Old Testament

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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...


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