Exam #1

Question 1

EVENT: David’s Life

Answer 1

Psalms

Question 2

EVENT: the Assyrian and Babylonian eras

Answer 2

Psalms

Question 3

EVENT: fall of Jerusalem

Answer 3

Psalms

Question 4

EVENT: exile and return to the land

Answer 4

Psalms

Question 5

THEME: God’s gifts of his covenant, law, and wisdom

Answer 5

Psalms

Question 6

THEME: God’s steadfast love and forgiveness

Answer 6

Psalms

Question 7

THEME: God’s faithfulness to Abraham and David

Answer 7

Psalms

Question 8

THEME: praise and lament

Answer 8

Psalms

Question 9

THEME: Job’s righteousness

Answer 9

Job

Question 10

THEME: Satan’s cruelty

Answer 10

Job

Question 11

THEME: the relationship between sin and suffering

Answer 11

Job

Question 12

THEME: God’s rule over creation

Answer 12

Job

Question 13

THEME: search for wisdom on earth

Answer 13

Job

Question 14

THEME: Gaining wisdom through reverence (i.e. fear) for God

Answer 14

Proverbs

Question 15

THEME: value of wisdom and danger of foolishness

Answer 15

Proverbs

Question 16

THEME: value of hard work, kindness, discretion, respect, and honesty

Answer 16

Proverbs

Question 17

THEME: the excitement of physical attraction and the joy of human sexuality

Answer 17

Song of Songs

Question 18

THEME: Search for meaning

Answer 18

Ecclesiastes

Question 19

THEME: fear of the Lord

Answer 19

Ecclesiastes

Question 20

THEME: value of wisdom

Answer 20

Ecclesiastes

Question 21

THEME: enjoyment of God’s good gifts

Answer 21

EcclesiastesE

Question 22

EVENT: rise and fall of the Assyrian and Babylonian Empires

Answer 22

The Twelve

Question 23

EVENT: the fall of Israel and Judah

Answer 23

The Twelve

Question 24

EVENT: the rise of the Persian Empire

Answer 24

The Twelve

Question 25

EVENT: return to the land and rebuilding of the temple

Answer 25

The Twelve

Question 26

THEME: Sin

Answer 26

The Twelve

Question 27

THEME: the coming day of the Lord

Answer 27

The Twelve

Question 28

THEME: Restoration of Israel and Judah

Answer 28

The Twelve

Question 29

THEME: Conversion of the Gentiles

Answer 29

The Twelve

Question 30

THEME: coming Messiah

Answer 30

The Twelve

Question 31

Negative Features of Hebrew Poetry

Answer 31

No rhyme Unlike Western poetry Irregular meter / rhythm Unreliability of syntax

Question 32

Building blocks / positive features of Hebrew poetry

Answer 32

the Line (monadic, dyadic, triadic) Strophe: group of lines arranged together

Question 33

The structuring of lines in a way that exhibits patterns of literary symmetry and balance. The distinguishing feature between poetry and prose.

Answer 33

Parallelism

Question 34

Three types of Hebrew Parallelism

Answer 34

Synonymous (line 1 = line 2) Antithetic (line 1 OPPOSITE line 2) Synthetic (line 2 completes line 1)

Question 35

Types of Semantic Parallelism

Answer 35

Complete (every element in line 1 has a counterpart in line 2) Compensatory (line 2 equal to line 2, but one element dropped out and one added) Chaistic (ABC // CBA) Elliptical (element from line 1 dropped, nothing added to line 2) Antithetical - Line 2 opposite to line 1)

Question 36

Horizontal Revelation, putting godliness into working clothes

Answer 36

Wisdom Literature

Question 37

Hakam / Hokmah

Answer 37

to be wise, or have wisdom

Question 38

Sources of Wisdom Literature

Answer 38

Priests (national, to Israel, teach Torah, maintain God's relationship with YHWH), Prophets (national, speak to Israel, direct revelation to God), Sages (universal, counsel with a focus on kings and young people, recognize wisdom)

Question 39

Keyword of Job

Answer 39

Sovereignty

Question 40

Retribution Principal

Answer 40

Karma. Good things happen to good people. Bad things happen to bad people.

Question 41

Keyword of Psalms

Answer 41

Worship

Question 42

Keyword of Proverbs

Answer 42

Wisdom

Question 43

What passage states the purpose of the Proverbs

Answer 43

Proverbs 1v1-7

Question 44

Keyword of Ecclesiastes

Answer 44

Vanity

Question 45

Hebel

Answer 45

Breath, futility,

Question 46

True or False: Ecclesiastes offers a strong reaction against the Retribution Principle.

Answer 46

True

Question 47

Keyword of Song of Songs

Answer 47

Love

Question 48

What approaches are valid to interpret Song of Songs?

Answer 48

Typological, Didactic, but mostly Literal / Natural

Question 49

Song of Songs is both:

Answer 49

Pedagogical / Eschatological

Question 50

The founding fathers of the prophets

Answer 50

Moses, Samuel, Elijah

Question 51

Designations of the prophets

Answer 51

Seer Servant of the Lord Man of God Messengers of God Visionary Prophet

Question 52

Prophetic Periods

Answer 52

Assyrian (Jonah, Amos, Hosea), Babylonian, Post Exilic

Question 53

Keyword of Jonah

Answer 53

Revival in Nineveh

Question 54

Keyword of Amos

Answer 54

Judgement of Israel

Question 55

What does Amos mean?

Answer 55

Burden

Question 56

Keyword of Hosea

Answer 56

God's Loyal Love for Israel

Question 57

When did Jeroboam II reign?

Answer 57

782-753 BC