Lesson 12

Question 1

What are the five poetic books of the bible?

Answer 1

a. Job
b. Psalms
c. Proverbs
d. Ecclesiastes
e. Song of Solomon

Question 2

What is the purpose of Ecclesiastes?

Answer 2

The purpose of the book is so that you will ask the deeper questions.

Question 3

What is the positive conclusion of Ecclesiastes?

Answer 3

Fear God and keep His commandments

Question 4

What does the Song of Solomon celebrate and demonstrate?

Answer 4

Sexual love and marriage and that this is part of God’s plan.

Question 5

Who wrote the earliest Psalm?

Answer 5

Moses

Question 6

Fill in the appropriate dates below:

a. _ The United Monarchy divided into the Northern Kingdom and Southern Kingdom
b. _ The Assyrians took the Northern tribes into captivity
c. _ The Babylonians destroyed the Temple and took the Southern tribes captive (period of Exile)
d. _ The Persian king, Cyrus, allows the Jews to return to Jerusalem and rebuild their Temple

Answer 6

a. 931 BC
b. 931-722 BC
c. 586 BC
d. 536 BC

Question 7

What do imprecatory psalms reveal?

Answer 7

Emotion of the psalmist

Question 8

The 150-psalm collection was a celebratory way in which the people of God could do what?

Answer 8

Express their emotions, their needs, and their hopes to God.