Unit Test (5) Flashcards
Which book is part of the Five Scrolls?
Ruth
Amos, Hosea, Micah, and Isaiah all lived in which century?
8th BCE
Which book predicted the return of the prophet Elijah and is the last book in the Book of the 12?
Malachi
Who was a prophet in the south who earnestly criticized “the opportunistic and heartless upper class” (Bandstra, 309), suggesting that he “may have been one of the farmers who was threatened by the influential aristocracy”?
Micah
Which book contains writings often originally used in worship services?
Psalms
What metaphor does Hosea use as a parallel to Yahweh and Israel’s relationship?
Hosea’s marriage
Which prophet, according to Bandstra, “questions how YHWH could use the evil Babylonians to punish his own covenant people” (questions the justice of God)?
Habakkuk
Which book provides an explanation for the origin of the Jewish celebration of Purim?
Esther
Who posed a threat to the Neo-Babylonian empire?
Persia
How many types of psalms does Bandstra mention?
more than ten
Who was the last king of the united monarchy?
Solomon
What scroll was found in the Temple during the reign of Josiah?
Deuteronomy
How many divisions are contained in the Psalms?
5
What Persian ruler is called a messiah by second Isaiah?
Cyrus
Which book presumes the preexistence and immortality of the soul?
Wisdom of Solomon
Which book, according to Bandstra, seems to have connections with ancient Egyptian literature?
Proverbs
Which prophetic book consists of an oracle denouncing Nineveh?
Nahum
Which book is part of the Apocrypha?
Sirach
Which book is also known as Ecclesiasticus?
Sirach
Bandstra says that the book of Kings traces the line of kings from David to:
the exile
What was the name of a child Isaiah said would be born soon as a sign that peace and prosperity would return to the land?
Immanuel
The tone of the book of Esther is nationalistic and defensive; it celebrates taking vengeance on one’s enemies.
True
What is the longest book in the Bible and contains an anthology of hymns of ancient Israel?
Psalms
Which king was forced to watch the execution of his own sons, then blinded and taken into captivity?
Zedekiah
Which book tells the story of a prophet who is less than eager to go speak to the people of Nineveh?
Jonah
Which book contains four servant poems?
2nd Isaiah
According to Amos, Yahweh is dissatisfied with Israel primarily because of:
oppression of the poor and powerless
What is the centerpiece of the Deuteronomistic Historians’ narrative of Solomon’s reign?
the building and dedication of the Temple
What happened after Solomon’s death?
Israel decided to separate from Judah
Which book tells the story of a Jewish widow who saves the Jews by beheading the commander of the Assyrian army?
Judith
Who was among those deported to Babylon in 598/597 BCE?
Ezekiel
Which book describes a man who goes blind when he sleeps outside one night and bird dung falls in his eyes?
Tobit
Which psalms deal with issues of human existence and use the same vocabulary as Proverbs and Job?
Wisdom Psalms
Which book urges the completion of the work of rebuilding the Temple in Jerusalem?
Haggai
In the book of Esther, the Jews
attack and massacre their enemies
What is referred to in Isaiah as the New Exodus?
The Israelite return from Babylon
Which book presents a theodicy?
Job
What is the third part of the Hebrew Bible (contains a variety of genres)?
Writings
There is little mention of the temple or the importance of sacrifice, prayer, or worship in the book of Proverbs.
True
Which is NOT a type of parallelism found in the Psalms?
lament
What are the dates for the fall of Israel and the fall of Judah?
721 & 586 BCE
Who became king of Judah following Solomon’s death?
Rehoboam
What is an acrostic?
a poem in which the first letters of successive lines form a word or pattern
The period of prophecy in ancient Israel largely overlaps with the period of the:
monarchy
Which prophetic book contains a “Temple Sermon”?
Jeremiah
Yahweh, the God of Israel, is always described in the Old Testament using male imagery.
False
Which book is part of the Old Testament’s wisdom literature?
Ecclesiastes
What happened when Naboth wouldn’t sell his vineyard to King Ahab?
Naboth was framed and killed
What book is the shortest in the Hebrew Bible and is devoted to divine judgment on Edom?
Obadiah
Which book personifies wisdom as a respectable/proper woman and folly as a loose woman?
Proverbs
