OT exam 2

Because lets be honest a 98-100 is the only option

What is required to establish an absolute chronology?

a fixed point

What is the Ancient Near East list used to establish an absolute chronology?

Eponym Lists of Assyria

What are some issues with forming an accurate chronology?

Conflicting Data, Missing information, Longer time spans.

Who was the primary people to occupy Mesopotamia during the Early Dynastic period?

Sumerians

What leader is credited with ending Sumerian rule, and was known as the first empire builder?

Sargon I

What kingdom was established by Sargon I in 2340 BC, and lasted almost 150 years?

Akkad

What kingdom took control of Mesopotamia in 2100 BC?

Ur

From what land did Abram come?

Ur

The Patriarchal Period (2000-1600 BC) also spans what historical age?

The Middle Bronze Age

During the Middle Bronze Age extensive caravan travel developed between what two regions?

Egypt and Palestine

What other peoples were in the land of Canaan during the Patriarchal Period?

Babylon: Amorites, Hittites (Hammurabi)

Asia Minor was the home of what powerful empire in the second millennium bc?

Hittites

.Which of the following was not a major geographical area in the land of Palestine?

The Southern Highlands

The name "Mesopotamia" means ___________________.

between rivers

Ancient Egypt was divided into how many kingdoms?

2

What peoples took control of Egypt during the 13th Dynasty?

Hyksos

During what dynasty were the Israelites enslaved?

18th -Pharaoh Ahmose

Those who favor a 15th century date for the Exodus consider who to have been the Pharaoh?

Pharaoh Amenotep II

The Late Bronze Age (1500-1200 BC) was also considered as what?

The age of international trade

The Late Bronze Age (1500-1200 BC) is associated with what Biblical period?

Period of The Judges (Judges)

What kingdom fell at the beginning of Iron Age I (1200-1000 BC)?

Hittite empire

What sea peoples invaded Syro-Palestine during Iron Age I (1200-1000 BC)?

Philistines

The development of what helped establish Philistine supremacy during Iron Age I (1200-1000 BC)?

Iron tools and Weapons

What major power developed during Iron Age I (1200-1000 BC)?

No major powers develop, which allows Israel to develop as an empire

Iron Age II (1000-900 BC) overlaps what historical period in the people of Israel?

Empire of David and Solomon

What city developed as the center of the new Aramaean state?

Damascus

What Aramean king had overrun most of Israel by the end of the century (950-800 BC)?

King Hazael

Who led a resurgence of the Assyrian Empire, making them the first "world class" empire?

Tiglath-Pileser III

What Damascus king sponsored Pekah of Israel in an attempt to overthrow the Assyrian Empire?

Rezin

What Judean king listened to the council of the prophet Isaiah and trusted in the Lord for deliverance?

Ahaz

In 627 BC the Babylonians gained independence, ending the dominance of what kingdom?

Assyria

Who was the Judean king that took advantage of the Assyrian regression?

Josiah

Who was the first-century Gnostic heretic who rejected the Old Testament and its "inferior God"?

Marcion

The use of the name ________________ for the first five books of the Old Testament
was popularized by Hellenized Jews.

Pentateuch

Which of the following is not an interpretive approach to the NT understanding of the law?

Fundamental

Abraham was asked to sacrifice his son ________________.

Isaac

_________ was the son of Isaac through whom the promise continued.

Jacob

In the literature of which culture does the earliest known flood story occur?

Sumerian

______ built the ark in the book of Genesis.

Noah

The Tower of Babel is likely an example of a______, a multi-tiered Mesopotamian
temple.

Ziggurat

______________ is traditionally attributed authorship of Genesis.

Moses

There were ______ plagues in the book of Exodus.

10

Who is traditionally thought to be the author of the book of Exodus?

Moses

Which of the following is not a route that may have been taken by Israel during the Exodus?

western route

The name "Exodus" is derived from the Greek Old Testament name for the book, which means ___________.

exit/departure/way out

The personal name of God,_________ was revealed to Moses when he was appointed as the deliverer of Israel.

Yahweh/I AM

Which of the following is a major theme of Exodus?

Yahweh

At what mountain did God make a covenant with Israel?

Sinai

______________ are collections of materials that are valuable to the archeological study of history.

Archives

Which of the following is not a biblical person whom archeological findings have confirmed actually existed?

Abraham

The Stele of Shalmanseer III includes reference to which northern kings of Israel?

Ahab and Jehu

Which of the following is not a site of a major archive?

Susa

At least _______ different writers have been have been identified as human authors of the Old Testament.

40

Which of the following attested to the tri-partite division of the Old Testament?

Jesus

Which important group of Jewish scholars improved word divisions and added vowel points, punctuation marks, and verse divisions to the Hebrew Old Testament?

Masoretes

What are human errors of sight, hearing, writing, memory, and judgment which occur during the hand-copying process known as?

Variants

The first three stages of God's presence are presented
in what book?

Creation, Fall, Covenant.

Genesis 1-11 is known as what?

Creation

Genesis 12-50 is known as what?

Narratives

In Genesis 22, God tells Abraham to sacrifice who?

Isaac

One of the key themes of Genesis is the introduction of ______ into the world.

Sin

The most basic affirmation of Genesis is that God ___________

Created

The physical world of the Old Testament was the ancient Near East, commonly known Today as the Middle East.

True

The land of Palestine bears no theological significance.

False

The application of a given Old Testament text should come from an aggregate of impressions gained from reading the text.

False

Covenant is one of the core concepts of the Old Testament.

True

In reading the Old Testament, we should be concerned only with its factual details.

False

There are 11 stages of God's presence communicated in the Bible.

False

Often without realizing it, we bring the cultural and historical framework of our own world to the text of the Old Testament.

True

Palestine was distant from all major trade routes.

False

In the New Testament interpretation of the Old Testament Law, Jesus entirely dismissed the teachings of the five books of the Law as "legalism."

False

The first five books of the Old Testament narrate a time span from creation to
enslavement in Egypt.

True

unifying theological theme of the first five books of the Old Testament is God's covenant promise to Abram.

True

The first five books of the Old Testament were also called the
Torah by the Hebrew speaking Jewish community.

True

The descendants of Abraham lived in the Land of Israel at the end of Genesis.

False

The flood represented both God's grace and God's judgment.

True

The ninth plague that God sent on Egypt was the death of the first born.

False

Cult sites were centers of ancient commerce and often yield abundant
numbers of ancient "receipts."

False

All archeological sites related to the Bible have been excavated.

False

The Mesha Inscription, though rich in information about ancient Hittite culture, is of little value to biblical studies because it makes no mention of Israel.

False

Only a small amount of archaeological findings have been examined and published.

True

Rock, wooden tablets, clay, papyrus, and parchment were all materials used in the ancientwriting process.

True

The religious leaders of the Hebrew community established the canon.

True

The earliest human writings predate 4000 bc and are found in Egypt and Mesopotamia.

False

(2900-2000 BC)

Mesopotamia to the Time of the Patriarchs

(2000-1600 BC)

The Patriarchal Period

(1500-1200 BC)

The Late Bronze Age

(1200-1000 BC)

Iron Age I

(1000-900 BC)

The Empire of David and Solomon

(950-800 BC)

The Rise of the Aramaeans

(850-750 BC)

The First Assyrian Threat and the Resurgence of Israel

(745-630 BC)

The Neo-Assyrian Empire

(650-600 BC)

Empires in Transition

(600-550 BC)

Neo-Babylonian Empire

(550-450 BC)

The Medo-Persian Empire

The Gilgamesh Epic

Mesopotamian Flood Myth

Septuagint

Greek translation of the OT

Vulgate

Latin Translation

Masoretic Text

Primary Hebrew text

Dead Sea Scrolls

Early Hebrew copies