Theology
The guiding agreement of the people of Israel
What is a Covenant?
These Old Testament figures speak on behalf of the Lord
Who are the prophets?
The hill of Jerusalem where it gets its other name.
What is Zion?
In the days when the judges ruled there was a famine in the land, and a man of Bethlehem in Judah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he and his wife and his two sons.
What is Ruth?
Used throughout Ecclesiastes, hevel often refers to this major theme of the book.
What is vanity or meaninglessness?
The persistent (theological) danger of the nations surrounding Israel and Judah.
This Old Testament prophet cursed a bunch of kids resulting in two bears mauling them all.
Who is Elisha?
The river that Joshua led the people of Israel through before they entered the promised land.
What is the Jordan river?
I am a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valleys.
What is Song of Songs?
In the conquest of the Promised Land, the Lord declares things herem, indicating this unfortunate fate.
What is destruction?
The shema reflects this key concept about the nature of God.
What is the "oneness" of God.
These figures might also be considered "chieftains" but are traditionally known by this other title.
Who are the Judges?
These places were often missed by kings who purged Israel of idolatry
What are the High Places?
Then rose up the heads of the fathers’ houses of Judah and Benjamin, and the priests and the Levites, everyone whose spirit God had stirred to go up to rebuild the house of the LORD that is in Jerusalem.
What is Ezra?
Though a highly metaphorical term, nephesh originally referred to this part of the body.
What is the throat
This, according to Proverbs, is the beginning of wisdom and understanding.
What is the fear of the Lord?
A king from one of the surrounding nations who has an inscription named after him.
Who is Mesha (of Moab)
The city outside Israel where Elijah meets a woman who still trusts in the Lord.
What is Zarephath?
Is there any injustice on my tongue? Cannot my palate discern the cause of calamity?
What is Job?
Behaviors that are to'eba.
The theological concept and attribute for how God waits to bring judgments down upon people.
What is Long-Suffering?
This king of Assyria laid seige to Jerusalem only to be killed by his own sons upon returning home to worship in the temple of his god.
Who was Sennacherib?
Jeroboam set up golden calves in these cities so the northern kingdom wouldn't go to Jerusalem to worship.
What are Bethel and Dan?
My heart exults in the LORD; my horn is exalted in the LORD. My mouth derides my enemies, because I rejoice in your salvation.
What is 1 Samuel?
Ruth ends up with a go'el.
What is a Redeemer or Kinsman-Redeemer?