Ch4 Part 2

Question 1

are the prophets from Hosea to Malachi because their books are shorter.

Answer 1

Minor Prophets

Question 2

brings a stern message of repentance to Israel at the height of the Northern Kingdom’s prosperity

Answer 2

Amos

Question 3

the shortest book the the OT; foretells the downfall of Edom

Answer 3

Obadiah

Question 4

a reluctant prophet who tries to run away from God

Answer 4

Jonah

Question 5

pronounces judgment against the wicked who take bribes and exploit the poor

Answer 5

Micah

Question 6

foretells the end of Nineveh

Answer 6

Nahum

Question 7

pronounces judgment against the wicked.

Answer 7

Habakkuk

Question 8

pronounces God’s judgment against the whole earth

Answer 8

Zephaniah

Question 9

leads the effort to rebuild the temple of Jerusalem

Answer 9

Haggai

Question 10

works to have the temple rebuilt

Answer 10

Zechariah

Question 11

warns the returned exiles that God is not satisfied with their form of worship

Answer 11

Malachi

Question 12

Maccabees revolt as a historian

Answer 12

I Maccabees

Question 13

tells the story of the Maccabean revolt from a religious perspective

Answer 13

II Maccabees

Question 14

is one who is called by God or speaks on God’s behalf, announcing his message.

Answer 14

prophet

Question 15

“The Apostles handed on to their hearers what He had said and done. This they did with that clearer understanding which they enjoyed after they had been instructed by the glorious events of Christ’s life and taught by the light of the Spirit of truth.”

Answer 15

the Oral Tradition

Question 16

“The sacred authors wrote the four Gospels, selecting some things from the many which had been handed on by word of mouth.”

Answer 16

the Written Gospel

Question 17

During the first decades of Christianity, the Good News was spread by ___________

Answer 17

word of mouth

Question 18

Matthew was an Apostle, also called ______

Answer 18

Levi

Question 19

Who was a tax collector who left his life behind to follow Christ

Answer 19

Matthew

Question 20

What are Biblically perfect numbers that Matthew used

Answer 20

the numbers three and fourteen

Question 21

also known as John Mark

Answer 21

St Mark

Question 22

was a disciple of St. Peter

Answer 22

St Mark

Question 23

Who followed St. Peter to Rome and later went to Egypt

Answer 23

St Mark

Question 24

Whose book is likely based on stories about Christ told by St. Peter

Answer 24

Mark

Question 25

Whose is the Shortest of the four Gospels

Answer 25

Mark

Question 26

Which gospel writer repeatedly uses the word “immediately” - more than forty

Answer 26

Mark

Question 27

written after the Gospels of Matthew And Mark

Answer 27

Luke

Question 28

accompanied St. Paul on his journey

Answer 28

Luke

Question 29

was a well educated follower of Jesus

Answer 29

St. Luke

Question 30

Contains information about Christ’s birth and childhood that the other Gospels don’t contain

Answer 30

Luke

Question 31

written by the disciple “whom Jesus loved”

Answer 31

John

Question 32

according to tradition, he was the last disciple to die

Answer 32

Luke

Question 33

draws more from Greek philosophy which suggests it was written later

Answer 33

John

Question 34

uses more theological language - much different from the other three Gospels

Answer 34

John

Question 35

opens with a comparison to Genesis

Answer 35

John

Question 36

only identifies himself as the disciple whom Jesus love at the very end

Answer 36

John