Where and When Did the Events of the Old Testament Take Place?

Question 1

God revealed himself to humanity through the ________.

Answer 1

incarnation

Question 2

God’s revealed truth in the Old Testament is also _________.

Answer 2

incarnational

Question 3

Israel’s location was _________ ___________ throughout ancient history.

Answer 3

strategically important

Question 4

The crossroads location location for Israel had two important consequences:

Answer 4

1. Nations and empires desired control or at least access for purposes of trade and transportation to other parts of the ancient world.
2. Many foreign cultural influences poured into ancient Israel so Israel was exposed to great cultural interchange and commerce throughout its history.

Question 5

The dominant geographic feature of Egypt and played a major role in Egypt’s history and cultural outlook in life.

Answer 5

the Nile River

Question 6

What the Egyptians called the rich soil of the Nile Valley

Answer 6

“the black land”

Question 7

What the Egyptians called the encroaching desert sands

Answer 7

“the red land”

Question 8

Egyptian history is

Answer 8

the rise and fall of mostly native Egyptian dynasties

Question 9

What is Syria-Palestine characterized by?

Answer 9

segmentation

Question 10

Israel’s subregions

Answer 10

1. the coastal plains
2. the ridge, or central mountain range
3. the Jordan Rift
4. The Transjordanian Highland

Question 11

What two hills are very similar?

Answer 11

The central hills of Ephraim and the Judean hill country

Question 12

What are the subdivisions of the highlands?

Answer 12

1. Galilee
2. Ephraim
3. Judean Hill Country
4. the eastern Negeb

Question 13

What are the subdivisions of the Transjordanian Highlands?

Answer 13

1. Bashan
2. Gilead
3. Moab
4. Edom

Question 14

Early Bronze Age

Answer 14

3300 to 2000 BC

Question 15

Middle Bronze Age

Answer 15

2000 to 1550 BC

Question 16

Israel’s patriarchs

Answer 16

Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob

Question 17

When did all the main features of human civilization and culture had appeared in both Egypt and Mesopotamia?

Answer 17

By the close of the Early Bronze Age

Question 18

Late Bronze Age

Answer 18

1550 to 1200 BC

Question 19

When Abraham reached Canaan, God established a ___________ with him

Answer 19

covenant

Question 20

What age was one of international trade and balance of world powers, with Syria-Palestine caught in the middle?

Answer 20

Late Bronze Age

Question 21

Moses was born to the tribe of ______ during the ______ ______ _______

Answer 21

Levi

Late Bronze Age

Question 22

Why did God use a series of ten plagues?

Answer 22

To prove that he was in control of the cosmic order

Question 23

What did the plagues demostrated?

Answer 23

The superiority and majesty of Israel’s God, Yahweh

Question 24

Who were the “sea people”?

Answer 24

Philistines

Question 25

The ________ are the ancestors of our faith.

Answer 25

patriarchs

Question 26

Genesis 12-50 begins to address the _____ problem.

Answer 26

sin

Question 27

None of the evidence disproves the authenticity of the _______ _______, and Christians have every reason to believe they are reliable.

Answer 27

patriarchal narratives

Question 28

The reigns of David and Solomon is known was the “_______ ________”.

Answer 28

united monarchy

Question 29

Wedge-shaped writing

Answer 29

cuneiform

Question 30

cuneiform comes from the Latin word

Answer 30

cuneus

Question 31

The period known as ______ ______ began with the invasion of the sea peoples and the shifting of political power throughout the ancient Near East.

Answer 31

Iron Age