Exam 1

Question 0

Psalms Key Ideas

Answer 0

1. Kingship & sovereignty of God
2. Conduct & destiny of righteous & wicked
3. God’s comfort & defense in trouble
4. Praise in all it’s variations
5. Role of nature & creation

Question 1

Job’s Key Ideas

Answer 1

1. Not only the wicked suffer
2. God’s justice no simple formula
3. God’s infinite wisdom key to wisdom

Question 2

Proverbs Key ideas

Answer 2

1. Fear of The Lord is beginning of wisdom
2. Wisdom leads to life
3. Wisdom leads to understanding of retribution principle
4. General principles, not promises

Question 3

Ecclesiastes Key Ideas

Answer 3

1. Life not self-fulfilling
2. Frustrations unavoidable
3. Seasons of life must be accepted
4. Enjoyment comes through God-centered worldview

Question 4

Song of Solomon Key Ideas

Answer 4

1. Goodness of humanity created in God’s image
2. Dignity of human affections
3. Sanctity of sexual affection in marriage
4. Virtue of waiting til marriage

Question 5

Isaiah Key Ideas

Answer 5

1. Trustworthiness of The Lord
2. Incomparability of Israel’s God
3. Divine sovereignty in judgment & deliverance

Question 6

Jeremiah Key ideas

Answer 6

1. The law in the heart
2. God’s brings enemy against Israel
3. God as potter- destroys & builds up

Question 7

Lamentations Key Ideas

Answer 7

1. God punishes sin
2. God’s judgment is just
3. God instructs the faithful through suffering
4. God is faithful, installing hope in the righteous

Question 8

Ezekiel Key ideas

Answer 8

1. Sovereignty over Israel & the nations
2. Dynamic relationship of the individual to the group
3. Mysterious interplay of individual responsibility and divine judgment
4. Babylonian exile as punishment for Judah’s sin of idolatry
5. Restoration of a new Israel under Davidic leadership