Final Questions 31-60 Flashcards
The most frequent title to describe a prophet in the Hebrew Bible is:
Nabi
The earliest prophets (with the exception of Moses) did not do much writing themselves but were similar to other ancient Near Eastern prophets who were basically advisers to the king. Their ministry could be placed in the category of:
Pre-Classical Prophecy
The heart and the core of OT worship is:
Atonement and redemption
Prophecy in Israel, one can observe several stages in the development of the prophetic institution in Israel. Which is the correct answer?
Pre-Classical; Classical; Apocalyptic Literature
The message of the prophets can be best understood by analyzing the types of oracles that were used. There were four major kinds:
Aftermath of Hope oracles; Instruction oracles; Judgment oracles; Indictment oracles
The general message of the entire book of Isaiah is:
Indictment, Judgment, Forgiveness and Deliverance
Material in his book is arranged to highlight the trustworthiness of the God of Israel:
Isaiah
Which of the following is a major theme in the book of Isaiah?
Eschatology, the future of the Kingdom of Israel
Hosea Son of Beeri was a prophet during the kingdom of Israel’s “Golden Age” under what king:
Jeroboam II
In the teaching of the Prophets, Hebrew ethics becomes, as they are through the NT, a part of God’s ________ activity.
Redemptive
God has asked the prophets Hosea to do something very unusual to make a point. It was:
Marry a prostitute by the name of Gomer
He uses a locust invasion to speak about the Day of the Lord that will come upon Israel.
Joel
Certain seasons of the year were distinguished as times of feasting, but all Israel’s neighbors also had seasons with religious feasts. For the Hebrews, the seasons constituted a manifestation of
God’s goodness
The message of the book of Joel was:
Day of the Lord — Locust Plague
His children — Jezreel, Lo-Ruhamah, and Lo-Ammi — all had names that signified aspects of the relationship of God to His people Israel.
Hosea.
Which of the following is NOT a key idea in the book of Amos?
Israel will escape of the judgment of the day of the Lord if they repent
In his prophecy, he speaks of five visions — locusts, fire, plumb line, summer fruit, and God standing beside the altar:
Amos.
The purpose of the book of Amos is to
Denounce sin and forecast national disaster
He was commissioned by God to bring a message of doom to a famous Assyrian city, but he did not want to do it.
Jonah.
Hebrew Bible ethics, which are based on mankind’s creation in the image of God, are an expression of the character of:
God
Generally speaking, the book of Jonah concerns God’s sovereign right to bestow gracious acts of compassion on:
Nineveh
Major themes in the book of Jonah are:
God’s compassion
Micah is one of the few prophets who explicitly stated his purpose to the nation:
Upper class were guilty of injustice — destruction and exile to come
Three major feasts marked the Hebrew calendar
Feast of Unleavened Bread, Feast of Weeks, Feast of Booths
The best-known verse in the book of Micah is:
To act justly, to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.
Prophesied that the deliverer would be born in Bethlehem
Micah
A poem in which the verses begin with the successive letters of the Hebrew Alphabet:
Acrostics
In Jewish tradition, as described in Dyrness textbook, prophets were persons possessed by the Spirit of God first, and only later by the word that entered them to impel them to speak and act. But they were not:
Spiritualists who lost their minds
Content of this book covers extremes of human emotions from imprecatory cries to heavenly praise. Contains declarations of relationship between the people and their Lord:
Psalms
The purpose of the message in the book of Jeremiah can be summarized in one sentence:
“To uproot and tear down, to destroy and overthrow, to build and to plant.”
