The Patriarchal Period, The Exodus, And Judges Exam Questions Flashcards
Cornerstone for the early dating for the Exodus.
1 Kings 6:1
The Greek translation of the Old Testament is called _____________ and its symbol is ____________.
Septuagint, LXX
The Hebrew Bible that is used as the main basis of our English Bibles is called the ______________ and its symbol is _______________.
Masoretic Text, MT
_____________, the king of Moab, along with his Transjordan neighbors, oppressed Israel from their headquarters in Jericho.
Eglon
In the process of settling down, some Israelites began to worship pagan deities, including ______________ (responsible for the fertility of the land) and his consort Ashtoreth.
Baal
Many Levites moved south to Judah and Jerusalem when _____________ revolted against Solomon’s son, Rehoboam.
Jeroboam
Joshua and ____________ assigned towns and their pasturelands to the Levites.
Eleazar
Due to ____________ pressures, some of the Danites moved northward to Laish/Leshem, which they captured and renamed “Dan”.
Amorite
The prominent hill of mount ___________ served as the meeting point where the boundaries of three tribes – Issachar, Naphtali, and Zebulun.
Tabor
It was at ____________ that the tabernacle was set up.
Shiloh
The tribe of Simeon specialized in ____________.
Keeping flocks
At the time of the conquest, __________ was the king of Hazor.
Jabin
On Mount Ebal and Mount ___________ the Israelites read the curses and the blessings of the law as the covenant between the people and Yahweh was renewed.
Gerizim
A group of _________ living in the cities of Gibeon, Kephirah, Beeroth, and Kiriath Jearim chose to make a treaty with Israel.
Hivites
On Mt. __________ Joshua built an alter to God.
Ebal
The archaeological estimates of Jericho place the population at no larger than ______________ people.
2,000
Joshua led the Israelites into Canaan in the ___________ of the year.
Spring
Og, the king of ____________ lived in Ashtaroth.
Bashan
Sihon was the king of the Amorites who lived in _____________.
Heshbon
Upon Aaron’s death ________________ was appointed in his place.
Eleazar
Aaron died at Mt. _______.
Hor
The trek from Mount Sinai to the border of Israel would normally take ______________ days.
Eleven
After camping at Mount Sinai for about a year, the Israelites set out for the _________________ region.
Kadesh Barnea
The city of Ramesses was the starting point of the exitus and was formally called _____________ - the capital of the Asiatics.
Avaris
And Egyptian scribe writing on Thutmose III victories in Canaan wrote, “The capturing of _____________ is like the capturing of a thousands towns.
Megiddo
The exodus and conquest occurred at the end of the Late Bronze I age (1550 – 1400 bc). During the_____________Egyptian dynasty the oppression of the Israelites came to a climax.
Eighteenth
In Egypt, the ________________ dynasty, in the period known as the Middle Kingdom, was a time of great prosperity.
Twelfth
During the _______________ dynasty, numerous Asiastics from the Levant infiltrated the eastern delta until they became powerful enough to establish what are now known as the Hyksos period.
Thirteenth
Important military developments occurred in Canaan during the Middle Bronze II. Including cities protected by __________________ (sloping ramps built of packed earth, stone, and plaster).
Glacis
The Asiatic group that took control of Egypt during the turbulent second intermediate period were called _________________.
Hurrian
At the end of the MBII period (1550 BC) King _______________ expelled this Asiatic group out of Egypt and back into Canaan to the city of Sharuhen.
Ahmose
The patriarchs were occupied with raising ___________ and _____________ and growing _______________.
Sheep, goats, grain crops
Both Abrahamand Isaac had conflicts with the king of ______________over wells located near Beersheba.
Gerar
The attempt of Abraham Abraham and his clan to live in the Bethel/AI region seems to have been somewhat problematic, possibly because there was not enough grazing land in the area or because they came tonight and the _______________________ were hostile.
Perizzites
On one of the mountains in the region of __________ Isaac was bound in order to be sacrificed.
Moriah
Near Hebron, Abraham purchased the cave of _______________ where ultimately Abraham and Sarah, Isaac and Rebekah, and Jacob and Leah were buried.
Machpelah
Although Lot’s choice of living in the well-water __________ __________ seemed logical; he faced a number of difficulties and twice had to be saved from death by his uncle Abraham
Jordan valley
The internal chronological markers found in Exodus and Genesis indicates that Abram was born in __________.
2166 BC
When Abram was about__________, he along with his wife,____________; his nephew,_____________; his father,____________; and a group of household retainers; left Ur of the Chaldees for the “land of Canaan” (Gen 11:31).
Seventy, Sarai, Lot, Terah
It was at _________, at the “Great tree of Moreh,” that the Lord appeared to Abram and promised, “to you and your offspring I will give this land.”
Shechem
During the Middle Bronze I (2200–2000 BC), people were living in _________ and __________.
Tents, huts
Archaeologists have uncovered many Middle Bronze I tombs. They were usually shaft tombs that lead to one or more chambers, with _____________ burial per chamber as a rule.
One
Soon after Abram entered Canaan, the land experienced one of its occasional droughts. Abram crossed into egypt. This was the turbulent ________________ intermediate period in Egypt.
First
Define Protology
The study of first things
Define Eschatology
The study of end-time things
Split Genesis into two parts and give their name and chapters.
Part 1 - primeval period - chaps. 1-11
Part 2 - period of the patriarchs - chaps. 12-50
