BIB 111- OT Final Test

A major message of the Book of Joel is that the people should ______________ to cry out to the Lord amidst a ______________.

Publicly fast/locust plague

Isaiah chapter 5 presents a ________________ in which the marriage of the Lord and Israel is fractured by sin.

"Song of the Vineyard"

Through _____ cycles of speeches, Job increasingly demands his ___________ before God.

3/Day in court

The first two chapters of Amos contain _______ messages against the nations.

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After Micah warns of Exile, he also promises that _____________ will return to the land.

A remnant of the people

Perhaps in an effort to downplay the contents of the Song of Songs, the church has historically interpreted this book as an ___________ of ____________.

Allegory/God's love

Psalm 137 records the lament of the people as they were taunted by the victorious ______________.

Babylonians

Proverbs presents a _____________ to the themes of wealth and poverty.

Balanced approach

Psalm 51 is a very humble prayer based on __________'s sin of _____________.

David/Adultery

Ezekiel was commanded to _____________, indicating his acceptance and fulfillment in his role as a prophet.

Eat a scroll

The Song of Songs contains __________ lyrics, but the authors are not ____________ by this.

Erotic/Embarrassed

The final chapters of Ezekiel present a detailed image of the ___________.

Eschatological Temple

In Proverbs, true wisdom and knowledge is rooted in __________________.

Fear of the Lord

The Book of Lamentations is structured as __________ laments over the fall of _______________ to the Babylonians.

Five/Jerusalem

In Amos chapter 5, Amos speaks of the impending fall of Israel by speaking a ____________.

Funeral lament

Job is described in the opening section of the book as the ___________ man in the __________.

Greatest/East

Isaiah chapter 65 prophecies the creation of a new ___________.

Heaven and earth

In the Book of Zechariah, the Lord delivers His people as the __________.

Heavenly Warrior

In Isaiah chapter 11, __________ is depicted as a ____________ emerging from a tree stump.

Messiah/Branch

In addition to worshiping false gods, Israel's ______________ were also a form of spiritual adultery.

Military alliances

Ecclesiastes frequently emphasizes hevel, which refers to _________ and frequently is translated _____________.

Mist/Vanity

The Hebrew title for the Book of Psalms means _________.

Songs of Praise

The central theme of the Book of Zephaniah is _________.

The Day of the Lord

In Lamentations, Yahweh acted as the __________ who poured out His wrath.

The Divine Warrior

The setting of Job is the setting of ___________.

The Patriarchs

Most of the Book of Lamentations is structured as poems, with each line beginning with ____________.

The letters of the Hebrew alphabet

Proverbs tend to sharply contrast the life of __________ vs. the life of ____________.

Wisdom/Folly

The Book of Malachi serves as a __________ to the New Testament, predicting the coming of _________________________.

a) Bridge/John the Baptist as forerunner to Jesus

The final five psalms of the Book of Psalms share a common line: "__________."

"Praise the Lord!"

Isaiah chapter 6 presents Isaiah's commission as a prophet, which he responds ___________ because he had seen ______________.

"Woe is me!"/The Lord

In Ezekiel chapter 37, the Lord's promise to restore and renew Israel is portrayed by a vision of ____________.

Dry bones coming to life

Lamentations teaches us that prayer is both a/an ____________ and _____________ activity.

Individual and corporate

Micah's primary message against his people is that of social ____________.

Injustice

The setting of the Book of Isaiah is Isaiah advising Ahaz king of Judah to resist a coalition with _____________ to join a rebellion against ______________.

Israel/Assyria

Isaiah chapter 2 speaks of __________ who will together worship at the mountain of the Lord.

Many nations

Hosea was commanded by God to ________________ to illustrate Israel's unfaithfulness to Him.

Marry an unfaithful wife

Psalm 110 states that the Messiah will be of the priesthood of _____________, not Levi.

Melchizedek

At the end of Ezekiel, the glory of the Lord ___________ the Temple.

Returns to

The two-fold ministry of a prophet was _____________.

Speaking to God's people in their day and speaking of the future

The opening scenes of Job depict a ________________ in which _________ accuses Job before ________.

Supernatural/God/Satan

Thanksgiving psalms fulfill the ______________ expressed in the petitions of other psalms.

Vow to praise

In Amos chapter 4, Amos sarcastically lampoons the wealthy, oppressive women of Israel by referring to them as _____________.

Well-fed cattle

The Book of Malachi contains prophecies ______________.

a) In the postexilic period, after the rebuilding of the Temple

Wisdom psalms focus on the lessons of _____________.

Living a godly life

The author of Ecclesiastes self-identifies as "Qohelet," which means _______.

One who gathers or assembles

The _____ sections of the Book of Micah begin with the command to _________.

3/"Hear!"

Jeremiah prophesied during the reign of the final ______ kings of Judah before the ______________.

5/Babyonian Exile

When God demonstrated His mercy in the Book of Jonah, Jonah became ______.

Angry

"Genuine righteousness leads to life, but pursuing evil deeds leads to death" is an example of _______________ parallelism.

Antithetical

The Nabonidus Chronicle verified the existence of the Babylonian King ________.

Belshazzar

Despite God's wrath, Jeremiah could trust in His __________ or ______________.

Chesed/Covenant Faithfulness

The "crisscrossing" lines in Hebrew poetry to emphasize major points is known as __________.

Chiasm

Yahweh's indictment of Judah in the early chapters of Jeremiah takes the form of a _________________.

Covenant lawsuit

In Ezekiel chapters 8-11, the glory of the Lord gradually _________ the Temple.

Departs from

Prophets received God's revelation by being admitted into the _________.

Divine council

The Book of Zechariah is structured around __________________.

Eight night visions

The bridge to Job's final confrontation with God is provided by the speeches of the young man ___________.

Elihu

The outline of the Book of Jonah is Jonah __________ then _____________ his calling.

Fleeing/Fulfilling

Imprecatory psalms are _________ expressions, asking God to _________________ against the wicked.

Honest/Execute justice

In Isaiah chapter 7, the birth of a child named ___________ would be a sign of God's ___________ with His people.

Immanuel/Presence

The theme of the Book of Daniel is God's sovereignty over _________ and the __________.

Israel/Nations

The historicity of the events of the Book of Jonah was confirmed by _________.

Jesus

The five poetic books of the English Old Testament are ____________.

Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Solomon

Psalms which feature cries to God amidst times of trouble are called ________ psalms.

Lament

The Major Prophets are designated in this way because of their ___________ and _________________.

Length/Prominence

The Book of Jonah speaks against the _____________ who were oppressing Israel.

Ninevites of Assyria

Balancing one line or thought by a corresponding one in Hebrew poetry is known as __________.

Parallelism

Common theory is that the authorship of Isaiah is attributed to two or more authors, but these views often do not take seriously the possibility of _______________.

Predictive prophecy

The major issue of the Book of Jonah is Jonah's _________ against the _________.

Prejudice/Assyrians

The Book of Amos speaks to the end of the unprecedented _________________ of the people.

Prosperity

The background of the Book of Haggai is ________________.

Rebuilding the Temple

The Book of Lamentations features qinah-meter in which the second line is _________ than the first, perhaps to imitate ___________ speech.

Shorter/Weeping

"Wisdom" in the Old Testament often refers to ___________ living and exercising good ______________.

Skillful/Judgment

Ezekiel is referred to as __________ 93 times, emphasizing his need to rely on _______, not on __________.

Son of man/God/himself

The Book of Jeremiah begins with God's _______________ Jeremiah.

Sovereign knowledge of

In the three acts of Jonah, God _________ people, resulting in their _________.

Spares/Worship

Nebuchadnezzar's dream of a __________ spoke to the primacy of the ___________.

Statue/Kingdom of God

Ezekiel's object lesson of two _________, one bearing the name Judah and one Israel, represent the future ____________.

Sticks/Messianic Kingdom

In Amos chapter 8, the play-on-words between ___________ and __________ highlights the ending patience of the Lord with Israel.

Summer fruit/The end

The combination of various religious ideas into a new system of religious practice is known as Religious ____________.

Syncretism

At the end of the Book of Malachi, the Day of the Lord will be preceded by the coming of __________________.

The Prophet Elijah

The attempt to justify God's actions is known as __________.

Theodicy

Which of the following is not one of the purposes of Hebrew poetry?

Train for the priesthood

The theme of Ecclesiastes is the ______________ nature of life.

Transitory

The opening psalm in the Book of Psalms compares the wise person to a ____________ and the wicked to ___________ in the wind.

Tree/Leaves

The political background of the Book of Micah is that Judah had become a __________ of the ____________.

Vassal/Assyrians

At the end of the Book of Haggai, the prophet blesses Zerubbabel, which is a sign that the Lord would ____________.

a) Reestablish the primacy of the Davidic throne

Zechariah's fourth vision involved the Lord __________________.

a) Restoring the High Priesthood as mediator between God and Israel

The Hebrew term for "remnant" usually refers to ____________________.

a) The future, the remaining righteous people in Israel

Jeremiah frequently ____________ about the tension between the Lord's righteousness and justice.

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