OT Midterm

Question 1

According to class Material, what is the objective of the Hebrew Bible

Answer 1

The reader to know God better

Question 2

The English term ‘Old Testament” indicates

Answer 2

Covenant

Question 3

How is the Bible different from other literature

Answer 3

It is not what readers want to hear

Question 4

One of the main principles of biblical interpretation is:

Answer 4

Allow the text to speak for itself

Question 5

The four natural geographical regions of the land of Israel (north-south), beginning on the west and moving east are:

Answer 5

Coastal Plain, Central Hills, The Jordan Rift, Transjordan Platue

Question 6

The prophet Ezekiel’s description of the Phoenician commerce in the first Millenium BC confirms the strategic geographical location of this ancient land as:

Answer 6

Bridge between Africa and Eurasia

Question 7

The two international highways that passed through territory controlled by Israel were:

Answer 7

“The way of the Sea” and “the way of the Kings”

Question 8

The architects for the foundations of Mesopotamian culture (to the time of the Patriarchs 2900-2000 BC) were:

Answer 8

Sumerians from southern Mesopotamia

Question 9

Hammurabi the Amorite, who established the first dynasty of Babylon is most widely known for:

Answer 9

His collection of 282 laws predating Moses by at least 300 years

Question 10

What is the theological significance of the Land of Canaan in the Hebrew Bible

Answer 10

It was a major component in God’s covenant promise to Abraham

Question 11

The Canaan that Abraham entered was dominated, much like Mesopotamia, by:

Answer 11

Scattered city-states

Question 12

Some Scholars are inclined to place the emigration of the Israelites to Egypt sometime during the decline of the Thirteen dynasty of Pharaohs with the:

Answer 12

Hyksos, Semitic people, who settled in the delta region

Question 13

The Empire of inns David and Solomon extended from 1000 - 900 BC during the:

Answer 13

Iron Age II

Question 14

The reason for the rise of the Israelite monarchy in the tenth-century:

Answer 14

Decline of international politics, no major controlling power, a power vacuum

Question 15

What stance should we take when archeology data appears to conflict with biblical record?

Answer 15

Change the interpretation

Question 16

Which statement from the limitations of archeology for the Bible is true:

Answer 16

Only a fraction of any site is excavated

Question 17

The man who invented movable type for the printing press and who printed a copy of the Vulgate as the first major book on his press was:

Answer 17

Johannes Gutenburg

Question 18

The significance of the Bible manuscripts discovered in the Dead Sea in 1946 by a Bedouin shepherd is:

Answer 18

They increased credibility of the Masoretic text of the Bible

Question 19

Who were the Masoretes?

Answer 19

Jewish scholars who added vowels, punctuation marks and verse divisions in the Hebrew Bible

Question 20

Most of the Pentateuch is made up of which literary type:

Answer 20

Prose Narrative

Question 21

The goal of Textual Criticism is:

Answer 21

To establish or restore the written text of the Hebrew Bible to the original state

Question 22

Unlike the New Testament Bible, the Hebrew Bible had several important criteria to the selection of books for the Hebrew Bible Canon

Answer 22

Divine inspiration; authorship; content; use of the book

Question 23

Hebrew Bible Apocrypha books means

Answer 23

Hidden books

Question 24

Most of the documents which come from ancient Mesopotamia and which throw light on the Bible were written on:

Answer 24

Clay Tablets

Question 25

The Hebrew. Bible Pseudepigrapha Books means:

Answer 25

Extra canónicas Jewish Books written under a pen name

Question 26

This collection is rich of literary genres (types), has diverse literary types, and enhances the artistic nature and the theological themes unifying the collection. the book is:

Answer 26

Pentateuch

Question 27

Identify the Book of the Torah: Book of beginnings and the beginning of God’s redemptive plan:

Answer 27

Genesis

Question 28

The “fixed” order of the books in the Hebrew Biblical Canon was probably due to the use of a new format called a:

Answer 28

Codex

Question 29

The unifying theological theme of the Torah according to Hill and Walton is:

Answer 29

The Covenant promise God made with Abraham

Question 30

These Biblical personalities Abel - Adam - Ephraim -Ham - Laban are not in order. Which of the following answers displays the correct chronological order from the oldest to the most recent.

Answer 30

Adam, Abel, Ham, Laban, Ephraim