Hebrews

Question 1

The theory that the first five books of the bible weren’t written completely by Moses.

Answer 1

Documentary Hypothesis

Question 2

In 589 BC the Judeans rebelled against Nebuchadnezzar and he responded by destroying the temple at Jerusalem and then sent the Judeans into __________, 600 miles away to ______.

Answer 2

exile, Babylon

Question 3

Psalms 137 refers to this: “By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept…” The Judeans decide to fight back by writing a book, the _______; probably written during their exile.

Answer 3

Hebrew Bible

Question 4

The writers of the Hebrew Bible believed they had a sacred mission: explaining ______ the Judeans were in exile and _______they could hope to return to _______.

Answer 4

why, how, Jerusalem

Question 5

Many modern scholars claim that the stories in the bible are not _______ in every detail, and emphasize that the overall function of the stories is _______ edification.

Answer 5

true, moral

Question 6

The lack of archaeological evidence does not prove that __________ was not a person.

Answer 6

Abraham

Question 7

It was Abraham who questioned his father’s ______ and embraced _______, arguing it was _____ who had created the heavens and earth.

Answer 7

polytheism, monotheism, God

Question 8

The Hebrew God is _____, so the _____ is worshipped rather than the _________.

Answer 8

transcendent, creator, creation

Question 9

God’s covenant with Abraham is established in _______in the Bible.

Answer 9

Genesis 12 & 17

Question 10

Abraham’s faith is tested when he is ordered to ______his son _______.

Answer 10

sacrifice, Isaac

Question 11

The story of Abraham illustrates key features of Judaism: turning away from _______ and the notion that we are all _____ and ______.

Answer 11

idolatry, brothers, sisters

Question 12

God’s covenant with Abraham promised that the Hebrews would do well, so why were they on the verge of ___________? They must have done something ____.

Answer 12

extinction, wrong

Question 13

God appeared to _______ in a burning bush and was told he would lead the _________ out of _________ slavery.

Answer 13

Moses, Hebrews, Egyptian

Question 14

To escape the last of the ten plagues, the Hebrews were told to brush ______ over their doors so save their _____; this is the origin of __________.

Answer 14

blood, first born sons, Passover

Question 15

Moses leads the Hebrews in their ______ out of Egypt.

Answer 15

exodus.

Question 16

_____ in the Bible, has Moses on ________, receiving the ______ directly from God.

Answer 16

Exodus 19 & 20, Mount Sanai, Ten Commandments

Question 17

The ________ extended the Covenant, shifting the emphasis from doing things to _____God to how we ________ other ________.

Answer 17

Ten Commandments, please, treat, people

Question 18

Some contemporary scholars argue that the Hebrews were really _______ Canaanites; the ________ of that society who lived on the fringe.

Answer 18

indigenous, underdogs

Question 19

David is depicted as a _________ character at the head of a dysfunctional family.

Answer 19

flawed

Question 20

_______ was the Hebrew King who had replaced ______, despite warnings from God that the Hebrews should not adopt a ________.

Answer 20

Saul, Samuel, monarachy

Question 21

David’s confrontation with _____ stresses the idea that there is something more important then ____power.

Answer 21

Goliath, physical

Question 22

David’s affair with ____ leads to a bungled _____ and murder of ________.

Answer 22

Bathsheba, cover-up, Uriah

Question 23

________ in the Bible details David’s confession after being confronted by _____.

Answer 23

Psalm 51, Nathan

Question 24

David’s story conveys the lesson that no individual is above the ________ and helps to explain why Israel had ______.

Answer 24

law, suffered

Question 25

n 720 BC the ________ conquered the __ Hebrew tribes of the north and they were assimilated into the dominant culture; now only _________ remained.

Answer 25

Asyrians, 10, Judah

Question 26

In 640 BC, King ____ of Judah and the priests in Jerusalem decided to crack down on the ______ in the country side.

Answer 26

Josiah, idolatry

Question 27

Some Hebrews worshipped various gods, including a possible female counterpart to Yahweh known as ______.

Answer 27

Asherah

Question 28

Some modern day scholars argue that the book of _____ was written and _____ in the temple only to be _____ and reassert _____.

Answer 28

Deuteronomy, planted found monotheism

Question 29

After the discovery of ______, _____ could only be worshipped in _______.

Answer 29

Deuteronomy, Yahweh, Jerusalem

Question 30

After King ______ launched an attack on ______ & _______ that _______, the worship of ______, especially ______, reappears

Answer 30

Josiah, Assyria & Egypt, failed, idols, Ashera

Question 31

The prophet ______, inspired by __________, claims that God was so angry with Judean _______ the he decided to send them into __________.

Answer 31

Jeremiah, Deuteronomy, idolatry

Question 32

In 589 BC, __________ attacks and the __________ begins.

Answer 32

Nebuchadnezzar, Babylonian Captivity

Question 33

While in Babylon, the Judeans start living by the ______ which gives them ______ that they will ____ to _________.

Answer 33

Covenant, hope, return, Jerusalem

Question 34

Hebrew beliefs are transformed into the world religion called ________.

Answer 34

Judaism

Question 35

In 550 BC, _______ conquers the _________ and the Jews were allowed to return to ________.

Answer 35

Cyrus, Assyrians, Jerusalem.

Question 36

The legacy of another people who took advantage of Egypt's collapse to found an independent state may have been more ___ that that of the Phoenicians.

Answer 36

Far-reaching

Question 37

Although they were politically unimportant, the ________ created a new form of ________, a __________ .

Answer 37

Hebrews, religious belief, monotheism,

Question 38

The Hebrews worshipped a god they called _________.

Answer 38

Yahweh

Question 39

The Hebrew' religious ideas were written down in the Hebrew ________; Christians now call it the _______.

Answer 39

Bible, Old Testament

Question 40

Early letters and gospels written by Christians became known as the _______.

Answer 40

New Testament

Question 41

The writings in the _______ became the core of the Hebrew's religion ________; The ______ & _______ revere them and the ________ respect them.

Answer 41

Old Testament, Judaism, Jews and Christians, Muslims

Question 42

The textbook claims that the Bible must be used carefully as an ______ source, it also points out that ______ evidence supports many of its _______.

Answer 42

Historical, archaeological, details.

Question 43

The Hebrews were enslaved by the ______, but _____ led them out of Egypt in the _____ century BCE

Answer 43

Egyptians, Moses, 13th

Question 44

The Jews settled in the area between the _________ and _________ river known as _________.

Answer 44

Mediterranean and Jordan, Canaan.

Question 45

At times, the Jews worship and ancient Semitic ______ god known as _____, represented as a ___________.

Answer 45

fertility, Baal, golden calf

Question 46

It was ______ who fought the ___ and established a ____ over the Hebrew tribes around _____ BCE

Answer 46

Saul, Philistines, monarchy, 1025

Question 47

_____ of Bethlehem captured the city of ___ and his son, ____ launched a building program the included the _____ of _____ which contained the ___ of the ___.

Answer 47

David, Jerusalem, Solomon, Temple of Jerusalem, Ark, Covenant

Question 48

In ______ BCE, Judah was crushed by the _____, and many Hebrew were sent in to exile, known as the _____.

Answer 48

587, Babylonians, Babylonian Captivity

Question 49

The _____ king named ________ allowed around 40,000 thousand Hebrew exiles to return to _________.

Answer 49

Persian, Cyrus the Great, Jerusalem

Question 50

The textbook claims that during and after the captivity, the most important Hebrew _____ were edited and brought together in the ________.

Answer 50

texts, Torah

Question 51

The first five books of the bible are known as the _____

Answer 51

Torah

Question 52

The primary motivation of the Torah was to explain ________ they had been sent to _____.

Answer 52

why, exile.

Question 53

The most fundamental concept is the ______, an agreement that people believed to exist between themselves and ________.

Answer 53

Covenant, Yahweh

Question 54

____ appeared to the tribal leader _______ promising him that he would be ____ as would his descendants, if they followed _______.

Answer 54

Yahweh, Abraham, blessed Yahweh

Question 55

From the book ______ we learned the the sign of the ______ was ______.

Answer 55

Genesis 17, covenant, male circumscision

Question 56

Since Judaism, Christianity and Islam all regard this event as ______, they are referred to as the ________ religions.

Answer 56

fundamental, Abrahamic

Question 57

Yahweh appeared to _ as he was leading the Hebrews out of _ and added an _to the ___.

Answer 57

Moses, Egypt, extension, covenant

Question 58

An extension to the covenant with the Hebrews was if they worshipped __ as their only god, he would consider them his __ people and protect them from their ___.

Answer 58

Yahweh, chosen, enemies

Question 59

As Abraham and Moses acted as ____ between Yahweh and the Hebrew people they became known as ______.

Answer 59

intermediaries, phophets

Question 60

The __ required certain kinds of religious ___ and created a system of ___.

Answer 60

Ten Commandments, observances, ethical absolutes

Question 61

Jews engaged in ____ through which they showed their devotion, and it was increasingly understood that they worshiped Yahweh__.

Answer 61

rituals, alone

Question 62

A form of _____ monotheism emerges in which goodness comes from a single ______ god.

Answer 62

ethical, transcendent

Question 63

The Hebrews religious obligations included _ and _ behavior toward other _.

Answer 63

fair, just, people

Question 64

The religion of the Hebrews was addressed to not only the __, bu also the __. And so the rise and fall of the kingdom was not crucial to the religion's __

Answer 64

elites, individuals, continued existence

Question 65

The Assyrians created and empire through brutal military __. Their capital city was __ on the __ River.

Answer 65

conquest, Nineveh, Tigris

Question 66

When the Assyrians were conquered, the Biblical prophet __ wrote "Nineveh is laid: __who will __her?"

Answer 66

Nahum, waste, bemoan

Question 67

The Persian ____ was centered in modern day __, and this area was always a highway between western and eastern _______.

Answer 67

Empire, Iran, Asia

Question 68

In __ BCE, ____ the Great was King of the ______.

Answer 68

550, Cyrus Persians.

Question 69

Cyrus conquered the __ and then won control of the shore of the ____ sea.

Answer 69

Medes, Mediterranean

Question 70

Unlike the Assyrians, Cyrus was more of a __, and he allowed the Hebrews to return from ___ to ___.

Answer 70

statesman, Babylon, Jerusalem

Question 71

Cyrus paid for the rebuilding of the ______ for the Hebrews.

Answer 71

Jewish Temple

Question 72

Cyrus's successors continued the Persian conquest, creating the __ empire.

Answer 72

largest

Question 73

_____, the successor of Cyrus, began to call himself the ____.

Answer 73

Darius, King of Kings

Question 74

The Persian Empire lasted another ______ years until it became part of the empire of ____.

Answer 74

200, Alexander the Great

Question 75

In the realm of Persian religion, around 600 BCE a prophet named _____ authored a collection of sacred texts called the ______. The religion was known as __.

Answer 75

Zoroaster, Avesta, zoroastrianism