Final Exam Flashcards
All of Old Testament scholarship attributes the book of Isaiah to the prophet Isaiah talked about in the canonical book. (T or F)
False
What are the responses given to those who question Isaianic authorship?
Assyria and Babylon are mentioned in both halves of the book; The book operates as a unity, In mentioning Cyrus, Isaiah is predicting the future,
Jerusalem is threatened and intact in 1-39 and 40-66.
What is the period in which the prophet, Isaiah, ministered?
740 to 687 BC
The most significant world power that threatened Israel during Isaiah’s ministry was _____.
Assyria
With respect to Isaiah 1-12, the authors speak of three courses of actions that Yahweh will take in order to achieve the restoration of which these chapters speak.
- God will send a day of judgment to cleanse his people.
- Yahweh will send warnings to his people through his prophets.
- ______
God will raise up a righteous son of David to lead the people to serve God.
God will raise up a righteous son of David to lead the people to serve God.
701
In chapters 36-39, Isaiah gives hope to which king of Judah?
Hezekiah
In Isaiah 40-55, there are several passages (in Isaiah 42, 49, 50, and 52-53) that are often called “servant _________.”
songs
Who are the kings who reigned during Jeremiah’s ministry?
Jehoiakim, Zedekiah, Josiah, Jehoiachin
Jeremiah becomes a prophet in 627 BC and continues until after Jerusalem’s destruction in 539 BC. (T or F)
False
According to the authors, during the time of Jeremiah, the nation of Israel/Judah was caught between two world powers: Babylon and _____.
Egypt
Jeremiah is one of the few books of the Old Testament to speak to how at least some of the book was written. Who was the scribe that wrote down many of Jeremiah’s prophecies?
Baruch
Jeremiah 1 speaks of some reluctance on Jeremiah’s part to become a prophet. (T or F)
True
The Lord asks Jeremiah (in ch. 13) to use some symbolic acts and word pictures in his prophecies. Among these is a lesson from wineskins. Which of the following is another of his acts or word pictures?
a ruined linen belt
Which chapters in Jeremiah speak of Israel’s ultimate restoration?
30-33
Jeremiah’s discussion of the New Covenant is found in Jeremiah ____.
31
As you know, the great exile of Judah takes place in 587/6 BC. There were two smaller deportations that occurred before this in 605 BC and 597 BC. During which of these dates was Ezekiel taken to Babylon?
597
The authors speak of four fundamental theological issues with which the people in exile were wrestling. What are the theological issues?
Their national and spiritual distinctiveness lost by their assimilation to Babylon’s culture, God’s love/care for them outside of the promised land, Why they were in exile
Ezekiel was settled with other exiles in Babylon along the ______ River.
Chebar
In order to teach him to preach only God’s word, God strikes Ezekiel _____.
dumb
What are the sign-acts that Ezekiel is commanded by the Lord to perform?
preaching to the mountains, cooking food over dung, laying siege to a model of Jerusalem
Ezekiel prophesies about two “sisters” who were engaged in prostitution. The two sisters are ________ and Jerusalem.
Samaria
In Ezekiel 37, the prophet is commanded to prophesy over something in a valley. What did he prophesy over?
dry bones
In chapters 38 and 39, Ezekiel prophesies about a future nation that fails to conquer the Jews. Although the identity of who this represents is highly debated, what is this nation’s name in these chapters?
Gog
