In this year, the Babylonians invaded Judah and destroyed the First Temple in Jerusalem.
What is 587 BCE?
100
__________ literature is focused on human existence and, often, its relationship to the divine.
What is Wisdom?
100
This prophet ended up in exile in Egypt.
Who is Jeremiah?
100
Look, just eat, drink, and be merry - because we are all going to die, says the book of _______.
What is Ecclesiastes?
100
King George and the Ducky fails to mention these two big sins committed by (or aided by) David.
What adultery and murder?
200
In this year, the United Kingdom of David and Solomon split into the Northern Kingdom of Israel and the Southern Kingdom of Judah.
What is 922 BCE?
200
This kind of literature probably derived from homes, schools, and the royal court, and consists of short aphorisms or saying that instruct one how to live wisely.
What are Proverbs?
200
TRUE OR FALSE: There are female prophets in the Bible.
What is TRUE?
200
True or False: The Bible borrows wisdom literature from other cultures, including Egypt.
What is True?
200
This word means "unveiling" or "revelation."
What is apocalypse?
300
In this year, King Cyrus came to power and allowed the exiled Judeans to return home.
What is 539 BCE?
300
This book is an example of a diasporic literature and contains named angels and demons, examples of magic medicinal practices, and a man who goes blind.
What is the book of Tobit?
300
The word "prophet" and the word "prophesy" come from a Greek word that means _____________.
What is "to speak forth for another"?
300
According to book of Proverbs, what is the relationship between what you do and what happens to you?
What is good things happen to good people, bad things happen to bad people?
300
This word literally means "the Adversary."
What is Ha-Satan?
400
In this year, Alexander the Great conquered Palestine.
What is 333 BCE?
400
From the Greek words for "god" + "justice," this kind of literature is an attempt to resolve the evidential problem of evil by reconciling the traditional divine characteristics of omnibenevolence, omnipotence, and omniscience with the occurrence of evil or suffering in the world.
What is a theodicy?
400
Three is the number of prophets (or prophets + schools) associated with this biblical book.
What is the book of Isaiah?
400
"Where were you when I created the world?" comes from what biblical book and is the answer to what question?
What is Job and it is the answer to Job's complaint against God for all of the horrible things that have happened to him.
400
This word means "many voices."
What is polyvocality?
500
Between these years, the Second Temple was constructed/finished.
What is 520-515 BCE?
500
In this kind of prophetic text, a prophet acts out a message. For instance, Hosea names his kids after Israel's current relationship status with Yhwh (Lo-ruhamah ["not pitied"] and Lo-ammi ["not my people"]).
What is a symbolic action?
500
True or False: In the Bible, the prophetic books are useful for predicting far off events.
What is FALSE?
500
According to the book of Proverbs, this is the first step to wisdom.
What is the Fear of the LORD?
500
The book of Daniel was written as resistance literature against this Greek emperor, often called the "Little Horn" (even though it is set in the Babylonian period for literary and thematic reasons!).