Midterm: Scripture and Salvation History

3 Old Testament Patriarchs

Abraham, Isaac Jacob

Who was sold into slavery by his 11 brothers?

Joseph

Who led the Jewish people out of Egypt?

Moses

Who led the Jewish people across the Jordan?

Joshua

Who were the charismatic leaders who rallied the 12 tribes of Israel during the period of the trivial confederacy and challenge them to greater fidelity to God law?

Judges

Who were the three kings who ruled over the whole of the United Jewish Kingdom please list in chronological order

Saul David Salomon

After the death of Solomon, the united Jewish kingdom split Into two. The nation to the north was known as what the nation to the South was know as what?

The north was called Israel and the south was called Judah

By what empire was the northern kingdom conquered enslaved?

Assyrians

By what empire was the southern kingdom conquered and sent into exile?

Babylonians

What is the name generally given to the 50 year period of exile that the people from the southern kingdom suffered?

The Babylonian Exile

Who edict liberated the Jewish people from their exile and allow them to return to their homeland?

Cyrus, the great

Who was the famous governor of Jerusalem, who having returned from exile at attempted to rebuild the temple and the walls of the city?

Nehemiah

Who was the famous high priest who spearheaded a major religious reform in Palestine among the returning exiles?

Ezra

What was the name given to the group of Jewish elders who were attached to the temple in Jerusalem, and who were involved in trials of Jesus?

Sanhedrin

What are the four large categories into which we divide the books of the Old Testament

Torah, historical wisdome, Prophets

Please Name three of the Old Testament books of poetry or wisdom

Proverbs, Job, Psalms

Please name two of books of the Old Testament prophets

Ezekiel Amos

What according to Brueggeman Is the primal narrative of the Old Testament?

The exodus event

There are any numbers of analogies for the relationship between God and Israel use in the Old Testament. What is the one that is the most basic and the key to all others?

Covenant