OTS Exam 4

Question 1

This prophet struggles to understand God’s methods and instruments for dealing with Judah’s punishment

Answer 1

Book of Habakkuk (pre-exilic, Babylon)

Question 2

This book takes an actual event (plague), translating it into a future prediction of the coming Assyrian invasion and the fall of Samaria (Northern Kingdom)

Answer 2

Book of Joel (pre-exilic, Babylon)

Question 3

In this book, the prophet called Israel into court (6:1-5), just as Hosea had done (Hosea 4:1-5:15)

Answer 3

Book of Micah

Question 4

This book recalls the prejudicial actions of Edom (the Edomic nation)

Answer 4

Book of Obadiah (pre-exilic, Babylon)

Question 5

Herein, scholars call this prophet the “Shepherd of Social Justice”

Answer 5

Book of Amos (pre-exilic, Assyria)

Question 6

This book predicts the fall of the Assyrian capitol, Nineveh

Answer 6

Book of Nahum (post-exilic, words of judgment directed at Assyria)

Question 7

This book speaks to the prophet’s prejudice and ill will towards his audience (the city of Ninevah)

Answer 7

Book of Jonah (post-exilic, Assyria)

Question 8

This book is built around the life experience of a prophet dealing with his adulterous wife. It serves as a backdrop to the concept of “Spiritual Adultery”

Answer 8

Book of Hosea (pre-exilic, Assyria)

Question 9

In this book, false prophets also abused their office by letting money influence their words. They uttered blessings to those who paid them but condemned those who could pay nothing (3:5)

Answer 9

Book of Micah (pre-exilic, Babylon)

Question 10

This prophet was deeply troubled over his perceived inaction and injustice by God. He brought his questions to God.

Answer 10

Book of Habakkuk (pre-exilic, Babylon)

Question 11

In this book, the prophet pictures God calling Israel into court– with the mountains serving as “witnesses”

Answer 11

Book of Micah (pre-exilic, Babylon)

Question 12

One of two prophetic books (the other being Obadiah), where judgment is directed at a foreign nation

Answer 12

Book of Nahum (pre-exilic, Babylon)

Question 13

This book has the iconic phrase, “the cows of Bashan,” describing certain women’s treatment of the poor

Answer 13

Book of Amos (pre-exilic, Assyria)

Question 14

In this book the prophet’s naming of his children reflects God’s relationship to Israel

Answer 14

Book of Hosea (pre-exilic, Assyria)

Question 15

A term used to describe the period following the Babylonian exile (sometimes Assyrian exile)

Answer 15

Post-exilic (mostly Babylon, but could include other empires)

Question 16

In the aftermath of delivering his message, the prophet, sits on a hilltop to view the city’s destruction

Answer 16

The book of Jonah (post-exilic, Assyria)

Question 17

Predicted by many prophets, this event came at the direction of King Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon

Answer 17

Fall of Jerusalem

Question 18

The occurrence of a plague of locusts and its aftermath forms the background for this book

Answer 18

Book of Joel (pre-exilic, Babylon)

Question 19

This book describes the prophet’s “running away from God” and his reluctance to see God’s forgiveness of his audience

Answer 19

Book of Jonah (post-exilic)

Question 20

T/F As demonstrated by one of the prophets, to question God’s dealing is a sign of distrust

Answer 20

True

Question 21

T/F The prophet Habakkuk brings his troubling questions to God, as he struggles with a sense of injustice

Answer 21

True

Question 22

T/F The book of Joel is not linked to the term “The Day of the Lord”

Answer 22

False

Question 23

T/F The people in Malachi questioned how “they had stolen from the Lord”

Answer 23

True

Question 24

T/F Presented in the book of Jonah, the book ends with the prophet angrily questioning God’s mercy and grace

Answer 24

True

Question 25

T/F The prophet Amos boldly addresses social issues which concerned God

Answer 25

True

Question 26

T/F Scholars easily agree on the status of Hosea’s wife (a prostitute prior to marriage or not)

Answer 26

False

Question 27

T/F The Plumb Line: One of the prophets uses the image of a plumb line (as used in construction) to demonstrate Israel’s “crooked” stance and need for rebuilding

Answer 27

True

Question 28

T/F In many ways, the “Fall of Jerusalem” was a key prophetic event, speaking to God’s moment of judgment against Judah

Answer 28

True

Question 29

T/F All of the prophets operated in settings or periods of economic prosperity

Answer 29

False

Question 30

T/F Following their return from the Babylonian exile, the audience of Haggai chose to concentrate on rebuilding their own homes over God’s priorities. Somehow, they lost both their fervor and their way.

Answer 30

True

Question 31

T/F “For three sins… even for four”– by using this expression, Amos was indicating that God would be gracious to these nations no longer. The time to pay for their sins had come

Answer 31

True

Question 32

T/F Despite the presence of the Temple God, Jerusalem felt uncertain on whether God would spare them (they did not express a “rabbit’s foot” mentality)

Answer 32

False

Question 33

Married

Answer 33

Hosea

Question 34

Locust

Answer 34

Joel

Question 35

Cows

Answer 35

Amos

Question 36

Edom proud

Answer 36

Obadiah

Question 37

Fish

Answer 37

Jonah

Question 38

Persecuted the poor

Answer 38

Micah

Question 39

Mountains, defeated Nineveh

Answer 39

Nahum

Question 40

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Answer 40

Habbakuk

Question 41

Why delay

Answer 41

Haggai

Question 42

Giving God your best

Answer 42

Malachi