Key Ideas

Question 1

God created, and creation was good

Answer 1

Genesis

Question 2

Disobedience separated people from God

Answer 2

Genesis

Question 3

God instituted a program of revelation called the covenant

Answer 3

Genesis

Question 4

The supremacy of Yahweh over pagan deities

Answer 4

Exodus

Question 5

The exodus as a redemptive event for ancient Israel

Answer 5

Exodus

Question 6

The Mosaic law as religious and social charter for Israel

Answer 6

Exodus

Question 7

The presence of God symbolized in the tabernacle

Answer 7

Exodus

Question 8

The holiness of God

Answer 8

Leviticus

Question 9

The purity of the covenant community

Answer 9

Leviticus

Question 10

The principle of substitution in the sacrificial ritual

Answer 10

Leviticus

Question 11

The principle of mediation in the service of the priests

Answer 11

Leviticus

Question 12

The redeeming of time by means of the liturgical calendar

Answer 12

Leviticus

Question 13

God’s faithfulness to his covenant promises

Answer 13

Numbers

Question 14

Divine testing of human motives

Answer 14

Numbers

Question 15

God communicating his truth through the medium of culture

Answer 15

Numbers

Question 16

God’s sovereign rule of the nations

Answer 16

Numbers

Question 17

The importance of a central worship place

Answer 17

Deuteronomy

Question 18

The emphasis on the name of God

Answer 18

Deuteronomy

Question 19

The organization of laws reference to the Ten Commandments

Answer 19

Deuteronomy

Question 20

The centrality of loving and obeying the covenant

Answer 20

Deuteronomy

Question 21

Faithfulness of God in fulfilling covenant promises

Answer 21

Joshua

Question 22

The conquest and apportionment of the land

Answer 22

Joshua

Question 23

The important of obedience

Answer 23

Joshua

Question 24

The cycles of the Judges period

Answer 24

Judges

Question 25

God's justice and grace

Answer 25

Judges

Question 26

God's sovereign provision of deliverers

Answer 26

Judges

Question 27

Covenant failure by the people, priests, and tribal leadership

Answer 27

Judges

Question 28

The role of the Spirit of the Lord

Answer 28

Judges

Question 29

God's faithfulness and loyalty stimulated by the people's faithfulness and loyalty to one another

Answer 29

Ruth

Question 30

David's faith shown to be the legacy of his ancestors

Answer 30

Ruth

Question 31

The light of loyalty dispersed during the apostasy of the Judges period

Answer 31

Ruth

Question 32

The concept of a kinsman-redeemer introduced

Answer 32

Ruth

Question 33

The institution of kingship

Answer 33

1-2 Samuel

Question 34

The process toward establishing a covenant with David's line

Answer 34

1-2 Samuel

Question 35

The importance of divine kingship

Answer 35

1-2 Samuel

Question 36

Kingship - good and evil

Answer 36

1-2 Kings

Question 37

The prophetic voice as the royal conscience

Answer 37

1-2 Kings

Question 38

Worship - Yahwism vs. Baalism

Answer 38

1-2 Kings

Question 39

Covenant blessings (repentance and restoration) and curses (judgement and exile)

Answer 39

1-2 Kings

Question 40

The retelling of the past to inspire hope in the present

Answer 40

1-2 Chronicles

Question 41

The reigns of David and Solomon idealized

Answer 41

1-2 Chronicles

Question 42

The centrality of temple worship

Answer 42

1-2 Chronicles

Question 43

The validation of the priests and Levites as community leaders

Answer 43

1-2 Chronicles

Question 44

The physical restoration of the city of Jerusalem

Answer 44

Ezra & Nehemiah

Question 45

Yahweh as a covenant-keeping God

Answer 45

Ezra & Nehemiah

Question 46

Religious and social reform as the aftermath of repentance

Answer 46

Ezra & Nehemiah

Question 47

God is at work even when he is behind the scenes

Answer 47

Esther

Question 48

The schemes of the wicked are doomed

Answer 48

Esther

Question 49

God's plan for his people cannot be thwarted

Answer 49

Esther