Old Testament Final Flashcards
Acrostic Poem
poem of cause and effect
Ahiqar
An Assyrian sage known in the ancient Near East for his outstanding wisdom.
Apocalyptic
to uncover or reveal
Babylonian Captivity
The period in Jewish history during which the Jews of the ancient Kingdom of Judah were captives in Babylon.
Babylonian Chronicle
details outstanding events of each year beginning with the reign of Nebenassar.
Babylonian Empire
An ancient Semitic nation state and cultural region based in central-southern Mesopotamia.
Babylonian Exile
Was the period in Jewish history during which the Jews of the ancient Kingdom of Judah were captives in Babylon.
Baruch
Son of Neriah, Jeremiah’s Scribe
Belshazzar
Last king of Babylon, son of Nebuchadnezzar.
Cyrus
King of Persia; founder of the Achaemenid dynasty; father of Cambyses; known as Cyrus the Great. He defeated the Median empire in 550 bc and went on to conquer Asia Minor, Babylonia, Syria, Palestine, and most of the Iranian plateau.
Darius
Was the third king of the Achaemenid Empire. Also called Darius the Great, he ruled the empire at its peak,
Davidic Dynasty
Refers to the tracing of lineage to the King David referred to in the Hebrew Bible.
Divination
The practice of seeking knowledge of the future.
Eli
Jewish high priest of Shiloh
Elihu
A character in the Hebrew Bible’s Book of Job. Elihu is one of Job’s friends, descended from Nahor.
Esther
A woman chosen on account of her beauty by the Persian king Ahasuerus to be his queen. She used her influence with him to save the Israelites in captivity from persecution.
Extispicy
The practice of using anomalies in animal entrails to predict or divine future events.
Ezekiel 8-11
Reveals how the presence of God, leaves His Temple, Solomon’s Temple, because of the sins taking place.
Ezekiel’s Theophany
God’s revelation of himself to Ezekiel in a vision.
Gomer
Was the eldest son of Japheth and father of Ashkenaz.
Haggai
Was a Hebrew prophet during the building of the Second Temple in Jerusalem, and one of the twelve minor prophets in the Hebrew Bible.
Hezekiah
king of Judah
Instruction of Ptahhotep
A collection of ancient Egyptian wisdom sayings.
Isaiah 53
Tells the story of the Servant of the Lord, whose mission in life was to help men and women discover a deep and satisfying
relationship with their Creator.
Job
prosperous man whose patience and piety were tried by undeserved misfortunes, and who, in spite of his bitter lamentations, remained confident in the goodness and justice of God.
Jonah
a Hebrew minor prophet. He was called by God to preach in Nineveh, but disobeyed and attempted to escape by sea; in a storm he was thrown overboard as a bringer of bad luck and swallowed by a great fish, only to be saved and finally succeed in his mission.
Manasseh
the worst King to sit on the throne of David
Nebuchadnezzer
Was king of the Neo-Babylonian Empire. According to the Bible, he conquered Judah and Jerusalem, and sent the Jews into exile. He is credited with the construction of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon and for the destruction of the First Temple.
Neo-Assyrian Empire
Was an empire in Mesopotamian history which began in 934 BC and ended in 609 BC.[1] During this period, Assyria assumed a position as the most powerful nation on earth.
Nineveh
an ancient city located on the eastern bank of the Tigris River, opposite the modern city of Mosul. It was the oldest city of the ancient Assyrian empire and its capital until it was destroyed by a coalition of Babylonians and Medes in 612 bc.
Persian Empire
Spanned from Egypt in the west to Turkey in the north, and through Mesopotamia to the Indus River in the east.
Pharaoh Neco
Was a king of the of Egypt.
Second Temple
An important Jewish Holy Temple.
Septuagint (LXX)
Greek version of the Hebrew bible
Solomon
son of David; king of Israel
Songs of Ascent
Is a title given to fifteen of the Psalms, 120–134.
“Son of Man”
used by the Lord to refer to Ezekiel
Suffering Servant Songs
are songs in the Book of Isaiah.
Theodicy
The vindication of divine goodness and providence in view of the existence of evil.
Urim and Thummin
A phrase from the Hebrew Scriptures.
Zedekiah
The last king of Judea, who rebelled against Nebuchadnezzar and was carried off to Babylon into captivity.
Zerubbabel
Was a governor of the Persian Province of Judah and the grandson of Jehoiachin, penultimate king of Judah.
701 BC
King of Assyria besieged Jerusalem
722 BC
the northern kingdom was destroyed by the Assyrian empire.
586 BC
destruction of Judah, Jerusalem and the temple.
