Midterm Question Group 4 Flashcards
She was the wife of Uriah the Hittite. She committed adultery with a famous king and bore him a son, but the son died
Bathsheba
The mountain where Saul and his sons were killed:
Gilboa
The background of the book of kings, it describes the history of
Israel from the closing days of King David’s reign until the Babylonian conquest of Jerusalem
The purpose of the Book of Kings
Legitimization of the Davidic dynasty through the prophets
Which of the following is not a major theme in the book of Kings according to Hill and Walton
Assessment of King Solomon
The books of Chronicles, a literary history, their message centers on:
Priest and Levites authority and obedience to God
Jewish tradition claims Ezra begun and Nehemiah finished the writing of the book of Chronicles
Samuel
Major themes in the book of Chronicles include
The ark of he Covenat
Ezra, a priest and scribe who was skilled in the Law of Moses, is best remembered for his
Reading of the Torah to the post-exilic community, religious revival it inspired
Which of the following is the correct purpose and message of the books of Ezra and Nehemiah
Covenant and redemption in post-exilic community
One of the major themes of the books of Ezra and Nehemiah, was that their labor in restoring rebuilding and reforming post exilic Jerusalem was largely inspired by
The people had gone through religious and social reform
The story of Esther took place during the reign of the Persian king
Artaxerxes
One of the major purposes of the Scroll of Esther is to
To teach about a technique called reversal
Some of the major themes of the Scroll of Esther are
Purim, The people of God
There are at least four key periods during the Hebrew Bible history of canon formation according to Hill and Walton. List the four periods
Authoritative Utterance, Formal Written Doc, Collecting Written Doc, Sorting Written Doc
