RUTH
ESTHER
SONG OF SONGS
PSALMS
HISTORY
100
He marries Ruth after making sure that a man with a closer claim does not want her.
Who is Boaz?
100
The main villain in the book of Esther.
Who is Haman?
100
Inscriptions on rings, embroidery on wedding canopies, and other forms of are are all ways the Song is used at this type of ritual.
What is a Jewish wedding?
100
TRADITIONALLY, the Psalms are attributed to this figure.
Who is King David?
100
This man read the Torah (Pentateuch) out loud to the returned exiles.
Who is Ezra the Scribe?
200
This person was very concerned with finding a good husband for her widowed daughter in law.
Who is Ruth?
200
This woman refused to appear before the king when summoned.
Who is Vashti?
200
Innana and Dumuzi.
What is/are: ancient Mesopotamian deities whose love poetry has parallels to the Song of Songs.
200
We can date Psalm 137, which includes the phrase, "there we wept when we remembered Zion," to this time period.
What is the Babylonian exile?
200
The earliest Dead Sea scrolls are from this century.
What is the second century (100s) BCE?
300
This practice is that of marrying a close relative's widow so that the line will continue.
What is levirate marriage?
300
Haman being hanged on the very gallows he had erected for Mordecai is an example of ...
What is irony? (Or, What is reversal of power?)
300
This fruit is an important fertility symbol in the Song.
What is a pomegranate?
300
In their original use (and in many modern uses as well), psalms were probably used for:
What is singing/songs?
300
539-538 BCE.
What is the year Judeans were permitted to return from Babylon? OR What is the year Cyrus of Persia defeated the Babylonians?
400
Says, "Your people shall be my people; your god, my god."
Who is Ruth?
400
This historical king is sometimes associated with Ahasuerus. (Two possible answers)
Who is Xerxes I? Who is Artaxerxes?
400
A typical allegorical reading of the Song.
What is: The lovers are God and Israel, or, the lovers are Christ and his church.
400
A victory might be celebrated through this type of psalm.
What is a psalm of thanksgiving?
400
The year that the entire Hebrew Bible canonization process was completed.
What is 200 CE?
500
This author compares the experiences of modern immigrant women to the story in Ruth.
Who is Kwok Pui Lan?
500
These people interpreted the book of Esther as an example of both successful acculturation and the threat of destruction by enemies.
Who were medieval Jews?
500
"Dodi li v'ani l'dodi."
What is "My beloved is mine and I am my beloved's"
500
The entire span of Israelite history.
What is the dating of the book of Psalms?
500
The Second Temple was destroyed by this empire.
What is the Roman empire?
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