Quiz 4 - Week 8

Question 1

The path to __________ from Jerusalem, east of the Mount of Olives, is inconvenient and dangerous as we hear in the story of the good Samaritan (Lk 10:25-37).

Answer 1

Jericho

Question 2

__________ in northern Judah is less than an hour’ s walk from ancient Jerusalem.

Answer 2

Bethlehem

Question 3

________, some attributed to David, celebrate the spiritual centrality and setting of Jerusalem.

Answer 3

Psalms

Question 4

When __________ destroyed Jerusalem, its armies left the Temple in ruins.

Answer 4

Babylon

Question 5

During the ‘Samuel and Saul’ period the Israelites were moving from _________to _________ and leadership was concentrated in Israel.

Answer 5

Prophet; King

Question 6

__________ was a natural place for David to begin his rule. Its patriarchal roots were as deep or deeper than those of Shechem or Bethel.

Answer 6

Hebron

Question 7

David’s experience of living in Saul’s court at __________ had allowed him to learn literally the ins and outs of __________ __________. He knew the advantages this region offered in terms of travel, trade and expansion.

Answer 7

Gibeah; central Benjamin

Question 8

The logical area for David to establish his new capital would have been the __________ __________ __________. This, however, would have seriously threatened his relationship with the northern tribes of Israel.

Answer 8

Central Benjamin Plateau

Question 9

David’s move to Jerusalem gave him access to the __________ of the __________. Anyone who knows the geographical realities of Jerusalem realizes that the book of __________ argues that David’s faith and God’s faithfulness built a city and expanded a kingdom which no one had expected.

Answer 9

highways; nations; Samuel

Question 10

The period of __________ and __________ saw unprecedented expansion of Israelite control in the Land Between.

Answer 10

David; Solomon

Question 11

Samuel was buried in __________ where he lived most of his life (1 Sam 25:1), but at some point his burial place became identified with this prominent hill and the tradition has remained.

Answer 11

Ramah

Question 12

The view from Nebi Samwil to the west is partially hidden by nearby __________. A discerning eye, however, can see the higher western edge of the Central Benjamin Plateau, the top of a geological arch running northeast from __________-__________.

Answer 12

trees; Kiriath-jearim

Question 13

The Jewish __________ tells us that one day’s journey from Jerusalem would take a traveler to the __________ River in the east, to Lod/Lydda in the west or to __________ in the north.

Answer 13

Mishna; Jordan; Acrabeta

Question 14

The apostle _______ mention of two Passovers prior to the final Passover means that Jesus’ ministry lasted at least two and a half years.

Answer 14

John’s

Question 15

John the Baptist ministered just outside of _______, on the Jordan River in _______. Antipas imprisoned John in the far south of Perea, in the isolated __________ of ___________ built by his father king Herod.

Answer 15

Judea; Perea; fortress; Machaerus

Question 16

Jesus’ ministry began in ______ but moved to ___________, a fact emphasized by Matthew but only mentioned in other Gospels.

Answer 16

Cana; Capernaum

Question 17

The city of ___________ on the shore of Lake _________ became the center of Jesus’ ministry, and at least three Galilean tours from here are mentioned.

Answer 17

Capernaum; Galilee

Question 18

Jesus escaped the growing nationalistic zeal of Jewish Galilee by a trip to ___________, Philip ‘s territory and the ___________.

Answer 18

Phoenicia; Decapolis

Question 19

John and Luke devote much space to the final months of Jesus’ ministry in _______. John takes us three times to ___________ or its outskirts while Luke’s ‘Special Section’ is divided by reminders of ___________.

Answer 19

Perea; Jerusalem; Jerusalem

Question 20

________ is the large island in the northeastern Mediterranean, which is part of the belt of mountains marking out the southern coast of Anatolia.

Answer 20

Cyprus

Question 21

The book of Acts records two escapes that Saul made from Jerusalem to ____________. The first escape occurred after he returned to Jerusalem following his escape from ________. The second escape appears Acts 23:23–33 after Saul had returned to Jerusalem from his travels in Asia Minor and ________.

Answer 21

Caesarea; Damascus; Greece

Question 22

_______ is known in biblical history from Abram’s stay (Genesis 11:31–32); it played a significant role as an Assyrian city on imperial marches to Carchemish and the __________, and it appears in the conflict between _________ and Rome, when at the Battle of Carrhae in 53 BCE the Parthians handed Rome one of the most crushing defeats in Roman history.

Answer 22

Haran; Euphrates; Parthia

Question 23

Paul’s end goal was to return to _________, the congregation where he had begun his work among the Gentiles and the assembly that had sent him out to continue the work.

Answer 23

Antioch

Question 24

________ and ___________, as well as Apollos, represent an extremely mobile element of Diaspora Judaism in the first century, and the locations where the Apostolic Scriptures place them were highly influential cities at the center of imperial commerce and government.

Answer 24

Aquila; Priscilla

Question 25

John’s overland journey to Rome by public conveyances must have taken him on two well-known Roman roads in the empire: 1) _____________ and (2) ___________.

Answer 25

Via Egnatia; Via Appia