Quizbowl Books of the Bible I

Title character replaces Vashti

Esther

Only book to not explicitly say God

Esther

Assassination attempt by guards named Bigthan and Teresh

Esther

land of Uz

Job

“By the skin of my teeth”

Job

Subject of the Moralia

Job

“the ear tastes arguments like the palate tastes food”

Job

“My cup runneth over”

Psalms

“The Lord is my shepherd”

Psalms

Mizmor denotes parts to be sung

Psalms

Partly attributed to Asaph

Psalms

Written during reign of Antiochus IV

Daniel

Darius the Mede

Daniel

Set during Babylonian Exile

Daniel

Lion’s den

Daniel

corrupt priests of Bel eating offerings

Daniel

Trio unharmed by furnace

Daniel

Stone striking feet of a statue

Daniel

construction of New Jerusalem

Revelation

Four Horsemen

Revelation

Opens with a letter to the seven churches of Asia

Revelation

“I am the Alpha and the Omega”

Revelation

“great, high wall” with twelve jewel-adorned gates

Revelation

son sent to the Land of Nod

Genesis

Man spends 14 years working for Laban

Genesis

King of Shinarand

Genesis

Priest Melchizedek

Genesis

Character dressed in goatskins to fool father into blessing him

Genesis

“Walks through the valley of the shadow of death”

Psalms

22-line acrostics

Psalms

“Songs of Ascent”

Psalms

Also called the Tehillim

Psalms