Finals Flashcards
Described by the Deuteronomist as a rejected king
Saul
Known as the wisest among the kings of Israel.
Solomon
King who was known as the one who caused Israel to sin.
Jeroboam
Described in the Bible as a great but not a sinless king
David
A reformer king in whose reign the book of the law was found
Josiah
An ardent devotee of Baal, this queen tried to kill all prophets of Yahweh in Israel.
Jezebel
King who coveted Naboth’s vineyard and was guilty of the sin of murder and land grabbing.
Ahab
Benevolent Persian ruler
Cyrus the Great
Babylonian conqueror
Nebuchadnezzar
The first king of the Southern kingdom of Judah whose arrogance caused the 10 tribes of Israel to break away from the Davidic monarchy
Rehoboam
A prophet who was sent to Nineveh to warn its people of God’s judgment. He refused to go but found himself in a whale’s belly. He wanted to die, only to be shown how ridiculous his view of God was. He was so concerned about a gourd whom he did not at all care for, and to believe that God is not concerned about other peoples and nations aside from Israel.
Jonah
He was a prophet during the time of King David. He announced to the king the promise of a Davidic dynasty and the first to confront the king to announce God’s judgment for his sin of adultery and murder.
Nathan
He proved his message that Yahweh is the true God of Israel by challenging the prophets of Baal into a contest in Mt. Carmel.
Elijah
He was the prime example of a prophet. A lawgiver, he proclaimed God’s words mainly the demands of the covenant to Israel. He also served to intercede for the Israelites to God.
Moses
Speaking among the Exiles, he declares a new people will be raised to from the lifeless valley of bones! The seemingly hopeless situation of Israel was the beginning of a new action God was initiating among his People.
Ezekiel
He received Elijah’s power and succeeded him. He performed miracles to break the deathly situation that encircled the poor in the Northern Kingdom. A social and political activist, he anointed the king that would replace the house of Ahab.
Elisha
Known as a “weeping prophet”, he witnessed the destruction of Jerusalem and its Temple. He brought the message of condemnations for their false worship and social injustice, and summon the people to repentance.
Jeremiah
He was a shepherd and vine keeper, in the time of security and prosperity he brought a “gruesome message of destruction and death for the nation’s leaders and the rest of the elitist class including the military.
Amos
He found hope through the Davidic monarchy. Building on the concept of a just and righteous king, he envisioned a future king (messiah) coming from the line of David who would usher in a time of peace and prosperity for all Israel and other nations as well.
Isaiah
Called by God in his boyhood, he was Israel’s last Judge, Priest, and Prophet. He opened a new chapter in the history of Israel - the monarchy.
Samuel
A structure/system in place at the time of the Judges which promotes cooperation and mutual aid among different tribes.
Tribal confederacy
A Judge who defeated thousands of enemies with his 300 men.
Gideon
A woman Judge and a prophetess whom God called to deliver the Israelites from Canaanite oppression.
Deborah
Known as the strongest among the Judges who singlehandedly fought against the Philistines.
Samson
The god of the Canaanites to whom fertility and productivity in harvest is attributed.
Baal
The period in Jewish history during which a number of people from the ancient Kingdom of Judah were captives in Babylonia.
Babylonian exile
The return of the exiles to their homeland and the rebuilding of their lives and community including the city of Jerusalem and the temple.
Restoration
A group of historical books advocating the idea of one people, one God, and one temple.
Deuteronomistic history
Vineyard owner who was framed to death for refusing to sell his sacred inheritance of land to the king
Naboth
Which of the two kingdoms was ruled by a single dynasty coming from the line of David?
Judah
An empire which was instrumental in the judgment of the Northern Kingdom of Israel causing its destruction and the exile of its people in 721 BCE.
Assyria
An empire which destroyed the Southern Kingdom Judah and exiled its people in 586 BCE.
Babylon
He was the leader of the first batch of returning Jews who started the reconstruction of the Temple and the Jewish community in Judah.
Zerubbabel
The Minor Prophets were the prophetic books which were considered not so important compared the major prophets.
False
The prophets announced that repentance of the people would not change their fate.
False
The Judges are raised by God as military deliverers and spiritual leaders of the people.
True
Israel’s history as described in the book of the Judges is characterized by obedience and loyalty to God.
False
True prophets have taken the office by their own initiative, because they believe in the truth of the words that they proclaimed.
False
The Deuteronomistic historians recount Israel’s history in view of showing that their catastrophes and difficulties are a consequence of disobedience to the covenant.
True
The Tribal system serves as alternative to the statist system where the elders decide about important matters affecting the tribes through consensus.
True
Political instability in the land of Israel and leadership crisis are among the factors in the emergence of the monarchy.
True
The prophets are rooted in the Exodus and based their predictions on their knowledge of the covenant promises.
True
Social justice is one of the important covenant demands that the prophets stressed.
True
Prophets support the faithful observance of religious rituals in the temple as the best way of giving honor to God.
False
The day of the Lord as announced by the prophets comes as good news to the righteous but bad news to the evil doers.
True
