Survey of the Old and New Testament 3
"Genuine righteousness leads to life, but pursuing evil leads to death" (Prov 11:19) is an example of :
Antithetical parallelism
In proverbs, child-rearing is a family affair but discipline begins with the individual:
False
The psalms are divided into_____ books:
Five
_______ are songs of praise that focus on the Lord's eternal attributes and his great acts in creation and history:
Hymns
In the book of Job the Lord presents his servant Job as a model of righteousness before Satan:
True
Proverbs contains a balanced view of wealth and poverty:
True
Proverbs the general truths, not specific promises or guarantees from God:
True
The Proverbs are wise sayings that express deep truths in capsule form:
True
According to our textbook, ______ is one of the more popular topics in the books of proverbs:
Marriage and sexuality
According to our textbook, _____ is a recurring theme or motif found throughout the book of Ecclesiastes:
Remembering God
_______ are prayers that celebrate the special relationship between the lord and the house of the Davidic king:
Royal Psalms
According to our textbook, ______ is one of the more popular topics in the book of proverbs :
The power of the tongue
The list of individuals who composed material in the Psalms includes moses:
True
According to our textbook, the _____ is a recurring theme or motif found throughout Ecclesiastes:
Vanity of life
According to our textbook, the value of _______ is a recurring theme or motif found throughout ecclesiastes:
Wisdom
According to our textbook______ is one of the more popular topics in the book of proverbs:
-Not faithfulness
In a general sense the proverbs can be grouped into two major forms. One of these forms is:
Instructive discourses
Qohelet is a term meaning:
One who gathers or assembles
While the time of writing for the book of Job is Uncertain, internal evidence points to a time before the mosaic law:
True
While the wise sage of Ecclesiastes has traditionally been identified as King Solomon, the name Solomon is never explicitly referenced within the book:
True
According to our textbook the _____ is a recurring theme or motif found throughout the book of Ecclesiastes:
Enjoyment (Vanity) of life
Bildad, one of Job's three friends, suggests that God may use suffering as a means to keep men from sin, to chastise and maintain a healthy degree of reverence before the almighty:
False
In response to his friends' advice, Job admits that he is a sinner but that his sins are not categorically vile. Job asserts that he may have committed mortal sins but he certainly did not commit venial ones:
False
Job accuses God of prejudice and curses the day of his birth:
False
Most proverbs take the form of a four line unit with the first line corresponding to the fourth line and the second to the third, this correspondence is through some form of parallelism:
False
Proverbs are typically based on education and knowledge:
False
The focus of the Proverbs is heavenly rather than earthly:
False
The ______ are prayers of extreme emotion and anger calling on God to bring severe judgment on the enemies of God and the psalmist:
Imprecatory Psalms
Most of the book of Proverbs is attributed to:
King Solomon
The ____ focus on the Lord's kingdom rule over his creation:
Kingship psalms
According to our textbook, __________ is a recurring theme or motif found throughout the book of Ecclesiastes:
Life under the Sun
_________ predictively refer to Christ the anointed messianic king:
Messianic Psalms
According to our textbook the expression "________" refers to the activities of a man as observed and experienced from a human perspective :
Not Eat Drink and be merry
In the _____, the psalmist confesses his sin and prays for the Lord Forgiveness and restoration:
Penitential Psalms
In a general sense the proverbs can be grouped into two major forms: One of these forms is:
Pithy sayings
According to our textbook, the ______ is recurring theme or motif found throughout the book of ecclesiastes:
Sovereignty of God
"The one who conceals hatred has lying lips and whosoever spreads slander is a fool (Prov 10:18) is an example of :
Synthetic Parallelism
"Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it" (Prov 22:6). This wisdom holds true as a general rule, not an absolute promise:
True
A proverb is a short poetic sentence conveying wisdom in a concise and memorable form:
True
According to our textbook, many church fathers viewed the SOng of Songs typologically as a picture of Christ's love for his bride, the church:
True
According to our textbook, perhaps the greatest benefit the believer can gain by studying the song of songs is the reminder that love is a gift from God and should be enjoyed as a gift:
True
In his response to Job, God appeals to creation as a demonstration of his unfathomable wisdom:
True
In the second cosmic test in the book of Job, the Lord allows Satan to take Job's health, but he must preserve Job's life:
True
Job's friends assume he must have done something terribly wrong, unjust, or unwise to experience such an incredible tragedy:
True
Job's three friends were Eliphaz, Bildad and XZophar
True
The Proverbs tell us how to live successfully:
True
The book of Job concludes with God prospering once again and blessing him with twice the wealth:
True
The book of Proverbs consistently presents the sluggard as a fool and the diligent person as wise:
True
The list of individuals who composed material in the psalms includes David:
True
The phrase "of solomon" in the hebrew title of the Song of Songs calls into question whether this was a song "by about or for solomon":
True