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Test your knowledge of the prophets after a year of studying the haftarah passages.
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1
Which book has the most haftarah passages selected from it?
Kings
The Twelve
Jeremiah
Isaiah
2
Which section of the Bible do the haftarah passages come from?
Pentateuch
Besorah
Nevi'im
Ketuvim
3
How did Hosea enact his prophetic message?
Translating Homer
Counting the Omer
Walking naked and barefoot for three years
Marrying Gomer
4
In Haftarah Chayei Sarah (1 Kings 1), ____ attempts to usurp the throne, while ____ petitions David to make ____ king.
Absalom, Nathan, Solomon
Saul, Samuel, Jonathan
Adonijah, Bathesheba, Solomon
Joab, Shimei, Mephibosheth
5
In which location(s) did Jeremiah prophesy?
Judah and Jerusalem
Sepharad and Tarshish
By the rivers of Babylon
Israel and Samaria
6
Which book describes itself being recopied by a scribe from an earlier version?
Isaiah
Kings
Jeremiah
Amos
7
The haftarah for Shabbat Zachor (where Saul disobeys God about the Amalekites) is read in connection with which holiday?
Chanukah
Passover
Rosh Chodesh
Purim
8
In Haftarah
Mishpatim
(Jeremiah 33:8-22; 33:25-26), Judah is consigned to destruction after doing what?
Sparing the king of the Amalekites
Selling the innocent for silver and the needy for a pair of sandals
Worshipping Baal on Carmel
Reversing the dror (manumission of Hebrew slaves)
9
While the Torah ties the fate of the people of Israel to their behavior, the author of Kings ties Israel's fate to what?
whether they listen to the prophets
the religious behavior of the kings
the behavior of the surrounding nations
the promise of a Messiah
10
Which is the best way to describe the relationship between archaeological discoveries and the Bible?
Archaeology shows that the biblical narratives have a historical foundation
Archaeology disproves the Bible
Archaeology corrects mistakes in the biblical texts
Archaeology proves the Bible is true
11
In haftarah Vayishlach, who did Obadiah prophecy against? (Hint: the rabbis later identified this nation with Rome.)
Edom
Moab
Andor
Cush
12
Put these historical figures in the correct chronological order
Samuel, Elijah, Amos, Jeremiah
Elijah, Amos, Samuel, Jeremiah
Elijah, Amos, Jeremiah, Samuel
Amos, Elijah, Jeremiah, Samuel
13
What historic event took place two years after Amos began to prophesy?
a flood
the death of the king
the exile of the northern tribes
an earthquake
14
What were "sons of the prophets" (2 Kings 4:1)?
foreigners who came to worship the God of Israel
rebellious Israelites
members of a prophetic group or guild
descendants of Moses, Samuel, or Nathan
15
According to the author of Kings, which king lived closest to the Torah's ideal?
Jereboam
Jehu
Josiah
Manasseh
16
Haftarah Vayera (2 Kings 4:1-37) describes which two miracles, performed by whom?
Multiplying oil and resurrecting a Shunemite woman's son → Elisha
Making an axe-head float, parting the Jordan → Elijah
Bringing water out of a rock, healing snake bites → Moses
Calming a storm, curing a large fish of indigestion → Jonah
17
In Elijah's confrontation at Mt. Carmel (Haftarah Ki Tisa), at what time did the fire finally come from heaven?
Mincha (late afternoon)
Chatzot (midnight)
Maariv (evening)
Shkiah (Sunset)
18
Which group does this list best describe?
Latter Prophets
Former Prophets
Corporate Prophets
Minor Prophets
19
What book of the Torah seems to have most influenced the author of Kings?
Genesis
Deuteronomy
Exodus
Leviticus
20
Which of these biblical prophets was called to be a prophet when he was still a
na’ar
(youth)?
Jonah
Amos
Isaiah
Jeremiah
21
What does
haftarah
mean?
Extra
Taking leave
Dessert
Half of a Torah portion
22
Who was Hosea's audience?
The coastlands and islands
The Southern Kingdom (a.k.a. Judah)
The Northern Kingdom (a.k.a. Israel)
The Ninevites
