Cha Bible 211 Final
The following statements concerning Proverbs are correct EXCEPT...
The content of the Proverbs is uniquely Isrealite
Which of the following is correct?
The frame narrator evaluates the Teacher's writing to be upright and true
Which characters appear in Song of Songs?
The lover, the beloved, and friends
What is the topic of Proverbs 31:10-31, the last chapter of the book?
The wife of noble character
Chronicles end with...
a call to "go up"
The Beloved compared her Lover to...
a mare harnessed to one of the chariots of Pharaoh
What was her Lover like?
a young stag
Much of the action of the book of Esther is set in....
banquets
Chronicles begins with...
genealogies
The most common thread in Psalms 3-5 is...
lament
According to Longman, which human character wins the debate between them?
no one
According to Longman...
the term "meaningless" is repeated more than 40 times in Ecclesiastes
Psalm 1 is a...
wisdom psalm
When faced with the genocide, what did Esther say?
"And if I perish, I perish"
What did Job's wife say to him when he was suffering?
"Are you still holding on to your integrity? Curse God and die."
Which of the following phrases appears repeatedly in Song of Songs?
"Do not arouse or awaken love until it so desires"
What does the Beloved say about love?
"Love is as strong as death... it burns like blazing fire"
What was Job's response to his wife's saying?
"You are talking like a foolish woman. Shall we accept good from God, and not trouble?"
Ruth's famous response to her mother-in-law was ______.
"Your people will be my people and your God my God."
According to Longman, how a memoir can be distinguished from autobiography?
A memoir is written in 1st person singular and concentrates on events observed by the author
According to the Book of Proverbs, what is it for?
Acquiring a disciplined and prudent life
Qohelte says... is meaningless.
All of the answer choices
Who is the author of Ecclesiastes?
All of the answer choices
Which of the following can be found in Chronicles?
All the elders of Israel made a covenant with David and anointed him king over Israel
According to Longman, the following are correct EXCEPT...
Allegorical interpretations of Song of Songs are anachronistic
According to Longman, the following explain the present form of the Psalter EXCEPT...
As a hymnbook, psalms are to be read and sung sequentially
According to the law of go'el...
Boaz had certain responsibilities
According to Longman, the following are correct EXCEPT...
Book 1 primarily is filled with praises
According to Longman, the following are true EXCEPT...
Chronicles covers up Israel's tawdry past.
According to Longman, the following are true EXCEPT...
Chronicles' history is comprehensive
A difficult book to classify is...
Daniel
The Jerusalem Temple was rebuilt during this Persian king's reign.
Darius
What color does the "Beloved" say she is?
Dark
This book does not even mention God explicitly.
Esther
Which of the following does NOT take place in the book of Esther?
Esther reluctantly appeared to king's banquet when she was asked by the king
According to Longman, which of the following statements is NOT true?
Esther, Ruth, Ezra and Nehemiah appear among the Writings in both the Hebrew Bible and the Septuagint
Which of the following books shows a very distinct perspective from the rest?
Ezra
Who had devoted himself to the study and observance of the law of the Lord, and to teaching its decrees and laws in Israel after the Restoration?
Ezra
According to Longman, which of the following is correct?
Ezra 1-6 covers the period from the Edict of Cyrus (538 BC) to the completion of the temple (515 BC)
Longman talks about the two major parts of Ezra-Nehemiah, and the second part is...
Ezra 7- Nehemiah 13
Ezra's memoir(s) include(s)...
Ezra 7-10 and Nehemiah 8-10
According to Longman, the following are true EXCEPT...
Ezra and Nehemiah unsuccessfully carried out the policy of getting rid of non-Jews from the assembly of God's people
According to Longman, the following are true EXCEPT...
Ezra-Nehemiah is entirely written in 1st person singular
According to Longman, the following are correct EXCEPT...
Ezra-Nehemiah's final author is Ezra
The following statements explain the cook of Job correctly EXCEPT...
God answers out of the storm and tells Job that it was Satan's doing which he allowed.
According to Longman, the following explains the book of Job correctly EXCEPT...
God is sovereign, and God is responsible for things, both good and bad, in the world
According to Longman, the main purpose of the book of Job is to show that...
God is the only source of true wisdom
According to Longman, the purpose of Ruth was to show...
God's providence and healthy examples of loyalty (hesed)
According to Longman, the book of Ruth and the book of Esther share this emphasis on...
God's providential care
When the returnees built the wall...
Half of Nehemiah's men did the work while the other half were equipped to fight their enemies
The most common thread in Psalms 146- 150 is...
Hallelujah
Who was falling on the couch where Esther was reclining?
Haman
Which of the following does NOT take place in the book of Esther?
Haman gave a banquet for the soldiers who were to kill the Jews
What did Cyrus king of Persia do?
He allowed the Jews to return home from Babylon
How did the Beloved describe her Lover?
He is altogether lovely
Why didn't kinsman-redeemer nearer than Boaz marry Ruth?
He might endanger his own estate
The following statements and Elihu is correct EXCEPT...
He rejects Job's friends' retribution theology
Boaz did the following EXCEPT...
He told Ruth to leave the threshing floor after sunrise
The Cyrus Cylinder reveals that...
His edict was a part of a broader Persian policy
The best analysis of parallelism asks...
How does the second (or even third) colon intensify, sharpen, or further the thought of the first colon?
Which of the following did the author of Ecclesiastes say (or imply) repeatedly?
Humankind cannot fathom what God has done from beginning to the end
What did God tell Eliphaz?
I am angry with you and your two friends, because you have not spoken of me what is right as my servant Job has.
Which of the following statements about Proverbs 1:8-9:18 is correct?
In these chapters for the most part a father instructs his son by addressing him, "my son"
According to Ezra, the Israelites confessed of their sin, which was _______.
Interracial marriage
The following explain the second part of Proverbs correctly EXCEPT
It includes Woman Wisdom's teaching as opposed to Woman Folly
The following explains the Writings correctly EXCEPT...
It includes books of the same genre like the Torah and the Prophets are homogeneous in their genre.
According to the article, what is the most important rationale for emphasizing the Writings?
It reflects the diversity of individual books in the collection in their theology that characterizes Judaism, which continued in the New Testament
Which of the following books strongly questions the traditional retributive theology?
Job
According to Longman, which of the following is correct?
Job operates with retribution theology
According to Longman, Ruth complements ______ by presenting admirable characters and an uplifting message.
Judges
Which of the following is NOT included in the Writings?
Judges
Which of the following is NOT included in the Writings?
Kings
Zophar declared...
Know this: God has even forgotten some of your sins
Which of the following books deals with suffering on a national level?
Lamentation
What cannot quench love?
Many waters
Naomi, which means "pleasant", changer her name to... which means "bitter".
Mara
What is the first thing the author says in Ecclesiastes?
Meaningless! Meaningless! Utterly meaningless! Everything is meaningless.
Ruth was a despised...
Moabite
_____ said, "For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance for the Jews will arise from another place, but you and your father's family will perish."
Mordecai
Which of the following does NOT take place in the book of Ruth?
Naomi told Ruth,"My daughter, listen to me. Don't go and glean in another field... stay here."
Who supervised the rebuilding of the Jerusalem wall?
Nehemiah
When the book of Moses was read aloud in the hearing of the people, what was found?
No Ammonite or Moabite should ever be admitted into the assembly of God.
Based on his observation, Eliphaz is strongly convinced that...
No innocent has ever perished
How did her Lover rank?
Outstanding among ten thousand
The following are correct EXCEPT...
Proverbs are divine wisdom that is absolute truth in any circumstances
Which of the following descriptions is correct?
Proverbs celebrates minute acts of God
According to Proverbs, which of the following is INCORRECT?
Proverbs in its entireity are the proverbs of Solomon
The following statements concerning Proverbs are correct EXCPET...
Proverbs were written by Solomon and edited entirely during his reign
Which of the following books clearly exhibits openness and inclusivity to foreigners?
Ruth
When Naomi decided to return to Bethlehem, what did she say to her daughters-in-law?
She blessed them to find another husband
The initial leaders of the return from Babylon were...
Sheshbazzar and Zerubbabel
Which of the following can you find in Chronicles?
Solomon's dedication of the Jerusalem temple
According to Longman, the following are correct EXCEPT...
Song of Songs comes from the Solomonic era
Chronicles ends with ______.
The Edict of Cyrus
When Ezra read the Law of Moses to people, the following took place EXCEPT...
The Levites added the newly circumcised to the list of the assembly of God
Which of the following explains the Writings correctly?
The Psalter begins the collection
According to Longman, which of the following is correct?
The Teacher's conclusions are not the final message of the book of Ecclesiastes
According to Ezra 10 the people who rebuilt Judah and the Temple were called _______.
The assembly of the exiles
According to Longman, the following are correct EXCEPT...
The book of Psalms in its present arrangement reflects preexilic theological orthodoxy
According to Longman, the following are true EXCEPT...
The exact date of the book of Proverbs is important for its interpretation
According to Proverbs, what is the first and controlling principle of wisdom?
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge
According to Longman, the following are correct EXCEPT...
The first book of the Psalms consists of none of the Davidic psalms
Which of the following statements from Song of Songs is NOT true?
The lover says "your teeth are like white snow"
Which of the following does NOT appear in Ezra?
The returnees were glad to work with the rest of the Jews who were not taken to Babylon.
Which of the following statements about Song of Songs is NOT true?
The woman tries to win Solomon's heart because he has many wives and concubines
The following are correct descriptions of the first nine chapters of Proverbs EXCEPT...
They include warnings against heretics and idolatry
Which of the following is NOT what Job's friends did when they came to sympathize with Job and comfort him?
They offered sacrifices and burned incense on behalf of Job and his children who died
How is Proverbs 10 (and also chapters 11-29) different from the first nine chapters?
This section consists of pithy sayings only
The main theme of Psalm 1 is...
Torah piety
The following statements explain the book of Job correctly EXCEPT...
What Job and his friends said was human words but also inerrant words form God for us
Bildad is strongly convinced that God does not pervert what is right and that...
When Job's children sinned against God, He gave them over to the penalty of their sin.
Job 38 and 39 are basically God's response to Job. If you were to summarize what God said to Job, what would that be?
Who are you? Where were you when I laid the foundation of the heaven and earth? Can you do it?
According to Longman, the genealgies may have served a very practical function in the postexilic period answering questions like the following EXCEPT...
Who can be governor of Judah?
Which of the following summarizes the major teaching of Proverbs best?
You reap what you sow
Which of the following expresses Psalm 73 best?
a crisis of faith because what the theological ideal teaches does not match with the historical reality
The 2nd major part of Ezra-Nehemiah begins with...
a description of Ezra's return to Jerusalem
Ruth's request that Boaz spreads the corner of his garment over her was....
a request for marriage
Which of the following is included in Ecclesiastes?
all of the answer choices
Who opposed the returnees' attempt in rebuilding the Jerusalem wall?
all of them
According to Longman, the last two verses of Ecclesiates teach... perspective.
an above the sun
Qohelet says... is a chasing after the wind.
applying himself to the understanding of wisdom
Out of the trials of his life Job breaks the silence by....
asking why he was born
Chronicles...
begins with genealogy that leads all the way to Adam
According to Longman, how does the book of Job achieve resolution at the end?
by God's appearance to Job
Xerxes's authority was put into question...
by the refusal of Queen Vashiti to refuse to present herself before the crowds
Longman classifies the psalms according to their...
content and form
Chronicles...
focuses on "all Israel" in spite of the fact that only Judah (and some Levites) was exiled to Babylon and was returning to Jerusalem
Mordecai...
foiled an assassination plot against the king
Proverbs teaches the Lord gives wisdom, and from his mouth come knowledge and understanding. The Lord...
guards the course of the just and protects the way of his faithful ones
According to Longman, the Teacher is frustrated because...
he is trying to find meaning in a fallen world
According to Chronicles Josiah died because...
he would not listen to what Neco had said at God's command
The Lover says, "Turn your eyes from me: they overwhelm me. Your hair..."
is like a flock of goats
What kind of banner was over the Beloved?
love
According to Longman, the book of Job makes it clear that...
not all suffering is related to sin
A unique characteristic to lament psalms is commonly found in their...
positive ending
According to Longman Chronicles...
primarily deals with Israel's history from the time of David (ca. 1000 BC) to 538 BC.
According to Longman, Chronicles includes the account of Manasseh's repentance, which Kings doesn't include, because Chronicles...
promotes a doctrine of immediate retribution
Carpe diem means...
seize the day
The diversity of the Writings functions as...
the Old Testament Canon's self-corrective feature
Which of the following explains the Writings correctly?
the Septuagint broken up the Writings and rearranged them according to their genre
Golah list is synonymous with...
the assembly of exiles
Chronicles' heavy emphasis is on...
the building of the first temple
According to Chronicles, the following are true EXCEPT...
the fall of Jerusalem is not mentioned in Chronicles
In the first part of Proverbs...
the father likens life to a path
In the first part of Proverbs...
the father teaches his son to avoid promiscuous women
According to Longman, the modern interpreter should make ________ the object of study.
the final form
Chronicles' positive history is explained by...
the needs of the contemporary audience of the book
The genealogies in Chronicles serve to show...
the postexilic generation's connection to the past
According to Longman, the following are true EXCEPT...
the proverbs are divine promises for the here and now
According to Longman, the following are correct EXCEPT...
the psalms are inspired by God, and other cultures do not have psalms like the ones in the Bible
According to Longman, the song warns... not to hurry into a passionate relationship, but to wait until the time is right
the young women
According to Longman, when the royal psalms received their final structure and order...
they took on eschatological significance
When the foundation of the temple was laid, the work of rebuilding faltered because...
those who were deported to Israel by Assyria opposed it
The Psalter is divided into five books to assert that...
though the psalms are originally human words (prayers and praises to God) but also have the same divine authority as the Torah
According to Longman, Job...
was from outside of the land of Israel
According to Longman, the genre of the book of Job may be best identifies as a....
wisdom debate
Which of the following statements about the beloved woman is NOT true?
As Solomons's woman she enjoyed riches and beauties of the king's court.
The Hebrew Bible concludes with...
Chronicles
Esther is set in the...
Diaspora
The Beloved compared her Lover's eyes to...
Dove
Who was NOT one of Job's friends?
Elihu
God's providence is highlighted in...
Esther
The main theme of Psalm 2 is...
God's reign
According to Longman, the following are correct EXCEPT...
Hyms are uniquely Israelite
According to Longman, the message of the Teacher is...
Life is difficult and then you die
What is as strong as death?
Love