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Exam Four Flashcards

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What are the LXX characteristics?

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LXX: Septuagint - Greek translation - fourfold order: The Law, the historical books, the poetical books, and the prophets - Christian bible follows this order

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What are the characteristics of MT?

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Hebrew bible - 3 fold order: Law, Prophets, Writings

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Know what Brueggemann said about Proverbs?

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Proverbs (no mention of salvation, minute acts of God, divine trust in humanity) supplements traditional western theology (justification by faith, sinful nature, God’s salvic acts like the Exodus

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Characteristics of Proverbs

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International
Practical and learned from experience (human words, not divine to begin with, became divine instruction) HERE AND NOW
Optimistic (obedience = blessing, disobedience = punishment, confidence in divine justice and human ability)

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Know what proverbs are NOT

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Not commands - don’t take it literally

Not promises - statements of general truth

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Principles for reading Proverbs

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truth depends on the right time and circumstance; know how and when to use (wisdom)

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Genre misidentification

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If you read a proverb like it is ALWAYS true in every circumstance, its a big error.

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The traditional Western theology

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justification by faith, sinful nature, God’s salvic acts like the Exodus

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Study the chart comparing Proverbs to the Torah and the Prophets

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Proverbs: no historical faith, no mention of Exodus or covenant, God’s will hidden in common sense, minute acts of God (small details), alternate to covenant theology

Torah and Prophets: historical faith, focus on covenant and exodus and exile and restoration, the mighty acts of God, mainline theology

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What did Eliphaz say to Job?

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Eliphaz - “Who being innocent, has ever perished? Where were the upright ever destroyed? As I have observed, those who plow evil and those who sow trouble reap it.” - confidence in God to punish wicked - (God performs wonders that cannot be fathomed, blessed is the man who God corrects, he injures but his hands heal)

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What did Bildad say to Job?

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Bildad - “When your children sinned against him, he gave them over to the penalty of their sin” - (Does God pervert justice? He lacks wisdom - wrong application)

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What did Zophar say to Job?

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Zophar - “You say to God,‘My beliefs are flawless and I am pure in your sight…’Know this: God has even forgotten some of your sin” - Surely God sees and notes evil.

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What did Job’s friends lack?

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All of them lack wisdom; they are mostly right but when they are wrong it hurts Job.

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Know what Elihu said

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“So listen to me, you men of understanding. Far be it from God to do evil, from the Almighty to do wrong. He repays a man for what he has done; he brings upon him what his conduct deserves. It is unthinkable that God would do wrong that the Almighty would pervert justice” - he thinks he knows better but he just repeats what the others say.

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Know what Job said – only those sayings appeared on slides

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Why am I suffering? - he doesn’t think he deserves it
“If I had denied the desires of the poor or let the eyes of the widow grow weary, if I have kept my bread to myself, not sharing it with the fatherless– but from my youth I reared him as I would a father, and from my birth I guided the widow”
“I sign my defense, let the Almighty answer me.”

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Function of Job in the Writings

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Job - limits of wisdom and divine freedom

Job (speculative wisdom) compliments Proverbs (conventional wisdom)

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God’s response to Job

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He doesn’t directly answer him. But then he answered him out of the storm - “Who is this that darkens my counsel with words without knowledge?” - God points to the limit of Jobs understanding and human wisdom. - “Where were you when i laid the foundation? If you know, tell me.”

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Why is this a controversial book?

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there is no mention of God, salvation, law, Exodus, etc. AT ALL

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What is the purpose of Song of Songs?

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It is redeeming sexuality
- Asceticism - separates sexuality from spirituality
- Idolatry of sex - obsession and abuse of sex
We tend to think of sexuality as bad and spirituality as good.
It’s a corrective measure to the perversions of sexuality.

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Message and function of song of songs

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It’s showing that sex wasn’t intended as bad; God intended it as a gift.

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Chronicles: Its subtitle – the last word in the Hebrew Bible

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a call to ‘go up’

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The meaning of the LXX’s title for Chronicles

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The Things Omitted

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Significance of 1 & 2 Chronicles

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Shows how Israel’s sacred traditions functioned authoritatively
intrabiblical interpretation
ends the OT with optimistic mention of the Edict of Cyrus

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What does Chronicles focus on? In other words, what is the main purpose of this book?

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It really focuses on the temple and worship and restoration in a positive light.

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What is the significance of Chronicles’ place in the Hebrew Bible?

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Chronicles invites all to ‘pilgrimage’ of spirituality for forever - invites all generations to ‘go up’ and worship God.

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Know the chart comparing Samuel-Kings and Chronicles

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Samuel-Kings: Samuel and Saul to the edict of Cyrus (1000-538 BC), justifies the destruction of Israel, Israel did not depart from the sins of Jeroboam so Israel was exiled from their own land.
Chronicles: Adam to the Edict of Cyrus (the beginning to 538 BC), focus on the temple and worship, those who seek the Lord experience military and economic success. Chronicles (less quality) was very similar but it cleansed the negative things and emphasized restoration.

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Know the chart comparing Malachi and Chronicles

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Malachi: focus on Messiah for both Gentiles and Israel, no wonder earliest Christians preferred to use the LXX
Chronicles: focus on Torah and land, greeks invented the art from tragedy - the jews have lived it - other civilizations vanished - jews alone persisted in returning again and again to life.

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What was Satan’s response to God who said, “Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one on earth like him; he is blameless and upright, a man who fears God and shuns evil?”

  • “Does Job fear God for nothing?”
  • “Nobody is perfect or blameless”
  • “Yeah, right!”
  • “Is he really blameless and upright?”
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“Does Job fear God for nothing?”

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What did Job’s wife say to him when he was suffering?

  • “Are you still holding on to your integrity? Curse God and die.”
  • “My God, my God why have you forsaken us?”
  • “Repent. Then God may restore our fortunes.”
  • “It is your fault. What will I do without my kids?”
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“Are you still holding on to your integrity? Curse God and die.”

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What was Job’s response to his wife’s saying?

  • “You are talking like I am a sinner. I am blameless. I have nothing to repent of”
  • “Woman, you do not know what you are saying”
  • “You are talking like a foolish woman. Shall we accept good from God, and not trouble?”
  • “You always blame me. Why is it my fault?”
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“You are talking like a foolish woman. Shall we accept good from God, and not trouble?”

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Which of the following is NOT one of Job’s friends?

  • Zophar
  • Elihu
  • Bildad
  • Eliphaz
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Elihu

32
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Which of the following is NOT what Job’s friends did when they came to sympathize with Job and comfort him?

  • They sat on the ground with Job for seven days and seven nights without saying anything
  • They began to weep aloud
  • They tore their robes and sprinkled dust on their heads
  • They offered sacrifices on behalf of Job and his children who died
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-They offered sacrifices on behalf of Job and his children who died

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Job 38 and 39 are basically God’s response to Job. If you were to summarize what God said to Job, what would that be?

  • Where were you when I laid the foundation of the heaven and earth?
  • Do you really think you are blameless and upright?
  • Well, Satan and I had a bet and caused you all this trouble.
  • Repent, and receive forgiveness of sins
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-Where were you when I laid the foundation of the heaven and earth?

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What did God tell Job’s friends in chapter 42?

  • Surely, you spoke of things you did not understand, things too wonderful for you to know.
  • Repent, for the Kingdom of God is at hand.
  • Do not sin with your words, for many words cause you to trouble.
  • I am angry with you and your two friends, because you have not spoken of me what is right.
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-I am angry with you and your two friends, because you have not spoken of me what is right.

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According to Fee and Stuart, the following explains the Book of Job correctly EXCEPT ___ (number one)

  • The story takes place in the period of the patriarchs, but its composition date is unknown.
  • Undeserved suffering has no easy answer.
  • God is sovereign, and God is responsible for things, both good and bad, in the world.
  • It wrestles with the issue of the suffering of the righteous and the justice of
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-God is sovereign, and God is responsible for things, both good and bad, in the world.

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According to Fee and Stuart, the following explains the Book of Job correctly EXCEPT ___ (number two)

  • God answers out of the storm and tells Job that it was Satan’s doing which he allowed.
  • Job knows better than his friends but protests too many things in the end.
  • The four who dispute with Job all express a stark form of conventional wisdom.
  • The bulk of the book consists of the three dialogue-disputes and the three monologues.
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-God answers out of the storm and tells Job that it was Satan’s doing which he allowed.

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According to Fee and Stuart, which of the following is INCORRECT? (Job)

  • Elihu plays the role of overconfidence of youth who think they are wiser than their elders.
  • What Job and his friends said was human word but also a word from God for us.
  • Job’s friends play the crucial role of one form of conventional wisdom.
  • Satan plays a crucial role of putting God on trial, thus theodicy is a critical issue.
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-What Job and his friends said was human word but also a word from God for us.

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What did Cyrus king of Persia do?

  • All of the above
  • He allowed the Jews to return home
  • He encouraged people to give the Jews any financial support to rebuild the temple
  • He made a proclamation throughout the his realm to rebuild the Temple in Jerusalem
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All of the above

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Which of the following does NOT appear in Ezra?

  • When the foundation of the temple was laid, older priests and Levites wept
  • Zerubbabel who led the first returnees began to build an altar to God
  • The returnees were glad to work with the rest of the Jews who were not taken to Babylon
  • The enemies of Judah and Benjamin wanted to participate in the rebuilding project
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-The returnees were glad to work with the rest of the Jews who were not taken to Babylon

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Who had devoted himself to the study and observance of the law of the Lord, and to teaching its decrees and laws in Israel after the Restoration?

  • Nehemiah
  • Sanballat
  • Tobiah
  • Ezra
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Ezra

41
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Who supervised the rebuilding of the Jerusalem wall?

  • Nehemiah
  • Haggai
  • Tobiah
  • Ezra
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Nehemiah

42
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The majority group according to Ezra 10:8 who rebuilt Judah and the Temple were called \_\_\_
  The Faithfuls 
  The Hasidims 
  The Remnants 
  The assembly of the exiles
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The assembly of the exiles

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Who opposed the returnees’ attempt in rebuilding the Jerusalem wall?
  Sanballat 
  Tobiah 
  All of the above 
  Geshem
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All of the above

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According to Nehemiah 13:3, this leader \_\_\_\_\_ excluded from all Israel all who were of foreign descent.
  Ammon 
  Nehemiah 
  Jeshua 
  Ezra
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Nehemiah

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According to Ezra 9 and 10, the Israelites confessed of their sin, which was \_\_\_\_.
  Fellowship with non-Jews 
  Idolatry 
  Syncretism 
  Interracial marriage
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Interracial Marriage

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According to Fee and Stuart, the following is true EXCEPT____ (ezra and nehemiah number one)

  • Ezra-Nehemiah’s deals with rebuilding and reform in the postexilic Judah in the 5th century BC
  • The Books of Ezra and Nehemiah originally formed one book in the Hebrew Bible
  • Ezra-Nehemiah deals with successful completion of the 2nd Temple and the walls of Jerusalem despite opposition
  • Ezra-Nehemiah unsuccessfully carried out the policy of getting rid of non-Jews
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-Ezra-Nehemiah unsuccessfully carried out the policy of getting rid of non-Jews

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According to Fee and Stuart, the following is true EXCEPT____(ezra and nehemiah number two)

  • “Who constitutes the true remnant of the people of God?” was the crucial question of the time
  • Ezra’s memoirs report his return in 458 BC under the auspices of Artaxerxes
  • Ezra 1-6 emphasizes Persian king’s role in seeing that the Temple was completed
  • The Jerusalem walls were simply to keep unwanted people out
  • Nehemiah’s memoirs conclude with the list of the returnees
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-The Jerusalem walls were simply to keep unwanted people out

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Which characters appear in Song of Songs?

  • Solomon and his favorite wives
  • The male lover, the female beloved, and friends
  • All of the above
  • The lover and the beloved
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The male lover, the female beloved, and friends

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What does the beloved repeatedly say about love in 2:6-7, 3:5 and 8:3-4?

  • “Solomon, you must not have many wives because that is against God’s law”
  • “Do not arouse or awaken love until it so desires”
  • “Love conquers all”
  • “Love never ends”
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“Do not arouse or awaken love until it so desires”

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Which of the following statements about the beloved woman is NOT true?

  • As Solomon’s woman she enjoyed riches and beauties of the king’s court
  • She searched for the one her heart loves and found him once
  • The watchmen found her as they made their rounds in the city
  • The watchmen found her as they made their rounds in the city and beat her
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As Solomon’s woman she enjoyed riches and beauties of the king’s court

51
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Which of the following statements from Song of Songs is NOT true?

  • The lover says “your teeth are like white snow”
  • The lover calls her “You are a garden locked up, my sister, my bride”
  • The lover calls his beloved “My dove”
  • The lover says her hair is like a “flock of goats”
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The lover says “your teeth are like white snow”

52
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What does the beloved say about love in 8:6?

  • “Love is as strong as death … it burns like blazing fire”
  • “Love is friendship that has caught fire”
  • “Love is when the other person’s happiness is more important than yours”
  • “Let us always meet each other with smile, for the smile is the beginning of love”
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“Love is as strong as death … it burns like blazing fire”

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Chronicles begins with ____

  • Genealogies
  • The Babylonian Exile
  • The Edict of Cyrus
  • Creation
A

Genealogies

54
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Chronicles ends with ____

  • The Edict of Cyrus
  • The destruction of the Jerusalem Temple
  • The restoration of the Jerusalem Temple
  • The Babylonian Exile
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The Edict of Cyrus

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Which of the following is included in today’s reading assignment?

  • David wanted to build God’s temple so badly and was able to complete in 7 years
  • All the elders of Israel made a covenant with David and anointed him king over Israel
  • Solomon did evil in God’s eyes by allowing his wives worship idols
  • David took Bathsheba and had Uriah killed when he found out she was pregnant
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-All the elders of Israel made a covenant with David and anointed him king over Israel

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According to Fee and Stuart Chronicles(1) ____

  • Deals with Israel’s history from the time of David (ca. 1000 BC) to 538 BC
  • Emphasizes David and Solomon’s covenant faithfulness as models
  • All of the other choices
  • Focuses on the temple and worship
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All of the other choices

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According to Fee and Stuart Chronicles(2) ____

  • Deals with only those accounts that Samuel and Kings omitted
  • All of the other choices
  • Is in the same place in both the Hebrew Bible and the Septuagint
  • Is the last book of the Hebrew Bible
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Is the last book of the Hebrew Bible

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