Old Testament- Final

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Which empire do scholars believe ruled over Judah when the books of Ezra and Nehemiah were written?

Persia

Which book of wisdom endorses the Deuteronomistic view of God's just universe?

Proverbs

The term used to refer to the "false" writings the late Jewish and early Roman periods is

Pseudipigrapha

Ironically, the best known example of an ecstatic prophet in the Tanakh is

Saul

The historical prophet, Isaiah of Jerusalem, warned the people of impending punishment for their social injustice and disloyalty to God.

True

According to Proverbs, what is God's primary attribute?

Wisdom

Which book of the Apocrypha describes Wisdom as God's word in creation

Wisdom of Solomon

Who does Artaxerses identify as the reciptent of his tribute of gold and silver?

Yahweh

Within the psalms of enthronement, who is considered the real king of Israel?

Yahweh

Which Judean monarch was the last Davidic descendant to rule over the covenant people?

Zedekiah

In Daniel's dream within Chapter 7, which animal represents Babylon?

a lion with eagle's wings

In Proverbs 8, what is Folly (lack of common sense) likened to?

a prostitute

What factors encouraged Persian rulers to commission Ezra and Nehemiah to return to Jerusalem?

all of these answers are correct

What divinely-inspired gifts does Daniel possess within his narrative?

all these answers are correct

n Proverbs 6:6, what animal are young men encouraged to emulate?

ant

What type of parallelism involves making contrasting statements in successive lines?

antithetical parallelism

Before traveling to Judah, what function did Nehemiah perform at the Persian royal court?

cupbearer

Not among the distinctive views included in 2 Maccabees is

disease as a punishment for sin

Which element of nature does the author of Song of Song compare to a lover's eyes?

doves

Which of the following is the primary concern of apocalyptic literature?

echatology

Yahweh forbids Jeremiah from all of the following actions EXCEPT

engaging in paid labor

Concepts of an afterlife, so prominent in apocalyptic works, appear frequently elsewhere in the Tanakh.

false

Like English and other western poetry, Hebrew poetry employs rhyme and regular meter.

false

Most scholars divide the book of Isaiah into two distinct parts.

false

The Book of Ezekiel does not contain any apocalyptic material.

false

The best test to determine whether a prophet's message is true is whether or not he performs miracles.

false

The mythical figures described in Ezekiel's visions closely resemble mythological figures popular in Egyptian art and mythology.

false

The rise of apocalyptic literature closely correlates with the introduction of Persian culture into the Near East during the sixth and fifth centuries BCE.

false

Under the Hellenistic Seleucid dynasty, many Jews prospered, freely adopting the Greek way of life.

false

What determined whether a prophetic book was that of a major or minor prophet was the content of their message.

false

When an Israelite king is anointed, what part of the future monarch's body is rubbed with holy oil?

head

The conduct of Boaz in the story of Ruth reveals one of the work's major themes: the importance of ___________, or kindness, in all relationships.

hesed

The conduct of Boaz in the story of Ruth reveals one of the work's major themes: the importance of ____________, or kindness, in all relationships.

hesed

The word "Apocrypha" means

hidden

What does the scroll given to Ezekiel by God taste like?

honey

Within the framework of apocalyptic thought, human actions are considered ________________

irrelevant

Ezra's commission also incorporates a directive to reconstruct which system of social organization in Judah?

judicial

The witch of Endor in her encounter with King Saul acted as a

necromancer

Hebrew poetry is famous for its brevity, repetition, vivid imagery, and above all, various kinds of _______________

parallelism

What does Naomi's name mean in Hebrew?

pleasantness

Which literary style is Second Isaiah most famous for?

poetry

With the ascent of Antiochus IV Epiphanes to the throne of the Seleucid kingdom, conditions for Palestinian Jews _________________

rapidly worsened

Which of Nehemiah's directives causes the most controversy among other Persian officials?

reconstruction of Jerusalem's fortified walls

Upon his return to Jerusalem, for how many days did Ezra read the Torah aloud to its inhabitants?

seven days

What is arguably the most enduring message of Daniel's apocalyptic visions?

the affirmation of life after death

Most scholars now believe that the Suffering Servant portrayed in Second Isaiah's Servant songs was

the prophet himself

Isaiah of Jerusalem's famous response to God's calling in the Temple was

"Here I am; send me"

Which Judean king's agreement with Assyria was condemned by Isaiah as a betrayal of Yahweh?

Ahaz

Which famous figure transformed the Near East through a series of mid-fourth century BCE conquests and military victories?

Alexander the Great

Where was the Septuagint edition of the Hebrew Bible produced?

Alexandria

Which Near Eastern religion developed wisdom literature traditions later borrowed by the Israelites?

All of these answers are correct

As a gesture of hope and faith, where does Jeremiah buy land after the destruction of Jerusalem?

Anathoth

Scholars see close parallels between the Song of Songs and what type of later love poetry?

Arabic

In Nehemiah's time, what language did most Judeans speak?

Aramaic

According to many modern scholars, the writings of the Written Prophets were probably collected and compiled by their "schools" during the

Babylonian Captivity

According to many modern scholars, the writings of the Written Prophets were probably collected and compiled by their schools during the

Babylonian Captivity

According to Jeremiah, to which of the following has Yahweh abandoned Judah?

Babylonians

The seer who was hired by the king of Moab to curse the Israelites was

Balaam

The book of the Apocrypha that claimed to have been written by Jeremiah's secretary is

Baruch

Which supernatural creature is described proudly by God to Job in a way that makes him recognize that the world has not been designed for humanity's benefit?

Behemoth

Which Judean town is the story of Ruth based in?

Bethlehem

Responding to Antiochus' "pollution" of Yahweh's sanctuary, Judas "the Maccabee" began a guerilla-style campaign against numerically superior Seleucid forces.

true

Second Isaiah declares that Yahweh has declared Cyrus the Great as the "shepherd" who will fulfill Yahweh's purpose of returning the exiles to their land.

true

Second Isaiah focuses on messages of hope and consolation.

true

Second Isaiah, more than any other prophet, emphasizes the universality of Yahweh.

true

The Book of 2 Maccabees includes biblical literature's first description of religious martyrdom.

true

The books of the Apocrypha are also known as the Deutero-canonical books.

true

The primary concern of the prophet Amos was social justice, especially for the poor.

true

The warnings of the Written Prophets were usually always conditional.

true

Within the Book of Daniel, supernatural intervention rather than human agency provides deliverance from threats.

true

How many verses, equal to the letters in the Hebrew alphabet, are contained in acrostic poems?

twenty-two

Within the Servant Songs, the Suffering Servant experiences all of the following EXCEPT

vindication and rehabilitation in his lifetime

What policy did the Persian empire follow in terms of local government?

widespread local autonomy

According to the book's opening verse, Isaiah of Jerusalem served as prophet and counselor to all of the following of the Judean kings EXCEPT

Manasseh

In what village did the Maccabean Revolt begin?

Modein

Which other biblical character does Jeremiah echo when he protests he is not qualified to act as God's agent

Moses

Which of the Megillot books is an agonized reflection of Yahweh's abandonment of Jerusalem?

Lamentations

Which supernatural creature in the book of Job is identified as the Dragon of Chaos?

Leviathan

In Daniel's interpretation of Nebuchadnezzar's statue dream, which power is represented by the gigantic meteorite that destroys the statue's feet of clay?

God's kingdom

According to Isaiah, how many fortified Judean cities do the Assyrians destroy before laying seige to Jerusalem?

46

Which chapter of the book of Isaiah contains his mystical vision of God's divine council?

6

According to Esther, how many Persians were killed while attacking the Jewish community?

75,000

At Esther's conclusion, how many of Haman's sons are hanged on the gallows he built for Mordecai?

10

What year saw the Maccabean rebels establish an independent Jewish state for the first time in more than 400 years?

142 BCE

According to Isaiah's vision, how many sets of wings do the seraphim, fiery supernatural creatures, present at God's heavenly council, possess?

3

How many parts do scholars separate the book of Jeremiah into?

4

Which battle sees Nebuchadnezzar's forces defeat those of Pharoah Necho in 605 BC?

Carchemish

What section of the Writings is placed last, at the climatic end position?

Chronicles

Which of the Tanakh's wisdom books is the only one to offer any prospect of meaningful life after death?

Daniel

The books of the Apocrypha are also referred to as the

Deuterocanonicals

In contrast to the principle outlined by Mosaic torah, what revision does Ezekiel proclaim regarding Yahweh's judgment for commission of sins?

Each generation will be judged by its own merits.

At the end of his life, Jeremiah is forced to go to what foreign nation?

Egypt

Which is the only book in the Hebrew Bible that does not mention God?

Esther

What nationality is Ebed-Melech, who rescues Jeremiah from a muddy well?

Ethiopian

Which new cultural force swept into the Near East during the third century BCE and challenged the covenant community's concepts of self-identity?

Greece

The Jewish festival instituted in the Book of I Maccabees is

Hanukkah

Which Judean king unwisely chooses to end tribute payments to Assyria, provoking a siege of Jerusalem?

Hezekiah

Who is traditionally seen as the great prophet of Jerusalem's doom?

Jeremiah

Which theodicy included in the Writings raises ethical and theological questions that no religious thinker has ever satisfactorily resolved?

Job

Which of the Megillot books celebrates erotic love?

Song of Songs

After reading the Mosiac torah, which Mosaic festival tradition did Ezra urge the Judeans to observe?

Sukkoth

The phrase that best characterizes the message of a prophet is

Thus says the Lord!

The boof of the Apocrypha that includes a description of a walk with the angel Raphael is

Tobit

What actions prompt Nebuchadnezzar, Daniel's patron, to throw him and his friends into a "furnace of blazing fire"?

their refusal to worship a golden statue

How much gold is Hezekiah forced to pay to the Assyrians as payment for sparing Jerusalem from destruction?

thirty talents (one ton)

How do Jeremiah's neighbors and fellow villagers react to his prophesying?

threaten him with death

According to Ezekiel, a watchman is judged by whether or not he sounded the warning, not according to whether the people heeded the warning.

true

Apocalyptic works within the Hebrew Bible heavily influenced the authors of the New Testament.

true

As unique as it seems, Daniel belongs to a long literary tradition that produced many similar apocalyptic books.

true

Ben Sirach describes Wisdom as God's first creation

true

Ezekiel's prophecies brim with metaphors and symbols that typically defy literal translation.

true

Ezekiel's prophetic career begins in exile, even as the kingdom of Judah still stood.

true

In his book's final section, Ezekiel outlines a series of meticulous plans for the reconstruction of the Jerusalem temple.

true

Initially, the Assyrians forced Judah and Israel to pay them tribute rather than conquering them.

true

Instead of being ruled by Davidic kings, the postexilic Judeans now found themselves ruled by a theocracy, a "God-ruled" society led by priests.

true

Many scholars have speculated that Second Isaiah's messages were seen as a threat by prominent members of the exiled Jewish community.

true

Nathan would be best classified as a court prophet

true


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