Finale Old Testament Unit Test.

Historical Books

The section of the Bible that contains the stories of the judges and kings

• Military leaders

• Settled disputes between the 12 tribes

• Reminded people of their covenant with God

The three main roles the judges had.

First common pattern

The Israelites did what was evil in the sight of the Lord.

Second common pattern

-Step two: The Israelites were conquered by an enemy.

Third common pattern

-Step three: God chose a judge to lead the people in their time of trouble

Judges were not powerful enough to unite the twelve tribes

why the Israelites wanted judges rather than kings

Invaders ( philistines) were threatening their existence.

why the Israelites switched from judges to kings.

Israel splits in two (Israel and Judah) making the Israelites more vulnerable.

Consequence of Solomon’s lack of faithfulness to God.

Joshua.

was the first judge. He led the Israelites into the Promised Land and is most famous for leading the Israelites in the Battle of Jericho.

Deborah

helped protect the Israelites from the Canaanites

Two roles of a prophet

prophets should be spokes person for God. Judges should bring back Israelites to the covenant.

Romans

rulers of Israel during Jesus time

Hebrews, Israelites, Jewish

The three names for the people who believed in one God

Canaan, Promised Land, Israel.

three names for the land God gave to Abraham

Babylonians

group that forced Israel into exile.

Ecclesiastes.

The speaker, Qoheleth, questions why reward and punishment don’t happen during our lifetimes.

Job

This book deals with the question of why good people suffer.

Ben Sira

This books is an effort by a grandson to preserve the wisdom of his grandfather.

Psalms

This book is commonly used during Catholic Mass and in Catholic songs.

Job

This book makes clear suffering is NOT punishment from God.

Song of Songs

This book of poetry celebrates sexuality as a gift from God.

Proverbs

Several times wisdom is portrayed as a woman in this book.

Wisdom

It is one of few books in the Old Testament that express a belief in life after death

Ben Sira

It is often called Sirach in other translations of the Bible.

Psalms

There are four main types: lament, petition, praise and thanksgiving.

Samuel

the last Judge

Saul

whom Samuel anoints to be king. One good thing he did was tell them to not be put to death because God rescued Israel. On bad thing is killing 85 priest.

Jesse

Father of David.

David

Second anointed king. Was unusual because he was the youngest. David fights goliath, unites the twelve tribes. He ends up committing adultery and murder.

Goliath

champion of the philistines.

Solomon

third anointed king. builds the temple in Jerusalem (has the covenant inside). He ends up committing idolatry causing the split.

1 card

The first patriarch and matriarch, Abraham and Sarah, make a covenant with God.

2nd card

Joseph brings the Hebrew people to Egypt. The Hebrews are eventually enslaved by the Egyptians.

3rd

Moses leads Hebrews out of slavery

4th card

The Hebrews make a covenant with God through the 10 commandments

5th card

The hebrews move to the promise land of Canaan which they rename Israel. They are led by Judges.

6th card

The Israelites have kings to lead them. The temple is built in Jerusalem.

7th card

Israel divided into two separate kingdoms, Israel in the north and Judah in the south. People in Judah later became known as Jewish.

8th card

many prophets warn both kingdoms to remain faithful to God.

9th card

The kingdoms are taken over by many invading groups. The temple is destroyed and rebuilt.

10th card

Jesus of Nazereth live, dies and resurrected as the son of God and savior.