LDC Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther, and Wisdom Lit

Many believe this is the most important feature of Hebrew poetry

These two books come from a single author/editor, deal with the same time period.

Why do people want to exclude Esther from the Canon?

Give a one word summary of the book of Job:

What is considered the most important educational unit of the ancient world?

How is Job vindicated by the end of the book?

What does Qohelet in Ecclesiastes conclude concerning life without God?

What is significant about Job chapter 1 & 2 in relationship to the whole book?

All of the following are a type of Psalm except:

How is wisdom personified frequently in Proverbs?

What is antithetical parallelism?

Who is normally connected to the position of Qohelet in Ecclesiastes?

Why are the friends of Job wrong?

A Imprecatory Psalm

This great king exerted a great influence on the book of Psalms

Outline Ecclesiastes:

What is a proverb?

What is another outline for JOB?

alphabetical poems where the 1st line begins with A then the 2nd line begins with B, then the 3rd line begins with C

This device is used in wisdom literature where each line begins with a letter of the Hebrew alphabet.

What is the two-fold division of Nehemiah?

This term refers to the merging of different religious beliefs into one system of belief

How does Nehemiah respond to the king when asked about his sad demeanor?

In Ecclesiastes, keeping God's commandments and walking in His ways is considered

Select the poetical books

The term meaning the attempt to justify God’s ways in the world/the problem of evil

How does Ezra build the people up?

Taking the Song of Songs at face value, what does this book celebrate?

. Identify the two types of people described by the book of Proverbs

Who is typically attributed as the author of Ecclesiastes?

What is function of the book of Psalms?

This feast is established in the book of Esther.

A Penitential Psalm

Outline the book of Job:

What are the two possible understandings of Song of Songs? (choose two)

What is the significance of the task undertaken in Nehemiah?

How many waves of deportation occur according to the books of Ezra and Nehemiah?

What is wisdom’s first and controlling principle?

After Haman’s death, this issue still poses a threat to Esther, Mordecai and the Jews.

Who appears to be the primary contributor of Proverbs?

How does the doxology apply to the book of Psalms

Who is also known as Hadassah? She's the Jewish niece of Mordechai who becomes the queen.

This man led the 2nd wave of returnees to the Promise Land from babylonian exile.