Pentateuch
The five books of the Pentateuch and their author.
What are Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy.
Who is Moses.
The three kings under which Israel was a United Monarchy.
(Why did the tribes split?)
Who are Saul, David and Solomon.
(The 10 northern tribes refused to submit to Rehoboam, Solomon's son)
The names of the five books of poetry.
What are Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and Song of Solomon.
This Prophet was among the large group of Judeans taken into captivity by the Babylonians.
Who is Ezekiel.
The genres that King Solomon and Isaiah are the key figures for.
What are Poetry and Major Prophets.
The number and names of the plagues God brought on Egypt.
The Israelite King who built a pagan temple for the god Baal, thus causing a drought that lasted several years.
Who is Ahab.
The three types of poetry found in the OT.
(Can you name a book of the Bible where each can be found?)
What are lyrical (acc. by music), didactic (life lesson poems) ,and dramatic (dialogue in poetic form).
(psalms, proverbs/ecclesiastes, job/song of Solomon)
Prophet who preached to the Northern Kingdom of Israel, who were committing idolatry.
(Do you remember the name of the Canaanite deity?)
Who is Elijah.
(Who is Baal).
"What goes around comes around" is the title for this book (hint: found in the minor prophet genre).
What is Obadiah.
The books of Genesis can be split into these four main events and four main people.
What are creation, fall, flood, Babel; Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and Joseph.
The names of the 4 foreign empires that conquered Israel in order (both OT and intertestamental period).
What are Babylon, Persia, Greece, and Rome.
The definition of parallelism.
(Can you tell us one type?)
The five major prophet books.
(Can you recall what each one's purpose was?)
Who are Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentations, Ezekiel, and Daniel.
This is the king responsible for destroying Solomon's temple and initiating the Babylonian captivity.
The Pentateuch ends here geographically and at this moment in history for Israel.
What is East of the Jordan River and during the preparation to conquer Canaan.
The two books that focus on the rebuilding of the temple and the rebuilding of the city walls.
This is the key verse for which book of poetry?
"You asked, 'Who is this who hides counsel without knowledge?' Therefore I have uttered what I did not understand, Things too wonderful for me, which I did not know."
What is Job.
The Locust Invasion of Judah foreshadows this day.
What is the Day of the Lord.
The three books of the OT that took place during the exilic period.
What are Lamentations, Ezekiel, and Daniel.
The five titles of the five books in the Pentateuch.
What are the Book of Beginnings, the Book of Redemption, the Book of Holiness, the Book of Divine Discipline, and the Book of Remembrance.
What are Joshua, Judges, and Ruth.
The definition of occasional acrostics found in the poetry genre.
What is a technique in which each of the 22 letters of the Hebrew alphabet begins a verse or verses. (chiefly used in Psalm 119).
The difference between "forthtelling" and "foretelling" within the prophet genre.
What is:
Forthtelling- exhortations and accounts/advice/urgings.
Foretelling- speaking about future through revelation.
These are the periods of the Old Testament.