a striking resemblance to portions of Proverbs 22:17-24:23
Edomite
The "place names" in the book of Job suggest that he may have been an ______________.
True
The Ark of the Covenant was the most important religious artifact in Israel.
True
The Assyrians had a reputation in the Old Testament for incredible cruelty
Fertility
The Canaanite god Baal was a god of ______________ .
True
The Cyrus Cylinder is an example of an ancient inscription.
1940's
The Dead Sea Scrolls were found in the _________________.
Pertaining to the Levites
The English name "Leviticus" is derived from the Greek title for the book meaning _________.
In the wilderness
The Hebrew title of the book of Numbers means_______________.
Pity
The Hebrew word Hesed can be translated by all of the following words except ...
Torah
The Hebrew word for Law is __________________.
Son of Man
The Lord addresses Ezekiel by the title __ ___________ some ninety times in the book.
False
The Mesha Inscription, though rich in information about ancient Hittite culture, is of little value to biblical studies because makes no mention of Israel.
True
The Philistines were one of the Sea Peoples who immigrated to Palestine from the Aegean region.
Ahab and Jehu
The Steele of Shalmanseer III includes reference to which northern kings of Israel?
Human superiority
The Ten Commandments emphasize all of the following except...
Kingdom of God
The ________________, a concept introduced in chapter 2 as that which will never be destroyed, is one of the major themes of the book of Daniel.
Babylonian
The actual history addressed in Chronicles spans the Hebrew united monarchy from the close of Saul's reign to the _____________ captivity of Judah
Manasseh
The apostasy of king _______________ for the five decades prior to the ministry of Zephaniah exacted a heavy spiritual toll on Judah.
False
The application of a given Old Testament text should come from and aggregate of impressions gained from reading the text.
Darius I
The backdrop for Haggai's prophecy was the reign of ____________, King of Persia.
Moses
The best example of a pre-classical prophet who held the reigns of leadership was ____________.
Aramaic
The book of Daniel is written in Hebrew and has a large section written in ________.
Purim
The book of Esther is read annually at the Jewish festival of ________________.
Egypt
The book of Genesis ends with Joseph in ________________.
Inquires
The book of Habakkuk is organized around several __________ by the prophet.
Isaiah, Amos, and Ezekiel
The book of Joel abundantly uses of words, phrases, and motifs from which prophetic books?
Assyria
The book of Jonah concerns the judgment of the city of Nineveh, the capitol of ____________.
2
The book of Jonah is structured with __________ roughly even sections.
Funeral dirges
The book of Lamentations is comprised of five poems, three of which are ____________ , opening with the customary wail "how?".
587/586 BC
The book of Lamentations mourns the Fall of Jerusalem in ______________.
Parceling out of tribal land
The book of Leviticus contains instructions for all of the following except.
Isaiah
The book of Nahum contains many parallels to the book of ________ including vocabulary, phrasing, theme, and motif.
Palms
The book of Nahum opens with an introductory _____________.
An eye for an eye
The book of Obadiah espouses the idea of Lex Talionis which means _____________.
Edom
The book of Obadiah pronounces divine judgment on what nation?
5
The book of Psalms is divided into ___________ "books."
Writings
The books of Ruth, Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, and Esther form a section know as the _______.
The prophet's understanding of temple ritual
The canonical value of Ezekiel was called into question because of _________________.
David and Solomon
The chronicler idealized which two kings as the "type figures" of a "good" king?
587/586 BC
The city of Jerusalem fell in _____________.
False
The concept of the "ban" was unique to Israel.
13th
The earliest Hebrew poetry extant dates to the __________ century BC.
Amos and Hosea
The earliest of the Classical Prophets who were active within Israel (the Northern Kingdom) were _____________.
7
The first section of Zechariah contains ___________ "night visions"
How can those who are wicked go unpunished
The main question of the book of Habakkuk is, ____________________?
The Passover
The major themes of Leviticus include all of the following except .
Times of crisis
The ministry of biblical prophets tended to be clustered around ______________.
The fall of Jerusalem
The most likely background for the book of Obadiah is ________________.
Second law
The name "Deuteronomy," from the Greek title for the book, means _________________.
Departure
The name Exodus is derived from the Greek Old Testament name for the book, which means ___________.
The land between rivers
The name Mesopotamia means ___________________.
False
The presuppositions of "evangelical scholarship" are pre-critical and therefore it is inferior to "critical scholarship."
8th
The prophet Isaiah lived in the _________ century BC
Jeremiah
The prophet Micah is specifically referred to in the prophetic book of ________________.
Jeremiah
The prophet Zephaniah was a contemporary of the prophet ________________.
True
The purpose of biblical archeology is to recover the material culture of the peoples of antiquity and, so doing, attempt to reconstruct their history and lifestyles.
offer hope for the return of God's presence to the Temple warn of the impending destruction of Jerusalem call the people of God to repentance offer the promise of a New Covenant
The purpose of the book of Ezekiel was to promote the rebuilding of the temple, (multiple answers required)
True
The purpose of the book of Judges was to explore what happened theologically during the years between Joshua and David.
Africa and Asia
The region of Syro-Palestine, or the Levant, was a land bridge between ______________.
Darius I
The reign of ___________ , King of Persia is the background for Zechariah's prophecies.
Prosper, suffer
The second part of the retribution principle can be summed up as: Those who ______ are righteous, while those who ______are wicked.
Judah
The second section of the book NahuThe second section of the book Nahum contains alternating addresses to Nineveh and ________. m contains alternating addresses to Nineveh and ________.
Persia
The setting of the book of Esther is the ___________ Empire in the mid-fifth century BC.
Dan and Bethel
The shrines of the golden calf cult were located at __________________.
Covenant promise to abraham
The unifying theological theme of the first five books of the Old Testament is God's ______________________
Pentateuch
The use of the name ________________ for the first five books of the Old Testament was popularized by Hellenized Jews.
Teacher/preacher
The wisdom of Ecclesiastes comes from the "Qoheleth" which means ____________.
True
There is a "wisdom" tone to the prophecy of HabakkukThere is a "wisdom" tone to the prophecy of Habakkuk
Moses
Using typology the chronicler portrays David as a second __________.
Variants
What are human errors of sight, hearing, writing, memory, and judgment which occur during the in the hand-copying process known as?
Eponym lists of Assyria
What is the "fixed point" from which the chronology of the Old Testament can be determined?
Desert
What is the most dominant environmental feature of the Arabian Peninsula?
An earthquake
What natural phenomena/event is referenced in Amos 1:1?
Pictograms
What was the earliest stage in the development of writing?
Angry
When Jonah sees that God has relented from destroying Nineveh because of their repentance he is _____________.
The fear of the Lord
Which concept distinguished Hebrew wisdom from its ancient Near East counterparts?
Epistolatory letter
Which genre of literature is not featured in the first five books of the Old Testament?
The masoretes
Which important group of Jewish scholars improved word divisions, and added vowel points, punctuation marks, and verse divisions to the Hebrew Old Testament?
Samson
Which judge was endowed with the Spirit of the Lord on a number of occasions to accomplish deliverance for God's people?
A solar eclipse
Which natural phenomena mentioned in official records helps historians pinpoint a "primary anchor" point in history to determine the absolute chronology of the ancient Near East?
Conquering of the land
Which of the following is not a major theme in Chronicles?
Priestly functions
Which of the following is not a major theme in the book of Deuteronomy?
Social justice
Which of the following is not a major theme in the book of Numbers?
Reforming temple woship
Which of the following is not a major theme of 1 and 2 Samuel?
Kingship
Which of the following is not a major theme of Genesis?
Possessing the land
Which of the following is not a major theme of the book of Proverbs
You shall not trespass
Which of the following is not one of the Ten Commandments?
A village priest
Which of the following people is not featured in Song of Songs?
The southern highlands
Which of the following was not a major geographical area in the land of Palestine?
The ark of the covenant
Which of the following was not a major theme in 1 and 2 Kings?
Fire
Which of the following was not a plague experienced by Egypt?
Clothing
Which of the following was not typically offered as a sacrifice in the ancient world?
All of the above
Which of the following was viewed as potential source for omens in the ancient Near East?
Proper temple worship
Which of these is not a major theme in the book of Job?
Need for a king
Which of these is not a major theme in the book of Joshua?
The blessings of the covenant
Which of these it not a major themes in of the book of Judges?
Elihu
Which of these men is not one of the three friends mentioned at the beginning of the book of Job?
Samuel
Which of these men was not one of Israel's kings?
All of the above
Which of these represents an interpretative approach that has been taken with Song of Songs?
Jonah
Which other prophet's ministry also involved the city of Nineveh?
Ahaz and Hezekiah
Which two Kings of Judah feature prominently in the book of Isaiah?
Elijah and Elisha
Which two prophets functioned in the Northern Kingdom during the divided monarchy?
Moses
Who is traditionally thought to be the author of the book of Exodus?
Bildad
Who of the following people listed was not a judge?
Marcion
Who was the first century Gnostic heretic who rejected the Old Testament and its "inferior God"?
Nebuchadrezzar
Who was the king of Babylon when Jerusalem fell?
Babylon
Who was the pagan nation currently threatening Judah during the time of Zephaniah's ministry?
Balaam
Who was the pagan prophet who was sent to curse Israel but ended up blessing them instead?
Sumerians
Who were the "architects" for Mesopotamian culture?
True
Without realizing it we bring the cultural and historical framework of our own world to the exercise of interpreting the text of the Old Testament.
Yahweh has remembered
Zechariah means ___________________.
Haman
_________ is the antagonist in the book of Esther who almost has all of the Jews in Persia killed.
Daniel and Zechariah
_____________ can be characterized as apocalyptic literature.
Moses
______________ is traditionally attributed authorship of Genesis.
circumcision
______________ was the sign given to Abraham to signify his covenant with God.
Hammurabi's Steel
________________ is an ancient collection of Mesopotamian laws?
Hezekiah
________________ is portrayed by the chronicler as a "good" king?
Moab
Ruth was a member of the nation of _____________.
Wife
Proverbs 31:10-31 is an acrostic poem extolling the virtues of the ideal____________.
Failure to circumcise
Reforms instituted by Ezra and Nehemiah addressed all of the following except...
