Quiz 3

Question 1

The Titles for Job through Ezekiel

Answer 1

Job– Blessing through suffering, Psalms–Prayer and praise, Proverbs–Wisdom, Ecclesiastes–Human Wisdom, Song of Solomon–(human)love, Isaiah–Salvation, Jeremiah–The backslider, Lamentations–Mourning, Ezekiel–Book of visions

Question 2

What was the retribution principle of the ancient world? How does it differ from the story of Job?

Answer 2

That a good person received good things but Job was good, wealthy, influential, Godly and he still went through chaos.

Question 3

Be able to describe the conversation cycles that occur in the book of Job.

Answer 3

Job spoke, Friends spoke, God spoke

Question 4

Know the various types of Psalms discussed in class.

Answer 4

Messianic, penitential, imprecatory, acrostic, hallelujah, songs of decree

Question 5

What does parallelism mean?

Answer 5

using sentences that are similar or identical in structure, sound or meaning.

Question 6

Authors of the Psalms

Answer 6

David, Asaph, sons of Korah, Heman, Ethan, Solomon, Moses, Anonymous, Orphan

Question 7

What is a proverb

Answer 7

Saying or parable/ general principles of truth

Question 8

How can a person say that the Proverbs are to be applied universally?

Answer 8

Because they describe large brush strokes of life and have general truths

Question 9

Who wrote Ecclesiastes and what stage of their life does it represent?

Answer 9

Solomon is at a time where he walks away from God

Question 10

Why is Ecclesiastes so negative?

Answer 10

Solomon talks about how much he hates life and he has a death obsession so he is constantly talking about death and life being meaningless

Question 11

What does the term vanity mean in Ecclesiastes?

Answer 11

Earthly things/meaningless/worthless

Question 12

Familiarize yourself with the various ways that Song of Solomon has been interpreted. What is the message that these differing interpretation brings out of the book?

Answer 12

Literal story of Solomon and a Shulamite, generic love between a man and a woman, Jewish thought was that it was symbolic of God and Israel or Jesus and the church

Question 13

What is the difference between major and minor prophets

Answer 13

Major are big books, minor are smaller books

Question 14

Describe the event the marked the beginning of Isaiah’s ministry

Answer 14

He was taken up to the throne room of God before the seraphim and had hot coals placed on his lips

Question 15

What were symbols Isaiah used for salvation?

Answer 15

Welfare/prosperity, deliverance, salvation, victory

Question 16

What was the main title that Isaiah used for the messiah?

Answer 16

Yeshua

Question 17

Jeremiah’s background and calling

Answer 17

God calls him to be a watchman, he was a levite, his family rejected him because he called leaders and “important people” out on their issues. He was a young, emotional, alone, hated and captured guy who was called to be unmarried, to build and to plant

Question 18

When was Lamentations written?

Answer 18

586 B.C.

Question 19

What is unique about the structure of Lamentation?

Answer 19

It is a song

Question 20

Where was Zeke when he first ministered and how did he get there?

Answer 20

He was in Babylon but he was then captured and taken to Jerusalem by King Nebuchadnezzar

Question 21

What was the title the Lord used when addressing Ezekiel

Answer 21

Son of man