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1
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Who was the last king of the united monarchy?

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Solomon

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2
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Who was Elijah’s successor?

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Elisha

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3
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Who became the first king of the northern nation of Israel?

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Jeroboam

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4
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Bandstra says that the book of Kings traces the line of kings from David to:

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the exile

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5
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Bandstra says the Deuteronomistic historian has a bias against the kings of:

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Israel

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6
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What was the name of the Canaanite god challenged by Elijah on Mount Carmel?

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Baal

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7
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Which son of Solomon ascended the throne following Solomon’s death?

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Rehoboam

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8
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What did Naboth refuse to sell to Ahab?

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his vineyard

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9
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What was the name of Ahab’s wife?

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Jezebel

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10
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What was Solomon’s greatest building project?

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the temple

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11
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Amos, Hosea, and Micah all lived in which century?

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8th

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12
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Amos transforms the concept of the “day of YHWH” from a time of celebration of God’s victory over Israel’s enemies to:

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a time of dread before YHWH’s judgment

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13
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Who was told to go preach to the people of Nineveh?

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Jonah

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14
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Bandstra says that the book of Isaiah is “widely recognized to consist of “how many subcollections?

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3

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15
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“Zion” refers (in whole or in part) to the city of:

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Jerusalem

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16
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What is the meaning of “Immanuel”?

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God is with us

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17
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What does Bandstra say was the sort of theology that “legitimated the royal house”?

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Zion theology

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18
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Who is the king rebuked by Isaiah in the last chapter of First Isaiah?

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Hezekiah

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19
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Who was a prophet in the south who earnestly criticized “the opportunistic and heartless upper class,” suggesting that he “may have been one of the farmers who was threatened by the influential aristocracy”?

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Micah

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20
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Who was told to “take yourself a promiscuous woman and have children of promiscuity”?

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Hosea

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21
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Another name of Babylonians of the Neo-Babylonian period is:

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Chaldeans

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22
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According to Deuteronomistic Historians, the best ruler (other than David) was:

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Josiah

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23
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What is the name of a priest taken to Babylon in the first deportation of 598 BCE, who received his call to be a prophet in Babylon and exercised his entire prophetic ministry while in exile in Babylon?

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Ezekiel

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24
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Which prophet preached a “Temple Sermon”?

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Jeremiah

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25
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Which prophet, according to Bandstra, wrote a “set of autobiographical passages that provides insight into the prophet’s inner feelings about God and his calling?

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Jeremiah

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26
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Which prophet engaged in a series of symbolic actions to illustrate his sermons, including making a clay model of Jerusalem, laying on his side for an extended period, eating a scroll, and shaving his head?

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Ezekiel

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27
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Which prophetic book consists of an oracle denouncing Ninevah?

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Nahum

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28
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Which prophet, according to Bandstra, probably prophesied between 640 and 622 BCE and echoes the emphasis in Amos on the Day of YHWH as a sad day of God’s people?

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Zephaniah

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29
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Which prophet, according to Bandstra, “questions how YHWH could use the evil Babylonians to punish his own covenant people” (questions the justice of God)?

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Habakkuk

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30
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Which biblical book was apparently found in the Temple in 622 BCE and sparked a reform movement?

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Deuteronomy

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31
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What is the shortest book of the Old Testament?

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Obadiah

32
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Which book urges the completion of the work of rebuilding the temple in Jerusalem?

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Haggai

33
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Which book predicted the return of the prophet Elijah and is the last book in the Book of the 12?

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Malachi

34
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Which book is composed of two sections, one from the 6th c BCE and the other from a later period (3rd-4th C)?

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Zechariah

35
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Which book is from a “cult prophet” supportive of the priesthood and temple, has as its central theme the “day of YHWH,” speaks of the pouring out of God’s spirit, and has affinities with apocalyptic literature?

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Joel

36
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Which book contains servant poems?

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2nd Isaiah

37
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Which book contains a vision of a valley of dry bones?

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Ezekiel

38
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Which book was written during the time of the restoration but prior to the rebuilding of the Temple, and “sought to keep the faith of the people alive” during difficult times?

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3rd Isaiah

39
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What collection of books spans a historical range of some 400 years, including the Assyrian, Babylonian, and Persian periods?

A

Book of the Twelve

40
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What Persian ruler is called a messiah by the second Isaiah?

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Cyrus

41
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Which letter of “Tanak” represents the third major division of the Hebrew Bible? What is the Hebrew name for that division?

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K - Ketuvim

42
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Together, the books of Ezra, Nehemiah, and Chronicles are known as the:

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Chronicler’s History

43
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Which book is a book of devotional and liturgical literature?

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Psalms

44
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Which book is an example of apocalyptic literature?

A

Daniel

45
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Which book is part of the Five scrolls?

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Ruth

46
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Which book is an example of wisdom literature?

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Proverbs

47
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According to Bandstra, what is the point at which the history of Judaism begins?

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the exile

48
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What does Bandstra say is the name used by scholars to refer to the period between 515 BCE and 70 CE?

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Second Temple Judaism

49
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What is the Diaspora?

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the scattering of Jews following the exile

50
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The concept of tsaddia or “righteous one,” is found in what type of biblical literature?

A

wisdom literature

51
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How many types of psalms does Bandstra mention?

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more than 10

52
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How many main sections does the book of Pslams have?

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5

53
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Name two of the kinds of parallelism found in the Psalms.

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synonymous/antithetical/formal/climactic

54
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What is the type or genre that describes most of the psalms in the Old Testament?

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lament or complaint

55
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What are imprecation psalms?

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psalms that call for God’s curses against others

56
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Bandstra says that the Psalter dates to what period?

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post monarchy/post-exilic

57
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Which book presumes the preexistence and immortality of the soul?

A

Wisdom of Solomon

58
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Which book presents a theodicy?

A

Job

59
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Which book is also known as Ecclesiasticus?

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Sirach

60
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Which book, according to Bandstra, seems to have connections with ancient Egyptian literature?

A

Proverbs

61
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Which book includes the figure of “the satan”

A

Job

62
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Which books are part of the Apocrypha?

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Wisdom of Solomon and Sirach

63
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What is retribution theology?

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righteous behavior will be rewarded and unrighteous behavior will be punished

64
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What is the name of the place where all go when they die, according to the perspective of Job?

A

Sheol

65
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Which book contains dialogues?

A

Job

66
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Which book personifies wisdom as a respectable/proper woman and folly as a loose woman?

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Proverbs

67
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Which book does Bandsta say has 3 distinguishable characters: a male lover, a female lover, and “an independent group of observers called the daughters of Jerusalem”?

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Song of Songs

68
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Which book has the main character a woman from Moab?

A

Ruth

69
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Which book consists of five poems (four of which are acrostics)?

A

Lamentations

70
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Which book is part of the Old Testament’s wisdom literature?

A

Ecclesiastes

71
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Which book provides an explanation for the origin of the Jewish celebration of Purim?

A

Esther

72
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Which book has a speaker named Qohelet?

A

Ecclesiastes

73
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Which book describes a man who goes blind when he sleeps outside one night and bird dung falls in his eyes?

A

Tobit

74
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Which book is an edited version of a book in the Old Testament; the Hebrew version does not mention God, but this version, which appeared in the Greek Septuagint, includes mention of God?

A

Additions to Esther

75
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Which book tells the story of a Jewish widow who saves the Jews by beheading the commander of the Assyrian army?

A

Judith

76
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Which book includes a character named Boaz?

A

Ruth

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