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Most of the history in the OT occured in which region of Palestine?
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Central Hill Country
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Which of the following is NOT one of the issues one must take into account when committed to reading scripture at face value?
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The particular translation a person is using to study the bible.
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Who was known for having a talking donkey?
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Balaam
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Lex Talionus was what?
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Law of retaliation
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This festival was thought to have originated as a shepherds festival
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Passover
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This patriarch was sold into slavery and carried off to Egypt
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Joseph
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What was the purpose of the burning bush?
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To get Moses' attention
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These two spies encouraged Israel to be faithful and obedient to God and He would give them the Promised Land
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Joshua and Caleb
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The Sinai covenant was an example of which kind of Ancient Near East covenant?
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Suzerainty
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Which of the following is NOT true about plotline?
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Traces the content
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Egypt was overrun by which power at the end of the Thirteenth Dynasty?
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Hyksos
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Mythology in the ancient world served the same function as what in our modern world?
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Science
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Each year, Israel remembers God's rescue of them from Egypt by celebratinga festival called what?
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passover
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The four main geographic regions of Palestine do NOT include what?
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Fertile crescent
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God's promise to Abraham included all of the following EXCPET
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title to his father's homeland
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The wealth of patriarchs was measured in all of the following was EXCEPT
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daughters
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Which of the books of the Pentateuch are most closely bound in style, subject, and perspective?
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Exodus, Levitcus, and Numbers
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This book contains Moses' last words
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Deuteronomy
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The uneasy balance of power between the four cities of Larsa, Mari, Assur, and Babylon was seen clearly during the
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Middle Bronze Age
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In the biblical world, the most important aspect of creation was that God
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Brought order from disorder
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Which of the following values/perspectives is NOT typical of the Ancient Near East?
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See the parts
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Yom Kippur refers to what?
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Day of Atonement
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Which of the following values/perspectives is NOT typical of the modern west?
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Status is ascribed
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"Allowing widows and orphans to work behind the harvesters picking up grain they can use to feed themselves" describes what?
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Gleaning
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Describing God in human terms is referred to as describing God using what kind of language?
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Anthropomorphic
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The kind of law that is stated as absolutes and allows for no contradictions is called what?
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apodictic
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The lowest sea on Earth is the
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Dead Sea
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Which of the following is NOT an expression of God's grace following the fall?
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The woman will experience pain in childbirth
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What is the multi-source theory of the Pentateuch called?
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Documentary Hypothesis
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Theological points of creation in Genesis 1 do NOT include
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Watery chaos replaced by desert wastelannd
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The two OT books in which we find the Ten Commandments are
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Exodus and Deuteronomy
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This individual sold his birthright for a bowl of stew
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Esau
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The translation of the OT made in pre-Christian times for Greek-speaking Jews living outside of Palestine is known as the
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Septuagint
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When Moses asked God to give his name, how did God repond?
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YHWH
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A flood story from the Ancient Near East is found in
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The Atrahasis Epic
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Aspects of the patriarchal stories include all of the following EXCEPT
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wives have many children
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What term refers to the study of the physical remnants of earlier civilizations in order to lean about the culture, religion, etc., of those civilizations?
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Archeology
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What was the Eden Problem?
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Sin
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The story line of the Pentateuch is
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The fulfillment of God's promises to Abraham
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Sargon I Established his capital at
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Akkad
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Which of the following was NOT a major goal of the collections of law in Ancient Near East cultures?
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Tell the people how to live
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The Holy place did NOT contain
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Ark of the Covenant
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The birthright carried all of the following EXCEPT
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The right to circumcise all of the male children
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The typical method of carrying out capital punishment in Israel was
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Stoning
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The archives at this site provide extensive historical information for the period of Hammurabi
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Mari
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This man's name means father of many
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Abraham
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The term for creation out of nothing is
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creatio ex nihilo
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Use of distinctive phrases; emphasizes one temple and a pure cult; one God, one people, one cult." describe the theology and style of which one of the sources supposedly used in writing the first five books of the Pentateuch?
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Deuteronomic
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The patriarch who receives the least attention is
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Isaac
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The Ur III period came to a close as the last king of Ur was overthrown by the
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Elamites
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The holiness mandate calls for
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lifestyle rather than method
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"You shall not make for yourself an idol," might best be communicated today by saying
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You shall not think of me as having needs that I am dependent on you to supply
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What was the need expressed at the end of the book of Judges
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a king
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After this Israelite king died the nation of Israel split into two smaller kingdoms, Israel in the North and Judah in the South. Who was this king?
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Solomon
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Elements of the ban included all of the following EXCEPT
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All families would sacrifice their firstborn son to ensure victory
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This judge vowed to sacrifice the first thing that came out of his house when he returned home is God would give him victory
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Jephthah
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The Hebrew word Meshiach means
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Anointed one
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How did Saul die
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He committed suicide
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The Syro-Palestine corridor played a large role in the transition from the late Bronze Period to the Iron Age because
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It controlled the trade routes
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What was seen as securing Israel's possession and guaranteeing God's blessing?
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The temple
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All of the following are reason for Saul's downfall EXCEPT
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He took credit for defeating Edom
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One of Judah's greatest assets as a nation was
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the Davidic monarchy
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The Philistines were probably the major oppressor of Israel during the period of the judges. What "secret" did they possess?
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the ability to smelt iron
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Which of the following statements is true?
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The God of the OT is both a God of love and a God of judgment
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Jerusalem was a good choice for a capital city for all of the reasons EXCEPT
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God had instructed Abraham that Jerusalem was to be the capital
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The textbook says that the exile showed to Israel all of the following about the character of Yahweh EXCEPT
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God sometimes used tough love with His people
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Which of the following is NOT true about Amnon?
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That he led a rebellion against David
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Which Jewish holiday is explained in the book of Esther?
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Feast of Purim
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The central idea in the book of Genesis is
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Promise
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Nathan was
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The prophet who condemned David
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The term for prophet (navi or nabi) refers to
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one who speaks for God
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What form of government foes the Bible endorse as the norm to be followed
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The Bible doesn't endorse any specific form of government
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What was the primary function of the individuals known as the judges
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military leadership
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We as Christians should respond to the horrific and personal tragedies that happen around us in all of the following ways EXCEPT
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recognize that it is futile to try to overcome them
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How many primary categories of miracles does the textbook suggest are evident in the OT
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7
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Which was one of the major tasks of Nehemiah
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rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem
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The most sacred relic that the Israelites possessed was
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the Ark of the Covenant
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The book of Joshua concludes with
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a covenant renewal ceremony at Shechem
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To show the failure of the Israelites to keep their part of the covenant is the purpose of
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Judges
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What addresses the Babel problem
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the covenant in the OT
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The typical house in the time of Jacob had how many rooms
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4
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One of the most successful kings in history, ruled the Babylonian Empire from 605-562 BC, and distinguished himself in both military matters and domestic undertakings
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Nebuchadnezzar
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The man known as the father of Judaism was
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Ezra
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How many books in the OT are classified as historical literature?
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12
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Approximately how many years passed between the story of Joseph and the beginning of the Exodus story?
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400
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The only woman judge of Israel was
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Deborah
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The time to which OT prophets spoke was
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their present
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Israel fell to the Assyrians and Judah to the Babylonians because
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Yahweh was judging His people
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The historical literature of the OT covers a period of about
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1000 years
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The name Elielech means what?
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My God is king
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Sauel's three jobs included all of the following EXCEPT
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king
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Why did Elimelech take his family to Moab
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a famine struck their home region
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The Persian Empire was eventually overtaken by
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Alexander the Great
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Perhaps the most pointed OT passage for addressing tolerance and pluralism is found in
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Deuteronomy 13
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"Science and theology say different thins about the same things" describes which view?
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Complementarity
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The first city captured by Israel after entering Canaan was
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Jericho
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"Even one under the judgment of God who responds in faith will be spared" is shown by the response of
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Rahab in Joshua 2
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What was one of the two acts Israel did before attacking Palestine
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celebrated passover
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The religious symbol of the northern kingdom was
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Golden calf
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Most interpreters agree that the Tower of Babel was a ziggurat. Where were ziggurats typically built?
Definition
Alongside a temple
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An approach in which the fulfillment of prophecy serves as evidence of the divine authority of Scripture and the deity of Christ is
Definition
Apologetics
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Eschatology is the study of
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end times or last days
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The psalmist often expects his deliverance to come
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in the morning
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The belief that what a person does returns to him/her is
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retribution
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Sins reproved by Malachi include all of the following EXCEPT
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failure to rebuild temple
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Job lived in
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Uz
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Job's three friends do NOT include
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Teman
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Which prophet is known as the weeping prophet?
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Jeremiah
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The "patron" of wisdom in the OT was
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Solomon
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This literary feature arranges words so that a second line of poetry inverts the order of the first line
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Chiasm
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What is the primary theme of the book of Job?
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The search for disinterested righteousness
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Who does the Talmud suggest wrote the book of Chronicles?
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Ezra
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The most expansive development of the theme of Yahweh's deliverance is found in the book of
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Isaiah
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The watershed event that demonstrated the sovereign power of God to deliver His people from their enemies was the
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Assyrian siege of Jerusalem in the time of Hezekiah
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Our primary example of apocalyptic literature in the OT is
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Daniel
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What name has Jewish tradition given the prophetic collection known in the Protestant canon as "the minor prophets?"
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The book of twelve
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The backdrop of Isaiah's ministry included
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the rise of Assyria
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"My God, my God, why hast Thou forsaken me?' is the beginning of Psalm 22. This psalm is an example of which kind of psalm?
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Lament
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Which of these themes is NOT prominent among wisdom literature?
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the best way to learn
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All of the following were major prophets EXCEPT
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Hosea
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The Canaanite deity who was believed to control weather and fertility was
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Ba'al
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Who of the following is NOT mentioned as an author of Psalms?
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Joshua
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The returning exiles faced all of the following problems EXCEPT
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results of a broken treaty between Judah and Egypt
Term
What term refers to short sentence founded upon long experience containing a truth?
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proverb
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Haggai and Zechariah were concerned about
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rebuilding the temple
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The message that God's plan is going forward and cannot be thwarted is typically found in which kind of oracle?
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Aftermath
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Who is the author of the greatest number of psalms?
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David
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The Israelites believed the temple would shelter them for all of the reasons EXCEPT
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God had promised Isaiah that He would never allow anything to happen to the temple or to His people
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The wisdom books of the OT do NOT include
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Sirach
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The retribution principle begins with the premise that
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God is just
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All of the following are part of the historical background of Amos' ministry EXCEPT he prophesied
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When Israel was dominated by the Babylonians and reduced to poverty
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The 150 psalms are arranged in how many books?
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5
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Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of theological wisdom?
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was exclusively Israeite
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What is the purpose of the book of Isaiah
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the trustworthiness of the Lord
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Hosea compared Israel to a
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harlot
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What does the textbook suggest is the beginning or foundation of wisdom?
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fear the Lord
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The Israelites knew the expectations that God had of the because of the
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law
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The first of the writing prophets was
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Amos
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Which of the following scriptures does NOT demonstrate that fulfillment can be narrower or more defined than necessary or anticipated?
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Haggai 2:21-23
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Who does the Talmud suggest wrote the book of Job
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Moses
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As far as we can tell, Isaiah was from
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Jerusalem
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When Isaiah was called to be a prophet, he was
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in the temple
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All of the following are true of the epilogue of the book of Job EXCEPT
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the Satan question is finally answered
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Because of the "question and answer" approach Malachi takes, he has been compared to
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Socrates
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The Immanuel prophecy was spoken in conjunction with
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the Syro-Ephraimitic crisis
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What did the name of Hosea's son Jezreel mean for Israel?
Definition
God would sow destruction in Israel
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Which book contains the famous temple sermon?
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Jeremiah
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What is the purpose of the book of Jeremiah?
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to call the people of Judah back to faithful dependence on the Lord
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When we read the prophets, which of the following is NOT one of our primary questions?
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Whether we are guilty of the same sins
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Daniel was a contemporary of
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Jeremiah and Ezekial
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