Fina Exam

Question 1

Why did the family of Elimelach go to Moab?

Answer 1

There was a famine

Question 2

What does Bethlehem mean?

Answer 2

House of bread

Question 3

What is the name of Naomi’s other daughter-in-law?

Answer 3

Orpah

Question 4

What are the names of Orpah and Ruth’s husbands?

Answer 4

Mahlon and Chilion

Question 5

Why does Naomi tell Orpah and Ruth to go back to their mothers?

Answer 5

Because without a husband, they are vulnerable and will be more vulnerable as foreigners is Israel

Question 6

Where do Naomi and Ruth return?

Answer 6

Bethlehem

Question 7

Ruth starts by saying that it is during the time of _______. But the story most likely was written _________.

Answer 7

Judges/ Persian Period/ Post 539 BCE

Question 8

What is notable about the meetings and departures in the story of Ruth?

Answer 8

They are filled with blessings

Question 9

When do Ruth and Naomi arrive in Bethlehem?

Answer 9

At the start of the barley harvest

Question 10

What does the Torah say about harvesting the fields?

Answer 10

In the Torah there is a regulation that says when you harvest your fields you are not to go back over them and you are not to glean them to the edge. You are to leave this for the poor.

Question 11

What is the point of hesed?

Answer 11

When a community is entirely faithful to the Torah, community works

Question 12

Name the collections of the psalms

Answer 12

Heman
Solomon
Moses
Jeduthun
Ethan
Korahites
Asaph

Question 13

How many superscriptions are to David in the psalms?

Answer 13

73

Question 14

How are the five books divided?

Answer 14

1-41, 42-72, 73-89, 90-106, 107-150

Question 15

Each book ends with __________.

Answer 15

A doxology