OldTestQuizes

How many judgment oracles did Micah give?

5

Which covenant did Malachi cite specifically?

All of the above

The book of Judges takes place in ________.

Canaan

What is the dominant environmental feature of the Arabian Peninsula?

Desert

Amos is unconcerned with the welfare of others

False

The author of the book is identified as Samuel.

False

Under the leadership of Ashurbanipal, Assyria became the first "world-class" empire.

False

King Solomon was known for all of the following except

Fighting the Philistines and recovering land that was lost

How many basic types of sacrifices are there in Leviticus?

Five

Abraham was asked to sacrifice his son ________________.

Isaac

In the _________ of Jeremiah 31 God's law will be written on the heart, not etched on stone tablets

New Covenant

The golden calf is likely based off of which false god?

Osiris

______ is often called the theological and geographical center of the world.

Palestine

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?

Passover

Habakkuk 2:4b, "But the righteous will live by faith," is quoted by _____in the New Testament

Paul

Many of the reforms instituted under Ezra and Nehemiah are seen as the seeds of ______which was in full effect during the time of Jesus.

Pharisaism

What was the earliest stage in the development of writing?

Pictograms

What is the strongest evidence for Joel as a postexilic prophet?

Reference to the exile as a past event

Which of the following is not a major theme of 1 and 2 Samuel?

Reforming temple worship

The method of ________, where the current state of affairs are turned around drastically, is used in Esther to build the plot and convey the message of the story.

Reversal

The people in Malachi ask how they have _______ God

Robbed

The ________was instituted as a day of rest in the life of Israel.

Sabbath

Which of these men was not one of Israel's kings?

Samuel

Prior to becoming a prophet Amos was a _______________.

Shepherd

Which Assyrian king invaded Israel in the eighth century?

Tiglath-Pileser 3

A prophet is someone who speaks on behalf of someone else

True

Esther is the only book in the Bible which does not mention the name of God.

True

God himself inscribed the Ten Commandments on stone tablets.

True

God's covenant loyalty is an important concept in Ruth.

True

There is a "wisdom" tone to the prophecy of Habakkuk

True

True wisdom is a lifestyle.

True

Zechariah's message was laced with concern for social justice in the present.

True

Zephaniah was possibly a member of the royal household

True

What are human errors of sight, hearing, writing, memory, and judgment which occur during the hand-copying process known as?

Variants

Which of the following is not a route that may have been taken by Israel during the Exodus?

Western

The books of Ruth, Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, and Esther form a section know as the _______.

Writings

Haggai was possibly a member of the royal household

false

The first section of Zechariah contains ___________ "night visions."

7

Standard ancient Near Eastern treaties include which of the following?

All of the above

Which of the following is the oldest interpretive approach to Song of Songs?

Allegorical

All of the following were contributors to the book of Proverbs except________________.

Amenemope

Who deported Israel?

Assyria

God's controversy with Israel was rooted in the conflicting religious ideologies of Canaanite ______ and Hebrew Yahwism

Baalism

Ezekiel prophesied during the captivity by which nation

Babylon

The nation of Judah was conquered by _________.

Babylon

Who was the pagan prophet who was sent to curse Israel but ended up blessing them instead?

Balaam

The idea of the retribution principle is rooted in the __________ of the Mosaic covenant from Deuteronomy 28.

Blessings and Curses

Which of the following is a reason the authors provide that justifies the ban in Joshua?

Canaanites resisted the Lord

The reason given for the fall of Jerusalem is the violation of the ______ between God and Israel/Judah

Covenant

______was the king of the Medo-Persian Empire who conquered the Babylonian Empire.

Cyrus

Along with the prophet in the answer to 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)

Daniel, Joel, and Malachi

The chronicler emphasized the kingship of ________.

David

The chronicler idealized which two kings as the "type figures" of a "good" king?

David and Solomon

Two places in the book of Micah speak of royal ______ who would serve as the Lord's instruments for saving Israel from her enemies

Deliverers

All of the following are tips for reading prophetic literature except________________.

Determine what current event the prophecy is tied to

Which of the following features is not indicative of apocalyptic literature

Divine absence in human historyn

By what type of natural disaster does Amos date his ministry?

Earthquake

The book of Genesis ends with Joseph in ________________.

Egypt

What is the earliest century to which Hebrew manuscripts of Esther date?

Eleventh century ad

One of the major themes in the book of Malachi was the promise of an _____-like figure as a messenger of the covenant.

Elijah

Which two prophets functioned in the northern kingdom during the divided monarchy?

Elijah and Elisha

All of the following are key ideas from the book of Ecclesiastes except___________

Enjoyment in life comes through our arranging for it

Which is not one of the major genres of psalms listed in the textbook?

Enthronement

Which genre of literature is not featured in the first five books of the Old Testament?

Epistolatory letter

The Qoheleth does not appeal to divine revelation to make his point; instead his approach was philosophical and based on __________ and wisdom

Experience

The plotline of Esther revolves around an attempt to ___________.

Exterminate the Jews

Which of the following policies did not contribute to the split of the kingdom?

Faithfulness to Yahweh

Old Testament wisdom is unconcerned with how a person lives.

Fales

After Job is vindicated God explains to Job that he had to suffer to bring God glory.

False

All archeological sites related to the Bible have been excavated.

False

Ascertaining the historical background of Job is vital for understanding the meaning of the book.

False

Because of internal evidence scholars have determined that Mordecai was the author of Esther.

False

Because of internal evidence, namely the known date of the destruction of the city of Nineveh, it is logical to date the book of Nahum prior to 712 bc

False

Because of its theme and frank language of the Song of Songs, rabbis and early church fathers endorsed its contents as an affirmation of God's design for married love

False

By Jeremiah's time all of the false prophets had been expelled from Judah.

False

During the period of the conquest there was one major power that controlled Palestine.

False

Every ten years Israel was to have a Sabbatical year, where fields were left unplowed.

False

Habakkuk, like Job, receives no answers to his questions about God's justice

False

Hosea's message was delivered prior to Babylon's destruction of the northern kingdom in 722 bc

False

Hosea's prophecy is solely focused on the northern kingdom

False

In reading the Old Testament, we should be concerned only with its factual details.

False

In the New Testament interpretation of the Old Testament Law, Jesus entirely dismissed the teachings of the five books of the Law as "legalism."

False

In the ancient Near East, history was viewed as a linear progression toward an end point.

False

Isaiah chapters 37-39 feature four sons whose names were given prophetic significance

False

Israel's history plays a prominent role in the book of Proverbs

False

Job does notfeel that he needs a mediator.

False

Joel is mentioned several times in the Old Testament outside of the book of Joel.

False

Micah's ministry was set against the backdrop of the impending Babylonian invasion

False

Moabites were welcome in the nation of Israel.

False

Most of the laments in the biblical psalms are used in conjunction with magical incantations

False

Nahum proclaimed peace for the nation of Assyria.

False

Nehemiah was a priest and a scribe.

False

The authorship of the book of Daniel is virtually undisputed in scholarly study

False

The book of Ecclesiastes is wholly pessimistic.

False

The book of Esther was intended to be performed as a play.

False

The book of Joshua is an etiological legend.

False

The book of Joshua is primarily about Joshua as a courageous, godly leader and about military conquest.

False

The book of Numbers has nothing to say about Yahweh's covenant faithfulness.

False

The book of Numbers records events of Israel's wanderings for over fifty years.

False

The concept of the "ban" was unique to Israel.

False

The earliest human writings predate 4000 bc and are found in Egypt and Mesopotamia

False

The four kingdoms in chapters 2 and 7 are clearly identified.

False

The judges are intended to be spiritual examples for Christians to follow.

False

The king of Nineveh in the book of Jonah has been identified as Tiglath Pileser III.

False

The message of Proverbs hinges on the belief that wisdom cannot be taught but must be intuited naturally.

False

The message of the book of Jonah is directed toward Israel, encouraging her to move beyond her borders to evangelize other nations and to love and forgive her enemies

False

The ministry of Ezekiel took place in Jerusalem after the return from exile.

False

The ninth plague that God sent on Egypt was the death of the first born.

False

The primary antagonist in the book of Ruth is Haman the Agagite.

False

The primary job of a prophet is to highlight what the people are doing correctly.

False

The primary purpose of the books of 1 and 2 Kings was to record Israel's continued covenant faithfulness.

False

The purpose of the book of Ezekiel was to promote the rebuilding of the temple

False

The stipulations of the covenant between God and Israel in Deuteronomy are completely unique in the ancient Near East.

False

The word Apocryphameans "hidden" and refers to a group of books produced during the time of the exile in Babylon

False

There are four major literary categories in the book of Jeremiah

False

There was a clear counterpart in the ancient Near East to classical prophets.

False

Though Daniel and his friends reside in a pagan nation, the surrounding culture appears to be amiable toward Israelite religion

False

Though Hosea delivered his message to the northern kingdom, he was actually from Judah

False

Though Jeremiah is called to deliver a difficult message he seems to have been able to carry out his duty as a prophet without any substantial personal struggles

False

Though the Davidic covenant is significant in the books of 1 and 2 Samuel, it plays a fairly unimportant role in the rest of the Old Testament.

False

Zephaniah was specific that judgment for Judah would include destruction of the temple.

False

In Proverbs, ________is equated with knowledge of God, and thus the covenant relationship.

Fear of the Lord

The _________ is the world of the Old Testament which includes the Nile River valley and delta, the coastal plains of Syro-Palestine, and the Tigris and Euphrates river valleys.

Fertile Crescent

Which of the following was not a plague experienced by Egypt?

Fire

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 ______________.

Former Prophets

The book of Jonah is primarily concerned with _______.

God

The message of Ecclesiastes is that the course of life to be pursued is a ______-centered life.

God

Which nation defeated Persia?

Greece

Some scholars attribute the writing of the book of Daniel to an author in the second century bc due to very precise predictions in chapter 11 relating to which world empire?

Greek

Which kingdom is under discussion in chapter 11?

Greek

All of the following are types of oracles present within prophetic literature except___________

Grief oracles

_________ is the antagonist in the book of Esther who plots to have all of the Jews in Persia killed.

Haman

________________ is an ancient collection of Mesopotamian laws.

Hammurabi's Stele

All of the following are major themes in the book of Isaiah except_____________

Hesed

The Sennacherib Prism records receiving tribute from which king of Judah?

Hezekiah

The main question of the book of Habakkuk is, ____________________?

How can those who are wicked go unpunished

The major theme of Song of Songs is the positive dimensions of __________

Human Love

The book of Habakkuk is organized around several __________ by the prophet

Inquiries

King David ruled Israel during which period of time?

Iron Age 1

The book of Nahum contains many parallels to the book of ________ including vocabulary, phrasing, theme, and motif.

Isaiah

Which of the following is a common misconception among Christians about the book of Joshua?

It's only the story of a godly person

Which of the following is not another name for Edom in the book of Obadiah?

Jacob

Both the Septuagint and Jewish tradition ascribe authorship of Lamentations to ______________

Jeremiah

According the superscription of the book (1:1) the prophecies of Zephaniah are dated to the reign of ____________.

Josiah

The second section of the book of Nahum contains alternating addresses to Nineveh and ________.

Judah

Which of the following is not a Pentateuchal book?

Judges

Book 1 contains mostly ___________

Laments a. Wisdom psalms d. Coronation psalms

The Moabites and Ammonites traced their lineage to _________.

Lot

Which of the following books does not contain an anti-Edomite oracle

Malachi

The apostasy of King _______________ for the five decades prior to the ministry of Zephaniah exacted a heavy spiritual toll on Judah.

Manasseh

Who was the first-century Gnostic heretic who rejected the Old Testament and its "inferior God"?

Marcion

Which scholar is primarily responsible for the theory of the Deuteronomistic History?

Martin North

Under which nation did the Judeans return home after being exiled?

Medo-Persia

One of the primary genres in Ezra-Nehemiah is _________.

Memoir

Zechariah has more to say about the ________ than any other Old Testament book except Isaiah

Messiah

Zechariah has more to say about the ________ than any other Old Testament book except Isaiah.

Messiah

Hosea is part of the _________

Minor Prophets

Ruth was a member of the nation of _____________.

Moab

Using typology the chronicler portrays David as a second ______.

Moses

Which prophet rebuked David?

Nathan

Who was the king of Babylon when Jerusalem fell?

Nebuchadrezzar

Which of these is not a major theme in the book of Joshua?

Need for a king

The Hebrew word hesedcan be translated by all of the following words except

Pity

Which of these is not a major theme in the book of Job

Proper temple worship

In the books of 1 and 2 Samuel, Samuel functions as a

Prophet, priest, and judge

The book of Esther is read annually at the Jewish festival of ________________.

Purim

Who is responsible for removing the Apocrypha from the English Bible?

Puritans

The Jewish community credited with producing the Dead Sea Scrolls is known as _____.

Qumran

Which of the following is not a wisdom speech form?

Song

In the literature of which culture does the earliest known flood story occur?

Sumerian

Spiritual sacrifices in the New Testament include all of the following except_______.

Sunday School attendance

Ezra and Nehemiah came from the Persian city of ______________.

Susa

Which of these is not a major theme of the book of Judges?

The blessings of the covenant

Joel's main concern throughout the book was to address ________, a time of destruction and judgment

The day of the lord

The most likely background for the book of Obadiah is ________________

The fall of Jerusalem

Which concept distinguished Hebrew wisdom from its ancient Near East counterparts?

The fear of the Lord

The canonical value of Ezekiel was called into question because of _________________

The prophet's understanding of temple ritual

The ministry of biblical prophets tended to be clustered around ______________

Times of crisis

Covenant is one of the core concepts of the Old Testament.

True

Haggai prophesied that God would overthrow the nations and restore Israel's fortunes

True

Historical documents from the ancient Near East were often propaganda clothed in historical attire.

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 and 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.

True

In interpreting the book, Jonah should be equated with the city of Nineveh

True

In order to best interpret the historical books, we should think of them as theological instead of historical.

True

Isaiah and Micah were the earliest active classical prophets in Judah.

True

Isaiah gave his sons names with prophetic importance

True

It is likely that Manasseh or Josiah was in power when Nahum delivered his oracle

True

One of the purposes of the book of Hosea was to highlight the spiritual harlotry of Israel

True

Only a small amount of archaeological findings have been examined and published.

True

Proverbs asserts that there is great power in human speech, both for good and evil.

True

Qoheleth contends that nothing under the sun can give meaning to life

True

Several elements of apocalyptic literature reside in the writings of Ezekie

True

Several psalms focus on God's relationship to nature

True

Some modern scholars deny that Ezekiel authored the book of Ezekiel

True

Some of the commands given to Moses about how Israel was to live defied cultural norms in the ancient Near East.

True

Some scholars doubt the historicity of Daniel because of the fantastic events it recounts

True

Song of Songs affirms chastity for unmarried people

True

Song of Songs can be considered lyric love poetry.

True

The Assyrians had a reputation in the Old Testament for incredible cruelty

True

The Cyrus Cylinder is an example of an ancient inscription.

True

The New Testament attributes parts of the second half of the book of Isaiah to the prophet Isaiah.

True

The Old Testament is primarily about God.

True

The Persian Empire was the last of the great Mesopotamian empires before Alexander the Great and the Greeks conquered all of the "known world."

True

The Philistines were one of the Sea Peoples who immigrated to Palestine from the Aegean region.

True

The author of Ezra-Nehemiah had a theological purpose in writing the books.

True

The author of Songs of Songs makes use of reference to many objects in nature, including flora and fauna, to describe his lover

True

The book of Ezekiel is autobiographical in style, often utilizing the personal and possessive pronouns "I," "me," and "my."

True

The book of Ezekiel is essentially a theodicy

True

The book of Jeremiah occupies more space in the Bible than any other book

True

The book of Joel is quoted by Peter in his message on the day of Pentecost.

True

The book of Lamentations teaches that God will not forever abandon his people

True

The book of Proverbs encourages its hearers to embrace integrity, justice, righteousness, and life.

True

The books of 1 and 2 Samuel originally constituted a single book.

True

The creation account is a highly structured literary composition.

True

The final section of Nahum contains a dirge suggesting the reasons for God's action against Nineveh

True

The majority of the material in Chronicles is a positive remembrance of Israel's history.

True

The material of the book is arranged to highlight the trustworthiness of the covenant God

True

The message of Malachi reflects conditions associated with pre-Ezra decline

True

The name Malachi means either "my messenger" or "my angel."

True

The people of Israel repeatedly sin against God in the book of Judges.

True

The phrase "in those days Israel had no king" is repeated often in the book of Judges.

True

The physical world of the Old Testament was the ancient Near East, commonly known today as the Middle East.

True

The prophet's job was to communicate a message from God

True

Two of the poems of Lamentations are cast in the form of a "lament" or "complaint.

True

Typology establishes historical correspondence between the OT and the NT.

True

Zechariah summoned the community to repentance and spiritual renewal

True

Zechariah summoned the community to repentance and spiritual renewal.

True

Zechariah's message was laced with concern for social justice in the present

True

Ancient Egypt was divided into how many kingdoms?

Two

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?

a solar exlipse

The book of Obadiah espouses the idea of Lex Talionis which means _____________.

an eye for an eye

The introductory formula ______ appears in every chapter of Numbers, as it did in Leviticus.

and the Lord said to Moses

The Hebrew title of the book of Numbers means_______________.

in the wilderness

The prophet Zephaniah was a contemporary of the prophet ________________

jeremiah

The book of Lamentations is concerned with the defeat and exile of __________

judah

Prior to becoming a prophet Joel was a _________________

none of the above

Poetry comprises ______ of the Old Testament.

one-third

The Dead Sea Scrolls were found in the _________________.

1940s

The book of Jonah is structured with __________ roughly even sections

2

How many times does Ezekiel's chariot vision appear in the text?

3

Jeremiah contains ___________ major books/sections

3

How many kingdoms are featured in the visions of Daniel chapters 2 and 7

4

How many major sections/scenarios is the book of Isaiah divided into?

4

The book of Psalms is divided into ___________ "books."

5

The book of Lamentations mourns the fall of Jerusalem in

587/586 bc

The city of Jerusalem fell in ____________

587/586 bc

The fall of Jerusalem occurred in ________.

587/6 bc

Malachi is composed of a series of _______ oracles

6

When did Josiah come to the throne of Judah?

640 bc

The first section of Zechariah contains ___________ "night visions.

7

One of the major themes of the book of Psalms deals with kingship; there are ________ psalms scattered throughout the Psalter which concern the king.

9

Joel uses the image of ______________ to speak of impending invasion and devastation.

A locust plague

Joshua was all of the following except ________________.

A priest

Which of the following is not a biblical person whom archeological findings have confirmed actually existed?

Abraham

All of the following were offerings instituted for Israel in Leviticus except _____________.

Abundance offerings

Most of the poems of Lamentations are composed as _______.

Acrostics

The genealogies of 1 Chronicles trace the heritage of David all the way back to _____.

Adam

The region of Syro-Palestine, or the Levant, was a land bridge between ______________.

Africa and Asia

Which two kings of Judah feature prominently in the book of Isaiah?

Ahaz and Hezekiah

The earliest of the classical prophets who were active within Israel (the northern kingdom) were _____________

Amos and Hosea

Ezra is one of two Old Testament books which contain substantial sections of text written in the ________ language and not in Hebrew.

Aramaic

The book of Daniel is written in Hebrew and has a large section written in ________

Aramaic

Ezra and Nehemiah came to Jerusalem during the reign of King ________________.

Artaxerxes 1

The actual history addressed in Chronicles spans the Hebrew's united monarchy from the close of Saul's reign to the _________ captivity of Judah.

Babylonian

_________ is an ancient piece of literature similar to the book of Job

Babylonian Theodicy

The issue of the ___________ is one of the most controversial ethical issues in the book of Joshua, and the whole Bible.

Ban or Canaanite Genocide

Jeremiah's scribe was _____________.

Baruch

Which of the following is not one of Job's three friends?

Bezalel

Who of the following people listed was not a judge?

Bildad

The man who functions as a kinsman-redeemer in the case of Ruth is _______.

Boaz

If a man died without having a son, his _______ was obligated to father a son for his widow, thus functioning as a kinsman-redeemer.

Brother

Which of the following is not a wisdom speech form that Proverbs uses

Call and response

One of Zechariah's two explicitly stated duties as God's spokesman was to ________ the people of Judah

Comfort

One of Zechariah's two explicitly stated duties as God's spokesman was to ________ the people of Judah.

Comfort

The message of the book of Jonah concerns God's sovereign right to bestow ______on whomever he wills, even to the point of relenting from threatened destruction.

Compassion

_____________ can be characterized as apocalyptic literature

Daniel and Zechariah

Chronicles shows no concern for the temple or worship.

False

Cult sites were centers of ancient commerce and often yield abundant numbers of ancient "receipts."

False

Deity was thought to play no role in history in the ancient Near East.

False

Deuteronomy teaches a sharp distinction between law and grace.

False

Nehemiah was unable to finish the completion of the walls of Jerusalem.

False

Numbers records none of Israel's responses to the surrounding culture.

False

Obadiah's message has three parts.

False

Of the 150 individual psalms about one-quarter are attributed to David.

False

One of Haggai's concerns was the rebuilding of the walls of Jerusalem.

False

Ruth was the grandmother of King Saul.

False

Saul was generally viewed as a positive king.

False

The Deuteronomistic approach to interpreting the historical books is fully accepted by nearly every Old Testament scholar.

False

The Old Testament teaches that animal sacrifice was intended to save people from sin.

False

The Pentateuch cannot be trusted as a historical document.

False

The Qoheleth promotes an "eat, drink, and be merry for tomorrow we die" view of the world

False

The Ten Commandments have no ongoing significance for the Christian.

False

The application of a given Old Testament text should come from an aggregate of impressions gained from reading the text.

False

The prophet Micah is specifically referred to in the prophetic book of ________________.

Jeremiah

The so-called Deuteronomistic History includes all of the following books except _______.

Jeremiah

Hosea the prophet operated during the northern kingdom's "golden age" under King __________

Jeroboam 2

Evidence of David's nonaggression toward Saul can be seen in David's friendship and covenant with _________, Saul's son.

Jonathan

Which of the following is not a major theme of Genesis?

Kingship

The time period in which Ezra-Nehemiah was written is generally classified as _______.

Postexilic

One major theme in Daniel is the ____ of kings that leads to the eventual downfall.

Pride

Along with being a prophet, Zechariah was also a ________________

Priest

Along with being a prophet, Zechariah was also a ________________ .

Priest

________ were the equivalent of professional clergy in Israel.

Priests and Levites

First Samuel 1-4:12 introduces the reader to ______ who played a very important role in the rest of 1 and 2 Samuel.

Samuel

Who was the first king of Israel?

Saul

The migration of the _______ from the Mediterranean was one of the decisive factors that shifted the balance of power and created a power vacuum in Palestine.

Sea Peoples

The name "Deuteronomy," from the Greek title for the book, means _________________.

Second law

Which Babylonian king invaded Judah in the eighth century?

Sennacherib

At what mountain did God make a covenant with Israel?

Sinai

A major theme in the book of Amos is ________________

Social justice

Which of the following is not a major theme in the book of Numbers?

Social justice

There were ______ plagues in the book of Exodus.

Ten

The science of manuscript comparison, which aims at restoring the written text of the Old Testament as close to its original reading as humanly possible, is known as __________.

Textual Criticism

In the book of Habakkuk the main instrument of God's judgment will be ______________

The Babylonians

_______ refers to those books which demonstrate the inherent quality of divine inspiration, and which are supremely authoritative for faith and religious practice.

The Canon

Which of the following was not a major theme in 1 and 2 Kings?

The ark of the covenant

Amos is the oldest of the writing prophets

True

Covenant is a significant aspect of the book of Genesis.

True

Jeremiah deals with the issue of God's judgment of nations due to generations of compounded sin.

True

Micah's message was that the people were guilty of injustice

True

Micah's prophecy ends with an oracle of hope.

True

Most of the literature in the first five books of the Old Testament is prose narrative.

True

Obadiah touches on the theme of the day of the Lord for the nations

True

Old Testament poetry is musical in nature and was usually intended to be sung.

True

One of the main purposes of Deuteronomy is to summarize and renew the law.

True

One of the major themes of Leviticus is the holiness of God.

True

One of the major themes of the book of Exodus is the presence of God.

True

The purpose of the book of Genesis is to tell how and why God came to choose Abraham's family to make a covenant with them.

True

The purpose of the book of Judges was to explore what happened theologically during the years between Joshua and David.

True

The sovereignty of God is one of the core messages of Daniel

True

The unifying theological theme of the first five books of the Old Testament is God's covenant promise to Abram.

True

There are possibly numerous "days of the Lord."

True

There were other works within the world of the ancient Near East which discussed the suffering of the righteous

True

The Qoheleth repeatedly uses the phrase ___________ to speak of life and experience in the world

Under the sun

One of the biggest controversies surrounding the book of Isaiah is in relation to its __________.

Unity

Amos dated his prophecy by reference to which two kings?

Uzziah and Jeroboam 2

Which of the following is a major theme of Exodus?

Yahweh

Haggai was a contemporary of the other postexilic prophet, ___________________.

Zechariah

Which of the following led a return of Judean exiles?

Zerubbabel

The Tower of Babel is likely an example of a ______, a multi-tiered Mesopotamian temple.

Ziggurat