OT Final

Question 1

What two languages are the OT written in?

Answer 1

Hebrew and Aramaic

Question 2

How many books are in the OT testament?

Answer 2

39

Question 3

Which groups of scholars added punctuation to the bible? (more specific than Greeks)

Answer 3

Massorites

Question 4

Covenant is one of the important concepts of the OT.

Answer 4

true

Question 5

Without realizing it we bring our own worldview into the OT

Answer 5

true

Question 6

Mesopotamia means:

Answer 6

land between two rivers

Question 7

The promised land was a land bridge between

Answer 7

africa asia

Question 8

Hebrew word for law is ​

Answer 8

torah

Question 9

Pentateuchal book

Answer 9

Leviticus

Question 10

Classification of literature based on style​

Answer 10

genre

Question 11

detailed study of biblical text

Answer 11

exegesis

Question 12

Authority

Answer 12

inherent power

Question 13

hermeneutics

Answer 13

science that governs process of interpretation

Question 14

Exodus means

Answer 14

wilderness

Question 15

What mountain did God make a covenant with Israel at?

Answer 15

sinai

Question 16

Which was not offered as a sacrifice? Drinks, clothing, grain, or animal?

Answer 16

clothing

Question 17

What was counted in the books of Numbers

Answer 17

men of Israel

Question 18

Which isn’t one of the ten commandments?

Answer 18

thou shalt not trespass

Question 19

Who deported Israel

Answer 19

Assyria

Question 20

Joshua was one of the following except

Answer 20

assistant to Moses

Question 21

Task of a judge is to be

Answer 21

A Biblical judge was a ruler, military leader, and someone who presided over legal hearings.

Question 22

was not a judge

Answer 22

nehemiah

Question 23

Theme of Ruth was

Answer 23

steadfast love and loyalty”

Question 24

Ruth was from​

Answer 24

Moab

Question 25

Samuel functions as a?

Answer 25

Prophet, priest, and judge

Question 26

Which was not one of Israel’s kings

Answer 26

Nebuchadnezzar

Question 27

Who was the first king of Israel?

Answer 27

Saul

Question 28

Which persian emperor allowed people to return to Israel

Answer 28

Cyrus

Question 29

Who were professional clergy in Israel?

Answer 29

levites and priests

Question 30

What are the primary genres in Ezra, Nehemiah is?

Answer 30

Memoir, poetry, fan fiction

Question 31

Nehemiah took the initiative to:

Answer 31

rebuild the walls

Question 32

Who encourages Esther to act with courage and conviction

Answer 32

Mordecai

Question 33

Which concept Hebrew wisdom from ancient near Eastern counterparts?

Answer 33

fear of the lord

Question 34

Who wasn’t an author of the Psalms?

Answer 34

Ezra

Question 35

In Ecclesiastes, they repeatedly use the phrase ___ to speak of experience in the world?

Answer 35

Under the sun

Question 36

In general the roles of the prophets within ancient israel were

Answer 36

royalty

Question 37

The nation of Judah is conquered by

Answer 37

Babylon

Question 38

The fall of the nation of Judah occurred in?

Answer 38

587/6 BC

Question 39

The book of Lamentations is concerned with the defeat and exile of Judah

Answer 39

true

Question 40

Who was the King of Babylon when Jerusalem fell?

Answer 40

Nebuchadnezzar

Question 41

Hosea's marriage to Gomer is?

Answer 41

God's relationship to Israel

Question 42

Joel is a

Answer 42

minor prophet

Question 43

Obadiah is the

Answer 43

shortest book in the OT

Question 44

At the end of the book of Jonah God is

Answer 44

compassionate

Question 45

What should not be taken into account when determining face value is

Answer 45

personal opinion

Question 46

Instead of revealing justice and wisdom of the king, the law in Israel reveals the?

Answer 46

holiness of God or sovereignty of God

Question 47

Genesis is

Answer 47

promise

Question 48

exodus

Answer 48

presence

Question 49

Leviticus

Answer 49

holiness

Question 50

numbers

Answer 50

testing

Question 51

Deuteronomy

Answer 51

renewal

Question 52

The most important aspect of creation is God brought

Answer 52

order from disorder

Question 53

How should Christians today approach the laws of the OT?

Answer 53

as the revelation of God

Question 54

What was the most sacred relic that the Israelites possessed?

Answer 54

Ark of the covenant

Question 55

Israel fell to the Assyrians and Judah to the Babylonians?

Answer 55

God was judging his people

Question 56

Ruth

Answer 56

people are faithful, God is faithful

Question 57

1/2 Samuel

Answer 57

Establish kingship covenant with david

Question 58

1/2 kings

Answer 58

​Failed to live up to covenant

Question 59

1/2 chronicles

Answer 59

Obedience leads to blessings, disobedience leads to trouble

Question 60

Esther

Answer 60

coincidences

Question 61

Ezra/nehemiah

Answer 61

many ways that God restores

Question 62

Joshua

Answer 62

God is faithful to people and covenant

Question 63

judges

Answer 63

Israelites fail covenant

Question 64

What was the primary function of judges

Answer 64

To bring deliverance

Question 65

Prophets arose in times of

Answer 65

crisis

Question 66

Which is not one of the types of prophecy?

Answer 66

foretelling

Question 67

Minor prophets are minor because books are shorter than major prophets

Answer 67

true

Question 68

Purpose of Isaiah?

Answer 68

prophecy

Question 69

Purpose of Jeremiah?

Answer 69

​Call back exiled jews, response to pagan worship

Question 70

Purpose of Ezekiel?

Answer 70

​Maintain covenant and purify

Question 71

Purpose of Amos?

Answer 71

God’s people are on the same level, he expects purity

Question 72

the beginning of all wisdom is

Answer 72

fear of the lord

Question 73

All 150 Psalms are arranged in

Answer 73

5 books

Question 74

Most Psalms are written by David.

Answer 74

true

Question 75

What is the overall purpose of wisdom literature?

Answer 75

something about worldview

Question 76

The hope in Israelites was

Answer 76

the next covenant generation

Question 77

Creation literature​

Answer 77

is an understanding of the moral structure of the cosmos, and proposes that it is based on God's creation rather than Justice.

Question 78

the law

Answer 78

offers perspective on what the expectation of our lives should be.

Question 79

A proverb describes something that is always true.

Answer 79

true

Question 80

The most pervasive theme in the OT?

Answer 80

The JUDGEMENT OF GOD

Question 81

The giving of the law was an act?

Answer 81

grace

Question 82

The OT is deficient.

Answer 82

false

Question 83

The OT intends to answer all of our questions?

Answer 83

false

Question 84

Which is not a focus in the book of Deuteronomy?

Answer 84

priestly functions

Question 85

Which is not a focus in the book of Deuteronomy?

Answer 85

priestly functions

Question 86

All of the following are major themes in the books of Isaiah except?

Answer 86

God's vengeance on his enemy's

Question 87

Which of the following features is not indicative of apocalyptic literature?

Answer 87

divine absence in human history

Question 88

Identifying something as narrative in the bible is not the same as determining something as narrative in history.

Answer 88

true

Question 89

The Syro-Palestine corridor played a large role in transition from the late bronze period to the iron age because

Answer 89

it controlled the trade routes

Question 90

The southern kingdom continued to be ruled by the Davidic line after monarchy was divided?

Answer 90

true

Question 91

Unlike the Israelites we are aware of cultural defaults?

Answer 91

false

Question 92

The God of the OT is judgement, the God of NT is love.

Answer 92

false

Question 93

The Israelites psalmist focused on?

Answer 93

vindication rather than appeasement

Question 94

Who deported Israel?

Answer 94

assyria