Unit 5

Question 1

An Israelite… Spent time inside a fish

Answer 1

Jonah

Question 2

Went from Judah to Israel to prophecy against economic injustice

Answer 2

Amos

Question 3

The Marriage of _____, an Israelite, symbolized the relationship of God and God’s people

Answer 3

Hosea

Question 4

_____ is the most influential prophet. As adviser to King Hezekiah, he helped fend off the Assyrian threat to Judah

Answer 4

Isaiah

Question 5

Because _____ is similar to many of the prophets-esp. Amos- his call to justice is at risk of being overlooked

Answer 5

Micah

Question 6

_____ was from Israel; he lived about a century after the Assyrian destruction of Israel in 721

Answer 6

Nahum

Question 7

_________ of Judah was a descendant of King Hezekiah. His short book prophesies doom on Judah…

Answer 7

Zephaniah

Question 8

________ of Judah showed faith in the face of confusion about God’s ways- especially God’s willingness for Babylon to conquer Judah

Answer 8

Habakkuk

Question 9

________ has long been known as “the weeping prophet” because of the many struggles he faced… will one day institute “a new covenant”… active in the 7th and 6th centuries

Answer 9

Jeremiah

Question 10

_______ prophesied in Babylon during the decade leading up to the Exile (he was exiled early)… 430 days lying on his side

Answer 10

Ezekiel

Question 11

_______, the shortest OT book, is a prophecy against Edom (south & east of Judah, south of both Judah & Moab)… Plasm 137

Answer 11

Obadiah

Question 12

This term is imprecise, for the Exile didn’t completely end… Refers to prophets who ministered in Judah after returning to Babylonia

Answer 12

POST-EXILIC

Question 13

______ & _________ encourage Zerubbabel and the high preist to finish rebuilding of the temple…

Answer 13

Haggai & Zechariah

Question 14

______ is a short book, comprised of 5 sermons/messages in 2 chapter.

Answer 14

Haggai

Question 15

_________, on the other hand, is much longer, highly visionary, and thus more difficult to understand

Answer 15

Zechariah

Question 16

The book of _______ is the last in the OT. _______ himself was in Judah 60-70 years after Haggai & Zechariah

Answer 16

Malachi

Question 17

____ is unique. A swarm of locusts (grasshoppers) devastates the land, and Joel uses this as a symbol of the coming and fearful “Day of the LORD”

Answer 17

Joel

Question 18

The word ___________ refers to certain prophets who received and communicated their divine messages in vivid, highly symbolic, and sometimes cryptic ways.

Answer 18

“apocalyptic”

Question 19

______ is last in our course because it may have been written in the 2nd century BC (later than any other OT book). Another option is the 6th century BC.

Answer 19

Daniel

Question 20

in the __-century view, the book encourages Jews in exile to stand firm under oppressive Babylonian and Persian rulers

Answer 20

6th

Question 21

in the __-century view, the book encourages Jews being oppressed by a vicious Greek ruler to stand firm

Answer 21

2nd

Question 22

Joshua, Judges, Samuel, Kings

Answer 22

Nevi’im 4 former prophets

Question 23

Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and The Book of Twelve

Answer 23

Nevi’im 4 latter prophets

Question 24

“Major”

Answer 24

long

Question 25

“Minor”

Answer 25

short

Question 26

To prophecy is to tell ___________

Answer 26

God’s truth