MidTerm Flashcards
What are the three specific parts of the OT canon, as the first disciples would have received them?
Torah, Prophets, Writings
Which of the following books is found in a different place in the Hebrew Bible as compared to the order of our common English Bibles?
Chronicles, Lamentations, Ruth
The following is a line of poetry from Proverbs 12:1:
Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge,
but he who hates reproof is stupid.
Does this best represent synonymous, antithetical, or synthetic parallelism?
Antithetical
The following is a line of poetry from Psalm 122:7:
Peace be within your walls
and security within your towers!
Does this best represent synonymous, antithetical, or synthetic parallelism?
Synonymous
Match the following events in order of when they occurred, from the most ancient (first) to the most recent (fifth):
Life of Abraham
Period of the Judges
Fall of Northern Israel
Fall of Jerusalem & Exile
Career of Ezra & Nehemiah
First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth
Which of the following is the date of the fall of the North Kingdom, Israel?
722 BC
The “swath of agriculturally abundant land which stretches from Egypt north to Syria and south through Mesopotamia” is called the __________ Crescent.
Fertile
The people group most closely associated with Baal worship were the ….
Canaanites
What language “became the common international language until the time of Alexander”?
Aramaic
The term ______ can mean “law” or “instruction”.
Torah
(T or F) All OT scholars believe that Moses wrote the Pentateuch.
False
The word Sabbath comes from the Hebrew word meaning…
rest
The name Adam comes from the Hebrew word for…
man
What is the word for “stories of origin”?
etiologies
Which of the following is not an example of a story from the Ancient Near East that speaks about the origins of creation?
Gilgamesh Epic
The promise of Gen 3:!5 regarding the crushing of the serpent’s head is called the
protoevangelion
The three sons of Noah were Shem, Japheth, and _____ (the one who’s son, Canaan, was cursed).
Ham
The relationship that God entered with Noah, which basically means a “binding agreement,” is called a….
covenant
In which Ancient Near Eastern myth did the flood come as a result of the gods becoming annoyed by the noise coming from the increased population of humanity?
Atrahasis Epic
What is the term that has been defined as the attempt “to evaluate the significance of the material remains of past human activity” (Harrison, quoted on p. 28)?
Archaeology
Abram’s original homeland before he moved to Haran and later to Canaan was the land of _____. The Nuzi tablets have explained many customs related to Abram’s time.
Ur
A ________ in the Old Testament is a spoken word that places lasting benefits on a person or group.
Blessing
(T or F) Abraham lived around 2500 BC
False
According to Genesis 15:6, Abraham’s faith resulted in what?
righteousness from God
