Ezra-Nehemiah
The two tribes that are necessary for Israel to function & why
Judah & Levi
Kings & Priests
Where does Esther take place?
Persia
Job's Three Friends are called...
The Miserable Comforters
The unique feature of Imprecatory Psalms
Curses
I am the alpha and the omega
The beginning and the end
(1 Pattern, 1 Parallelism)
Merism
Similar
How long did the Exile last?
70 Years
The name not mentioned in Esther even once.
God
Elihu's main point
God's justice should not be questioned
What is "pilgrimage" in context of Israelite culture?
Traveling to Jerusalem to celebrate the annual feasts
Let Justice roll down as waters
and Righteousness as a mighty stream
(2 Figurative Language, 1 Parallelism)
Metaphor (x2)
Similar Parallelism
The sinful problem that Israel dealt with throughout these two books.
The two prophets that encouraged the people to rebuild the temple.
Intermarriage
Haggai & Zechariah
What literary device is used often throughout Esther?
Irony
Why does Job suffer according to the Prologue?
How does the story end according to the Epilogue?
Job's fortunes restored, friends called to repent
The Covenant related to Royal & Wisdom Psalms
Two events Royal psalms may be about
Two books the Wisdom Psalms relate to
Wisdom - Mosaic, Deuteronomy & Proverbs
Royal - Davidic, Coronation & Marriage
Behold, God is my salvation;
I will trust, and will not be afraid;
for the Lord God is my strength and my song,
and he has become my salvation.
(2 Parallelisms, 5 Figurative Language)
Synthetic, Synthetic
Metaphor x5
The three waves of Jews returning to Jerusalem with their leaders & goals.
1. Zerubbabel - Rebuild Temple
2. Ezra - Rebuild Religion
3. Nehemiah - Rebuild Walls
The position Esther had in Persia
The action that caused Mordecai to be honored
The way Haman dies
Queen
Reported an assassination plot
Impaled on his own gallows
The Retribution Principle is...
God punishes wrongdoing
God blesses righteous living
(in this life)
Explain three pictures of Christ found in the Messianic Psalms
- Greater King than David (Ps. 2)
- Greater Man than Adam (Ps. 8)
- Greater Priest than Levi (Ps. 110)
- Greater Lord than David (Ps. 110)
- Greater Sufferer than David (Ps. 22)
- Greater Resurrection than David (Ps. 16)
The voice of the Lord is over the waters;
the God of glory thunders,
The voice of the Lord flashes forth flames of fire.
The voice of the Lord shakes the wilderness;
(2 Parallelisms, 2 Figurative Language)
Synthetic (x2)
Anthropomorphism
Implied Metaphor (Thunder Storm)
All of the OT Eras (600 pts)
Creation - Genesis 1-2
Fall - Genesis 3-11
Patriarchs - Genesis 12-50
Slavery - Exodus 1-12
Wandering - Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deut.
Conquest - Joshua, Judges, Ruth
Kingdom - 1-2 Samuel, 1 Chronicles
Division - 1-2 Kings, 2 Chronicles
Destruction of Ephraim - 2Kings, 2 Chronicles
Exile of Judah - 2 Kings, 2 Chronicles
Remnant - Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther
The feast that came from the events of the book and where it got its name
Purim
Haman rolled die (purim) to decide when to kill the Persian Jews.
The 4 questions God asks of Job
Who controls and organizes this world?
Can you find fault?
Can you control the chaos?
The Categories, Genres, & Parts of the Psalms learned in class.
Need: Lament, Penitential, Imprecatory
Plea, Description, Confidence, Vow/Curses
Worship: Praise, Thanksgiving
Invitation, Reasons, Blessing
Covenant: Wisdom & Royal
For he wounds, but he binds up;
he shatters, but his hands heal.
He will deliver you from six troubles;
in seven no evil shall touch you.
(2 Parallelisms, 2 Pattern, 1 Figurative Language)
Similar, Similar
x, x+1, Chiasm
Anthropomorphism