Unit Test (4)

Question 1

Samson

Answer 1

lost his special power when he revealed the secret of his strength

Question 2

Ehud

Answer 2

left-handed judge who killed the Moabite king Eglon

Question 3

Jephthah

Answer 3

sacrificed his own daughter after making a vow to YHWH

Question 4

Gideon

Answer 4

refused to be king of the Israelites

Question 5

Deborah

Answer 5

judge who fought (with Barak) against Sisera; a song named for this judge is one of the oldest parts of the Bible

Question 6

Code of Hammurapi

Answer 6

consisted of civil and criminal laws; example of ancient Near Eastern codes

Question 7

Covenant Code

Answer 7

contained in Exodus; probably the oldest Israelite code

Question 8

Holiness Code

Answer 8

contained in Leviticus 17-26

Question 9

Deuteronomic Code

Answer 9

core of the book of Deuteronomy (chapters 12-26)

Question 10

Priestly Code

Answer 10

found in last part of Exodus, entire book of Leviticus, and first part of Numbers

Question 11

tabernacle

Answer 11

portable tent shrine that served as God’s place of residence among his people

Question 12

ban (cherem)

Answer 12

idea that something should be “devoted to destruction,” i.e., separated for Yahweh as exclusively his

Question 13

Shema

Answer 13

from Hebrew meaning “hear”; the Deut 6:4 text that became a kind of creed recited daily

Question 14

Ritual Decalogue

Answer 14

found in Exodus 34; concerned with worship practices

Question 15

syncretism

Answer 15

a blending of religions; for example, the Israelites were warned against blending Yahwism and Baalism

Question 16

Baal

Answer 16

Canaanite god of the storm

Question 17

Ritual Decalogue

Answer 17

contained in Exodus 34

Question 18

Ethical Decalogue

Answer 18

contained in Exodus 20; similar to Deuteronomy 5

Question 19

shalom

Answer 19

according to Bandstra, “the Hebrew notion of complete blessing”

Question 20

Primary History

Answer 20

comprised of the Torah and Former Prophets together

Question 21

Shechem

Answer 21

site of covenant renewal under Joshua’s leadership

Question 22

anointed one

Answer 22

designated to be king

Question 23

pesach

Answer 23

Passover

Question 24

mashiach

Answer 24

anointed one

Question 25

navi'

Answer 25

prophet

Question 26

kashrut

Answer 26

rules for determining what is clean and unclean

Question 27

515 BCE

Answer 27

rebuilt Temple in Jerusalem dedicated

Question 28

538 BCE

Answer 28

Cyrus allows captives in Babylon to return to their homeland

Question 29

612 BCE

Answer 29

Nineveh destroyed by Babylonians

Question 30

597 BCE

Answer 30

Jerusalem captured but not destroyed by Babylonians; first exile

Question 31

Chronicler's History

Answer 31

Ezra, Nehemiah, Chronicles

Question 32

Second Temple Judaism

Answer 32

515 BCE - 70 CE

Question 33

Exile

Answer 33

marks the beginning of Judaism

Question 34

Book of the Twelve

Answer 34

spans an historical range of some 400 years, including the Assyrian, Babylonian, and Persian periods

Question 35

Josiah

Answer 35

reformer king killed in battle against Egyptians in 609 BCE; known for his Deuteronomic reform

Question 36

Jehoiakim

Answer 36

placed on the throne of Judah in 609 BCE by Pharaoh Neco of Egypt; died just before Jerusalem was captured in 597 by the Babylonians

Question 37

Zerubbabel

Answer 37

grandson of Jehoiachin; led second group to return from exile; began rebuilding of temple; Haggai thought he might be the messiah who would restore the Davidic dynasty

Question 38

Cyrus

Answer 38

allowed the Jews to return to Jerusalem after the capture of Babylon

Question 39

Zedekiah

Answer 39

placed on the throne of Judah by the Babylonians following the fall of Jerusalem in 597 BCE; later rebelled, resulting in Jerusalem's destruction; was last king of Judah

Question 40

Jehoiachin

Answer 40

called "Coniah" by Jeremiah; became king just before the fall of Jerusalem in 597 BCE; captured and taken into captivity

Question 41

Ezekiel

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illustrated his sermons by doing things such as making a clay model of Jerusalem, laying on his side for an extended period, eating a scroll, and shaving his head

Question 42

Hosea

Answer 42

told to "take for yourself a promiscuous woman and have children of promiscuity"

Question 43

Who is the king rebuked by Isaiah in the last chapter of First Isaiah?

Answer 43

Hezekiah

Question 44

What is the name of a priest taken to Babylon in the first deportation of 597 BCE, who received his call to be a prophet in Babylon and exercised his entire prophetic ministry while in exile in Babylon?

Answer 44

Ezekiel

Question 45

Which book does Bandstra say has 3 distinguishable characters: a male lover, a female lover, and “an independent group of observers called the daughters of Jerusalem”?

Answer 45

Song of Songs

Question 46

Bandstra says the Deuteronomic historian has a bias against the kings of:

Answer 46

Israel

Question 47

Solomon had about 700 wives and 300 concubines.

Answer 47

True

Question 48

Which book is an example of wisdom literature?

Answer 48

Proverbs

Question 49

According to many scholars, Third Isaiah was probably written

Answer 49

in Jerusalem, after the exile

Question 50

Who arranged for Naboth's execution on false charges, and was later thrown out of a window in a subsequent revolt?

Answer 50

Jezebel