Religion 121 Quiz Questions
The first portion of the book of Genesis primarily describes God's work of....
Creation
Obadiah proclaimed God's deliverance for His people and His judgment against the neighboring nation of
Edom
The judge whom God used to defeat the Midianites with an army of 300, trumpts and torches was
Gideon
Through Haggai, God promised that when the temple was done
God would fill it with greater glory than the former temple
a key author of Proverbs is
King Solomon
The boy God called to be the priest-leader of Israel after Eli died was
Samuel
According to Proverbs an excellent wife is all but
She keeps her mouth closed and learns in silence (does include working with eager hands, getting up while still night and provides food, opens arms to poor)
Many of the proverbs are attributed to David's son, King
Solomon
The son of David who followed him as king was
Solomon
The prophet Zephaniah warned God's people that ____ was coming
The Day of the Lord
A key theme of Ecclesiastes is that apart from God everything is
Vanity or meaningless
When Joshua calls the people to obey, their response is
We obeyed in the past and we will also obey you.
The Hebrew name for God is
Yahweh
Both Jonah and the people of Ninevah received from God the gift of
a second chance
the prophetic oracle that described the punishment God was sending the
judgment oracle
In a well known psalm, David wrote, The Lord is my
shepherd
The author of Ecclesiastes is commonly called
the preacher
God answered Job by speaking out of a
whirlwind
to demonstrate his superiority over the false gods of Egypt, God afflicted the nation with ______ plagues
10
Through the prophet Jeremiah God told his people that they would be in Babylonian exile for
70 years
the Miraculous budding of a staff was God's confirmation that His choice for high priest was Moses' brother
Aaron
God asked _____ to travel from his home in Ur to Canaan. God established His "covenant" with him.
Abram
the first human beings that God created were
Adam and Eve
The primary anchor for the absolute chronology of the Old Testament world is the date of a solar eclipse recorded in a list of honored officials from
Assyria
The prophet Nahum foretold the destruction of the _________ Empire
Assyrians
There was constant temptation for the Israelites to mix their worship of Yahweh with worship of
Baal
the books of Ezra and Nehemiah describe the return of exiles to Judah from
Babylon or Persia?
After David became king, he committed adultery with _______ and had her husband killed in battle.
Bathsheba
The prophet Micah proclaimed that God's promised coming ruler would be born in
Bethlehem
A common view of the book is that it is actually describing
Christ and the church
The Persian king who allowed exiles from Judah to return to their homeland was
Cyrus
Already in Psalms 1-5, a key author of some of the psalms is identified as
David
An Israelite "empire that stretched from the elbow of the Euphrates in the north to the borders of Egypt in the south" was inherited by King Solomon from his father, King
David
The future king who killed the giant Goliath in battle was
David
When the first king was disobedient, the young shepherd boy God selected to be the next king was
David
A key element of 1-2 Chronicles is holding up as ideal the reigns of Kings
David and Solomon
The book of Zephaniah focuses on the coming
Day of the Lord
The prophet Joel used a locust plague as an analogy to describe the coming
Day of the Lord
When the ______ were found in the late 1940's they provided manuscripts of the OT that were a thousand years older than any previously available
Dead Sea Scrolls
The son who was sold into slavery was later used by God to rule over ______ as Pharaoh's assistant.
Egypt
The young man who rebuked both Job and his friends was
Elihu
Through Malachi, God told the people that before the great and awesome day of the God will send his prophet
Elijah
the prophet who called down fire from God in a battle with the false prophets on Mt. Carmel was
Elijah
The Jewish girl who was chosen to be queen of Persia and later saved her people from destruction was
Esther
The expert in the law of Moses who went from Babylon to Judah to teach the people was
Ezra
the focus of the OT historical literature is
God and his covenant
Isaiah tells the people of Judah that
God does not want their sacrifices as long as their hands are full of blood
The prophet Malachi's prophecy begins with a resounding statement of
God's love for his people
Song of Songs expresses the goodness of human sexual love within the particular context of
God-ordained marriage
Before this young boy became the king, he led Israel in a great battle by killing the giant named:
Goliath
the king who prayed for God to protect Judah from Sennacherib and the Assyrians and God answered his prayer was
Hezekiah
Zechariah prophesied that on the Day of the Lord stuff that belongs to God will be marked
Holy to the Lord
God miraculously enabled this man to have a son in his old age who was named
Isaac
Through the prophet Obadiah, God promised both the destruction of Edom and the restoration of
Israel
the nation of Israel eventually divides into the kingdoms of
Israel and Judah
Abraham's grandson who had four wives and twelve sons was
Jacob
The book of Lamentations is believed to have been written by
Jeremiah
The city whose walls fell down after the Israelites marched around it was
Jericho
In Lamentations, Jeremiah lamented the destruction of the city of
Jerusalem
The prophet Ezekiel calls the people of Judah to repentance in light of the coming destruction of
Jerusalem
The ultimate goal of the OT is
Jesus
The blameless and upright man from Uz whom God allowed Satan to test was
Job
The three friends who came to "comfort" Job believed he was suffering because
Job had sinned
One of the twelve sons of Jacob whose older brothers sold him into slavery was
Joseph
God's choice to lead the Hebrew's after Moses was
Joshua
The man God appointed to lead the Israelites after the death of Moses was:
Joshua
One of the primary authors of the Psalms was
King David
the historical figure traditionally believed to be this author was
King Solomon
Zechariah is one of the most important OT books in describing the coming
Messiah
At the beginning of Joshua, the man Joshua has been appointed by God to lead God's people filling the role previously held by
Moses
The Hebrew baby who was placed in the river in a basket and later raised by the Pharaoh's daughter was
Moses
The one author hypothesis considers ____ to be the author or compiler of the Pentateuch.
Moses
the cup-bearer to King Artaxerxes who led the people of Judah in rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem was
Nehemiah
A prominent theme in the book of Jeremiah is the
New Covenant
NT is another way of saying
New Covenant
Jonah initially disobeyed God's command to preach in the Assyrian city of
Ninevah
God judged the world with a flood that covered the earth, but spared ____ and his family in an ark
Noah
the first five books of the OT are together known as the
Pentateuch
The residents of the land of Palestine from whom it takes its name were the
Philistines
The prostitute who hid the Hebrew spies was
Rahab
The Moabite widow who believed in the true God, followed her mother-in-law Naomi back to Judah and became an ancestor of the Messiah was
Ruth
the judge whose long hair was a symbol of the great strength God had given him was
Samson
When Hannah prayed for a son, God gave her ______, who grew up to be a great leader of Israel.
Samuel
When the Israelites demanded that God give them a human king, the first one was
Saul
to call Moses to lead the Hebrews out of slavery, God spoke to him from
a burning bush
The book of Genesis begins with
a description of God's creation of the universe in general and the earth in particular
King David was guilty of
a lot of things, but both adultery and murder
As an illustration of the wickedness of God's people, he commanded the prophet Hosea to marry Gomer who was
a prostitute
Zechariah prophesied that in the coming day of the Lord, the Lord will be king over
all of the earth
God's plan from the beginning was to create a people
among whom he could dwell and with whom He could be in a relationship
Several of the Proverbs illustrate the attraction of wickedness by the symbol of
an adulterous woman
The prophet Amos spoke God's words of judgment against Israel, two years before _________ occurred
an earthquake
the physical world of the Old Testament, today called the middle East was the
ancient near East
To recover the material culture of the people of antiquity and, so doing, attempt to reconstruct their history and lifestyles is the purpose of ....
archaeology
Isaiah conveys God's desire to His people that "though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be...
as white as snow"
Isaiah prophesied that salvation would come through a servant of God who would
be wounded and suffer in payment for our sins
In song of Solomon the man finds the woman to be
beautiful
One of their sins which Malachi told the people displeased God was bringing him offerings of
blemished lambs
Esther also demonstrates the truth that God's plan for his people
cannot be thwarted by the schemes of the wicked.
The word that originally meant reed or stalk of a plant and now refers to the measure of what is included in the Holy scriptures is
canon
A key lesson from the OT is that God does not
change
One way God gave signs through the prophet Isaiah was by names the prophet gave to his
children
Another term for the Hebrews is God's
chosen people
God's stipulations for how he expected his people to live -- recorded first in Exodus and repeated in Deuteronomy are known as the ten
commandments
The book of Jonah illustrates the truth that God has the sovereign right to show His _______ whenever and to whomever he chooses .
compassion
One important even in Numbers is the _______ of the Hebrew people
counting
As an act of His grace, God chose Abram and established a ______ with him
covenant
Old Testament often appears to be the history of the ______ more than a history of Israel
covenant
a sequence of actions repeated again and again in the same order is called a
cycle
The prophet Nahum proclaimed that God would _______ Ninevah this time
destroy
Major themes of the book of Proverbs include everything except
divine humor (does include fear of Lord, human speech, human sexuality)
The book also states that God hates
divorce
God gave hope that he will restore his people through a vision to the prophet Ezekiel in which a valley of ________ came to life
dry bones
Amos dates the beginning of his prophetic record to a time two years before the
earthquake
In Daniel, the kingdoms of mean are contrasted with the kingdom of God which is
eternal
Among other problems, the prophet Zechariah rebukes the returned exiles for repeating the _________ of their ancestors
evil deeds
The departure of the Hebrew slaves from Egypt is known as the
exodus
One contrast drawn in Ecclesiastes is between
experience and revelation
God protected Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego from execution in the
fiery furnace
Internally, the OT book of Psalms is divided into
five smaller books
Zechariah also saw a vision of God's curse, symbolized by a
flying scroll
The northern kingdom fell into idolatry King Jeroboam reintroduced the worship of
golden calves.
After Jonah was thrown into the sea, God saved him from drowning by having a __________ swallow him
great fish
God appointed Jeremiah to be a prophet to the nations when Jeremiah
had not yet been born
the Psalmist testifies that he can sleep in peace because
he trusts in the Lord
All of the following are ways that God worked in the life of Daniel except
healing the crown prince of leprosy (did interpret dreams, protected in den of lions, interpreted handwriting on the wall)
As a result of Satan's attacks, Job lost all of the following except
his faith in God
The primary theme of the book of Leviticus is
holiness
Isaiah received his call from God in a vision in which he saw God
in the temple
The sin for which Ezra led the people of Judah in a prayer of repentance was
intermarrying with pagans
The book of Esther demonstrates that God is still at work even when he
is working behind the scenes
The book of Proverbs teaches that
it is better to be ruled by the righteous
When attempting to distinguish between Hebrew prose and poetry
it is difficult but possible to tell them apart
In the first chapter of Genesis,
it is stated that God created light on the first day and the sun on the fourth day.
The leaders God called to guide his people -- sometimes for a brief period and sometimes for several years were called
judges
The first chapter of the book of Amos is primarily a proclamation of God's ______ upon Israel's neighbors.
judgment
The story told in Job describes the relationship among God's wisdom, sovereignty and
justice
Yahweh is presented in Ezra/Nehemiah as a God who _____ his covenant.
keeps
the role of Boaz in the book of Ruth is an excellent illustration of the Hebrew character known as a
kinsman redeemer
The book of Leviticus contains all of the following, except
laws for prosperity offerings (there are guilt, peace, and sin offerings)
A key idea in Hosea is God's unchanging ______ for Israel
love
Contrary to what many Christians false believe, even in the OT God is a God of
love
The theme of Song of Songs is the proper context of
love
While the Hebrews were in the desert after leaving Egypt, God proveded them with a special bread called
manna
An overall theme of Ecclesiastes is tat without God, life has no
meaning
The prophet Zechariah saw a vision of a man with a _______ in his hand
measuring line
the leaders and warriors who joined the army of David were known as his
mighty men
the belief in, and worship of only one God is
monotheism
A key misunderstanding that the book of Job disproves is
only the wicked suffer
a key feature of Hebrew poetry
parallelism
the meal eaten by the Hebrews on the night that they left Egypt is remembered by the feast called
passover
the "fathers" of the Hebrew people are together known as
patriarchs
The final psalm calls everything that has breath to
praise the Lord
The ark of the covenant was the physical symbol of God's
presnce
Someone who speaks on behalf of someone else is a
prophet
Most of the literature from these five books is
prose narrative
The primary theme of both Ezra and Nehemiah is
renewing the covenant
On the seventh day of the creation week, God
rested
The difficulties in "listening" to God "speaking through the Old Testament include
revelation was not in English Language or Western culture, everyone has assumptions, people have selective listening problems, Not God intends it to be mysterious
The prophet Micah proclaimed that the proper response to God's anger was not manipulating rituals, but
right prayer
God ordained that the seventh day be set aside as a holy
sabbath
Leviticus also explained the system of ______ God had established.
sacrifices
Because Israel had only one God, that God could not be represented by idols and the rituals had to be performed in God's presence, there was only one ________ in Israel.
sanctuary
Some scholars believe that the transitions in the book of Psalms are explained by
seam psalms
God also promised through Haggai that he had chosen Zerubbabel and would make him like a
signet ring
Hebrew poetry and the poetry of other peoples in the Ancient Near East
similar in form and content
The first human couple disobeyed God in response to the serpent's temptation. This is the Bible's explanation for the origin of
sin
The text of Genesis 1 describes God's creation of human beings on the ______ day
sixth
A major theme of Amos is that genuine obedience to God will also result in
social justice
A key attribute of God described in Daniel is his
sovereignty
The prophet Joel prophesied that one day God would pour out his _______ on all flesh
spirit
Haggai challenged the people to rebuild the
temple
The ministry of Haggai stresses the importance of the ______ as a covenant symbol for Israel
temple
Another important theme of 1-2 Chronicles is the importance of
temple worship
The science of manuscript comparison is also called
textual criticism
As the title for God, Isaiah used almost exclusively
the Holy one of Israel
The book of Song of Songs is often called
the Song of Solomon
A major portion of Joshua is devoted to
the conquest of Canaan and division of Canaan among the Hebrew tribes.
David also affirmed in the Psalms that God removes our transgressions from us as far as
the east is from the west
critical scholarship and criticism mean
the exercise of an expert sense of judgment about the text
According to Proverbs, the beginning of knowledge is found in
the fear of the Lord
Prophecies in the Ancient Near East were typically addressed to
the king
the Book of Numbers includes all of the following themes, except
the perfect obedience of the Hebrews (does include holiness of God, necessity of obedience to God, faithfulness of God to his covenant agreement)
The belief that the righteous prosper and the wicked suffer is called
the retribution principle
Solomon built a permanent place for God's people to worship him called
the temple
According to the author of Ecclesiastes there is a
time
We should understand a proverb to illustrate a general principle, not a
truth
God gave a special sign through the prophet Isaiah that a _______ would conceive and bear a son
virgin
The book of Numbers describes events during the time when the Hebrews....
wandered in the wilderness
Because they disobeyed God, the Hebrews spent forty years
wandering in the wilderness
God appointed the prophet Ezekiel to be a ______ over the house of Israel
watchman
The key theme of Habakkuk is that even when we are confused about what God is doing
we must keep living by faith in God
The psalms within the book can be divided into all of the following except
wealth psalms (are praise, lament, wisdom psalms)
Many of the individual psalms draw a contrast between the way of the righteous and the way of the
wicked
The prophet of Habakkuk was amazed that God would punish his disobedient people by using hte Chaldeans who were
wickeder than God's people
Some of the proverb are written in the form of a father urging his son to seek
wisdom
In the end God gave Job twice as much as he had before of everything except
wives
Among other principles, Malachi taught what God expected in
worship
a careful study of the OT is imperative if we are to understand
worship
All of the following are included in the 10 Commandments God gave to the Hebrews, except
you shall not live in houses made of stone (does include no other gods before me, remember the sabbath day to keep it holy and you shall not commit adultery)