Bible Exam 2

What term describes Jewish people who lived outside of Palestine/Israel?

For which of the following actions was Antiochus IV Epiphanes not responsible?

Which of the following do the Israelites do upon entering Canaan?

What are the two major categories of sin that the Latter Prophets address?

What are the two most common types of Psalms?

Which empire succeeded the Babylonian Empire?

Which language became a universal language in the regions of the world Alexander the Great conquered?

The Book of Daniel is the primary example of what kind of literature in the Hebrew Bible?

A Synonymous parallelism is when

What loss after the fall of Jerusalem ended the sacrificial system of Israel?

Which are the following are actions of Solomon during his reign?

. In the books of 1-2 Kings, who are the primary advocates for covenant loyalty?

Which prophet was among the first taken to Babylon in 597 BC?

Which prophetic book employs an extended marriage metaphor?

Which book of the Latter Prophets questions the justice of God in allowing evil to continue?

What year did Romans destroy the temple in Jerusalem an event that permanently altered the future trajectory of Judaism?

Which of Israel’s kings conquered Jerusalem and moved the ark of the covenant there?

Which book of the Megilloth makes clear that the people of God includes even non-Israelites?

What was the first battle that the Israelites fought upon entering the land?

In what year did Jerusalem fall to the Babylonians?

Which empire came after the Assyrian, Babylonian and Persian?

Which nation defeated Assyria and became the supreme power in the Ancient Near East?

Who was the Moabite woman who became the great-grandmother of King David?

Which biblical figure is associated with wisdom literature?

Which of the following describes classic prophecy?

Which of the following is a proverb?

What relates to the period of Israelite history following the return from the Babylonian exile?

What was the purpose of the prophetic oracles?

Within the books of 1-2 Kings, each king’s faithfulness is judged based upon

A Psalm is

.Who was commonly referred to as the “savior” of the Roman civilization?

Which king in 538 BC allowed the return of Israel to their land?

The last major division of the Hebrew Bible is The Writings. The following are some of the books in The Writings:

What was Samuel’s role in Israel?

What event does the book of Lamentations lament?

What does the Hebrew title of Psalms mean?

in those days there was no king in Israel, all the people did what was right in their own eyes

Which prophetic book differs from the others, contains a story about the prophet rather than the sermons of the prophet?

What does the Hebrew term “the satan” mean?

Which of the following is not one of designated Wisdom books in the Old Testament?

The Septuagint is

Why did the people of Judah not believe Jerusalem would fall to the Babylonians?

What nation conquered Israel in 722/721 B.C.

Syncretism is

The following is a compact, memorable, applicable teaching about life

Which of the following books of the Bible is not in the Megilloth?

Which son of Solomon became the first king of Judah after the division of the kingdom?

Most interpreters understand the book of Daniel to be a reaction to whose reign?

Who succeeds Moses as the leader of Israel