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Old Testament Final Flashcards

1
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What are the 2 characteristic features of Hebrew poetry?

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Parallelism and Meter

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What is parallelism?

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the relationship between ideas expressed within the phrases of a poetic line

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What are the 3 major types of parallelism?

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  1. synonymous parallelism
  2. Synthetic Parallelism
  3. Antithetic
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Explain how meter/rhythm impacted Hebrew poetry.

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Its distinctive metrical patterns was used to express intense emotion and urgency. It’s also used in laments(grief prayers and songs)

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5
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Why were most of the psalms probably composed?

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to accompany acts of worship in the temple

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Why is Psalms divided into five books/divisions/sections?

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To imitate the Pentateuch

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7
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What type of psalm appears most often in the book of Psalms?

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Laments

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8
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How many of the psalms have superscriptions/annotations?

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116

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9
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How many of the psalms contain the name “David” in their superscription?

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73

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10
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Song of Songs (Solomon): The NOAB describes the content of the book as a collection of what?

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25 lyric poems or fragments of poems about human love and courtship

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Why is the Song of Songs traditionally associated with Solomon?

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he was the composer of many proverbs and songs

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12
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How has Song of Songs been interpreted in Christian tradition?

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as allegory for Christ’s love for the church or individual believer

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13
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What significant name does not appear in Song of Songs?

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GOD

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14
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What does the book of Lamentations consist of?

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the laments of Jeremiah over the destruction of Jerusalem

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15
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To whom is Lamentations traditionally ascribed?

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Jeremiah

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What is distinctive about the first four of the five poems/chapters in Lamentations?

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They are alphabetic acrostics (with Stanza for each of the 22 letters of the Hebrew alphabet)

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17
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For what occasion was Lamentation composed?

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for public recitation on days of fasting and mourning

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18
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How can wisdom be simply defined?

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“the search for successful living”, or

“the quest for a quality life”

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19
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What are the 2 types of wisdom literature in OT?

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Practical

Reflective/Speculative

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What is the key to wisdom according the OT wisdom literature?

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Faith and the fear of GOD

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What are the four main parts of Proverbs?

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Book 1 (1.1-9.18) Prologue: Invitation to wisdom
Book 2 (10.1-22.16) A collection of miscellaneous maxims
Book 3 (22.7-24.22) Teacher's ambitions to his pupil in training for responsibility  
Book 4 (25.1-29.27) Second collection of "Proverbs of Solomon"
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22
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How many appendixes are attached to the book of Proverbs?

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Five

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23
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Which parts of Proverbs are connected to Solomon?

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Book 2 and Book 4

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24
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Book 3 of the collection (Proverbs) shows similarities to the wisdom tradition of what other nation?

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Egypt

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25
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Why is Proverbs traditionally associated with Solomon?

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he was the most famous of all Israel’s
wise ones, he was looked upon as the
originator of Israelite wisdom & author of all
wisdom literature in Jewish tradition

26
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Proverbs is an example of what type of wisdom literature?

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practical wisdom literature

27
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How can Proverbs be described simply?

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  1. the wise, the one who followed wisdom, would prosper
  2. the fool, the one who deliberately ignored wisdom, would fail
    (no middle ground)
28
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What is the aim of Job?

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To probe the depths of faith in spite of suffering

29
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What does the Job of the poem demand from God?

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justice

30
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Job is an example of what type of wisdom literature?

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speculative/reflective wisdom

31
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Give a description of Job based on Job 1-2.

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He was a righteous and upright man that suffered loss but did not complain

32
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Who were Job’s three friends who sought to comfort him?

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Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar

33
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How many rounds of speeches are contained in Job’s dialogue with his friends?

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3 rounds of debate

34
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Who is Elihu?

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a brash young man who makes four speeches ignored by previous characters and by YHWH in epilogue

35
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What does the author seek to understand in Ecclesiastes?

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the meaning of human existence and the good which man can find in life

36
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How does the speaker in Ecclesiastes characterize all of life?

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As the natural world is in constant movement without real change, so man’s expenditure of effort achieves nothing

37
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What is the pen-name of the speaker in Ecclesiastes?

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Qoheleth

38
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What word best captures the meaning of the Hebrew term Qoheleth?

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To assemble

39
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Ecclesiastes is an example of what type of wisdom literature?

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reflective or speculative wisdom

40
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Why is Ecclesiastes traditionally associated with Solomon?

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Because of the inclusion in the Jewish canon of Scripture of a work so much at variance with its dominant teachings

41
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What is the theme of Ecclesiastes?

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“Vanity of vanities! All is vanity”

42
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Why was Ecclesiastes almost left out of the Old Testament?

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Because of its humanistic, skeptical perspective and its departure from traditional belief

43
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The story of Ruth is set in the days of the ____________.

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Judges

44
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What is Ruth’s ethnic heritage?

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Moabitess

45
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How are Ruth & Boaz related to King David?

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they are the great-grandparents of David

46
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Key Characters of Ruth

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Elimelech; Naomi; Ruth; Orpah; Boaz

47
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What are the Megilloth?

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the five scrolls

48
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Megilloth is read at what Jewish feast?

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Purim

49
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Why was Megilloth’s reception into Scripture long disputed by Jewish rabbis?

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It didn’t have any reference to GOD or the most precious things in Jewish religion

50
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What is the setting of Megilloth?

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during the Persian period

51
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What significant name does not appear in Megilloth?

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GOD

52
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Identify these key characters of Esther: Ahasuerus; Vashti; Mordecai; Esther; Haman

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Ahasuerus: King of Persia
Vashti: Former queen of Persia
Mordecai: Esther’s cousin and legal guardian that saves the king from assassination, help Jews defend themselves from Haman’s edict
Esther: heroine of story, becomes queen, helped Jews defend themselves from Haman’s edict
Haman: prime minster that wants to kill Mordecai and all Jews

53
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What is the significance of the 13th, 14th and 15th days of the month of Adar?

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In Susa Jews kill 500 foes on Adar 13
Esther asks for another day to kill
in Susa thus 300 more killed on Adar 14
Jews rested & feasted on Adar 15

54
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Daniel is an example of the first great work of _____________________.

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apocalyptic

55
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Does apocalyptic literature attempt to convey actual history?

A

No

56
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Where else does the name Daniel or Dan’el appear in Jewish literature?

A

Ezekiel

57
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What are the purposes of the 6 stories, and the 4 visions in Daniel?

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The 6 stories were to encourage his suffering fellow believers
The 4 visions were to interpret current history and predict the coming consummation when the “saints” will have ultimate victory

58
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What is the theme of Daniel?

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The Rule / Kingdom of YHWH will

prevail over the kingdoms of the world

59
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What are two possible dates for the composition of Daniel?

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ca. 600-500 BCE or 167-164 BCE

60
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Who were the three young men exiled with Daniel?

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Hanani’ah, Mish’a-el, and Azari’ah

61
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Be able to summarize the stories in ch. 3 & 6 as to characters and action

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3 – Shadrach, Meshach & Abednego protected in the fiery furnace (see 3.25-28)

Daniel protected in the lion’s den (see 6.21-26)

Old Testament (3 decks)

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