Vocabulary

Question 0

Psalms

Answer 0

The peoples’ prayers, often put to songs.

Question 1

Proverbs

Answer 1

Short sayings about life from wise, old men.

Question 2

Wisdom literature

Answer 2

Sayings of old men who draw from their long experience. Books of Job, Sirach, Proverbs, Psalms.

Question 3

Genre

Answer 3

Category

Question 4

Immanent

Answer 4

Remaining within

Question 5

Jackal

Answer 5

Nasty, dog-like animal that runs in packs and steals carcasses from other animals.

Question 6

Crocus

Answer 6

Yellow flower, first to bloom

Question 7

Parched

Answer 7

Thirsty

Question 8

Cauldron

Answer 8

A big pot

Question 9

Emmanuel

Answer 9

Means “God-with-us” ; put to a song

Question 10

Advent

Answer 10

The coming of; arrival

Question 11

Exile

Answer 11

Taken out of ones own country to a foreign place

Question 12

Septuagint

Answer 12

Greek translation of the Hebrew bible.

Question 13

Lame

Answer 13

Unable to walk; crippled

Question 14

Mute

Answer 14

Silent; unable to speak

Question 15

Sinews

Answer 15

Tendons

Question 16

Marred

Answer 16

Broken ; messed-up

Question 17

Spurned

Answer 17

Avoided

Question 18

Exposure

Answer 18

Leaving a child out to die

Question 19

Crestfallen

Answer 19

Downcast; feeling down

Question 20

Prophet

Answer 20

A holy person who speaks for The Lord

Question 21

Manna

Answer 21

Sweet, bread-like food which appeared miraculously In the desert.

Question 22

Covet

Answer 22

To desire something

Question 23

Covenant

Answer 23

Solemn Promise between two or more people

Question 24

Resentful

Answer 24

Again and again

Question 25

Baal

Answer 25

A false god of fertility worshipped by Jezebel, Ahab’s wife.

Question 26

B.C.E

Answer 26

Before the Common Era

Question 27

C.E.

Answer 27

Common Era

Question 28

B.C.

Answer 28

Before Christ

Question 29

A.D.

Answer 29

Anno Dominic ~ “In the year of The Lord”

Question 30

Biblos

Answer 30

Books

Question 31

Negligence

Answer 31

Failing to do what any responsible person would do.

Question 32

Midwife

Answer 32

A woman who helps other women deliver babies.

Question 33

40

Answer 33

Refers to “many” or “a lot”

Question 34

Ark

Answer 34

Ornate box that was intended to hold the tablets that the Hebrew laws were written on.

Question 35

Concordance

Answer 35

Tells how many times a word is used in a bible.

Question 36

Holocaust

Answer 36

Burnt offering

Question 37

Unleavened

Answer 37

Bread without yeast

Question 38

Pass over

Answer 38

Jewish celebrate

Angles passed over the Hebrews houses