Canon
The title for the third division of the Tanak.
What is the Ketuvim (or Kethubim) or the Writings?
A dream-interpreter and seer who was given the name Belteshazzar in Babylon.
Who is Daniel?
The figure of speech that is a direct comparison, as in the expression, "The LORD is my shepherd."
What is metaphor?
The Hymnbook of the People of God.
What is the book of Psalms?
According to the Chronicler, the purpose of this king's reign was the construction of the (first) temple.
Who is King Solomon?
The title given to five books (Ruth, Song of Songs, Ecclesiastes, Lamentations, and Esther) that are read during Jewish festivals.
What is/are the Megilloth?
Her cousin told her that her royal position may be providential ("for such a time as this") to deliver the Jewish people from destruction.
Who is Esther?
The type of Hebrew parallelism exemplified in Proverbs 20:1: "Wine is a mocker, beer is a brawler."
What is synonymous parallelism?
Wisdom 101 (Basic Principles of Wisdom), containing some extended teaching and 915 pithy sayings.
What is the book of Proverbs?
An important event during the reign of this king of Judah--namely, the celebration of the Passover--is recounted in Chronicles but not in Kings.
Who is Hezekiah?
The first and largest book in the Ketuvim.
What is the book of Psalms?
A foreigner whose covenant loyalty to her Judahite family is exemplary.
Who is Ruth?
An example of it is Psalm 119, containing 22 stanzas, with all the lines of each stanza beginning with one of the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet.
What is an acrostic poem?
Features the word hevel ("breath" or "wind"), a metaphor for "meaningless."
What is the book of Ecclesiastes?
The book of Chronicles begins with nine chapters of genealogies, starting with Adam, and ends with this king's edict allowing Jews to return to Jerusalem to rebuild the temple.
Who is Cyrus the Great (or Cyrus II)?
The book in the Ketuvim that is written in both Hebrew and Aramaic.
What is the book of Daniel?
A chief priest and scribe who reinstituted the Mosaic Law and religious reforms in postexilic Judah.
Who is Ezra?
A genre of literature, as in Daniel, with a narrative framework in which YHWH discloses divine realities via an otherworldly messenger (angel) to a human recipient, often using visions with symbolism and fantastic imagery.
What is an apocalypse?
A book about suffering and theodicy.
What is the book of Job?
Unlike the book of Kings, Chronicles recounts that this wicked king of Judah was penitent during his captivity in Babylon and returned to Judah to undertake reconstruction projects and religious reform.
Who is Manasseh?
The last book in the Hebrew canon.
What is the book of Chronicles?
The cupbearer to King Artaxerxes who was crucially instrumental to the rebuilding of Jerusalem's walls.
What is Nehemiah?
Words that sound like what they describe, such as “Woe” (Heb. oy), “thunder” (Heb. ra’am), or horses’ hoofbeats (Heb. daharot daharot).
What is onomatopoeia?
A celebration of marital intimacy, this book is sometimes called "Canticles."
What is the Song of Songs?
The high priest Joshua and this governor of Judah were postexilic figures who overcame challenges to get the Jerusalem temple rebuilt.
Who is Zerubbabel?