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| Which of the following is NOT one of the issues one must take into account when committed to reading scripture at face value? |
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| Who was known for having a talking donkey? |
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| This festival was thought to have originated as a shepherds festival |
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| This patriarch was sold into slavery and carried off to Egypt |
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| What was the purpose of the burning bush? |
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| These two spies encouraged Israel to be faithful and obedient to God and He would give them the Promised Land |
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| The Sinai covenant was an example of which kind of Ancient Near East covenant? |
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| Which of the following is NOT true about plotline? |
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| Egypt was overrun by which power at the end of the Thirteenth Dynasty? |
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| Mythology in the ancient world served the same function as what in our modern world? |
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| Each year, Israel remembers God's rescue of them from Egypt by celebratinga festival called what? |
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| The four main geographic regions of Palestine do NOT include what? |
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| God's promise to Abraham included all of the following EXCPET |
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| title to his father's homeland |
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| The wealth of patriarchs was measured in all of the following was EXCEPT |
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| Which of the books of the Pentateuch are most closely bound in style, subject, and perspective? |
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| Exodus, Levitcus, and Numbers |
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| This book contains Moses' last words |
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| The uneasy balance of power between the four cities of Larsa, Mari, Assur, and Babylon was seen clearly during the |
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| In the biblical world, the most important aspect of creation was that God |
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| Brought order from disorder |
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| Which of the following values/perspectives is NOT typical of the Ancient Near East? |
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| Yom Kippur refers to what? |
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| Which of the following values/perspectives is NOT typical of the modern west? |
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| "Allowing widows and orphans to work behind the harvesters picking up grain they can use to feed themselves" describes what? |
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| Describing God in human terms is referred to as describing God using what kind of language? |
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| The kind of law that is stated as absolutes and allows for no contradictions is called what? |
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| The lowest sea on Earth is the |
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| Which of the following is NOT an expression of God's grace following the fall? |
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| The woman will experience pain in childbirth |
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| What is the multi-source theory of the Pentateuch called? |
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| Theological points of creation in Genesis 1 do NOT include |
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| Watery chaos replaced by desert wastelannd |
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| The two OT books in which we find the Ten Commandments are |
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| This individual sold his birthright for a bowl of stew |
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| The translation of the OT made in pre-Christian times for Greek-speaking Jews living outside of Palestine is known as the |
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| When Moses asked God to give his name, how did God repond? |
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| A flood story from the Ancient Near East is found in |
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| Aspects of the patriarchal stories include all of the following EXCEPT |
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| What term refers to the study of the physical remnants of earlier civilizations in order to lean about the culture, religion, etc., of those civilizations? |
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| What was the Eden Problem? |
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| The story line of the Pentateuch is |
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| The fulfillment of God's promises to Abraham |
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| Sargon I Established his capital at |
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| Which of the following was NOT a major goal of the collections of law in Ancient Near East cultures? |
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| Tell the people how to live |
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| The Holy place did NOT contain |
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| The birthright carried all of the following EXCEPT |
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| The right to circumcise all of the male children |
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| The typical method of carrying out capital punishment in Israel was |
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| The archives at this site provide extensive historical information for the period of Hammurabi |
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| This man's name means father of many |
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| The term for creation out of nothing is |
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| Use of distinctive phrases; emphasizes one temple and a pure cult; one God, one people, one cult." describe the theology and style of which one of the sources supposedly used in writing the first five books of the Pentateuch? |
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| The patriarch who receives the least attention is |
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| The Ur III period came to a close as the last king of Ur was overthrown by the |
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| The holiness mandate calls for |
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| lifestyle rather than method |
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| "You shall not make for yourself an idol," might best be communicated today by saying |
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| You shall not think of me as having needs that I am dependent on you to supply |
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| What was the need expressed at the end of the book of Judges |
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| After this Israelite king died the nation of Israel split into two smaller kingdoms, Israel in the North and Judah in the South. Who was this king? |
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| Elements of the ban included all of the following EXCEPT |
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| All families would sacrifice their firstborn son to ensure victory |
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| This judge vowed to sacrifice the first thing that came out of his house when he returned home is God would give him victory |
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| The Hebrew word Meshiach means |
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| The Syro-Palestine corridor played a large role in the transition from the late Bronze Period to the Iron Age because |
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| It controlled the trade routes |
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| What was seen as securing Israel's possession and guaranteeing God's blessing? |
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| All of the following are reason for Saul's downfall EXCEPT |
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| He took credit for defeating Edom |
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| One of Judah's greatest assets as a nation was |
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| The Philistines were probably the major oppressor of Israel during the period of the judges. What "secret" did they possess? |
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| the ability to smelt iron |
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| Which of the following statements is true? |
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| The God of the OT is both a God of love and a God of judgment |
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| Jerusalem was a good choice for a capital city for all of the reasons EXCEPT |
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| God had instructed Abraham that Jerusalem was to be the capital |
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| The textbook says that the exile showed to Israel all of the following about the character of Yahweh EXCEPT |
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| God sometimes used tough love with His people |
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| Which of the following is NOT true about Amnon? |
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| That he led a rebellion against David |
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| Which Jewish holiday is explained in the book of Esther? |
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| The central idea in the book of Genesis is |
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| The prophet who condemned David |
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| The term for prophet (navi or nabi) refers to |
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| What form of government foes the Bible endorse as the norm to be followed |
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| The Bible doesn't endorse any specific form of government |
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| What was the primary function of the individuals known as the judges |
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| We as Christians should respond to the horrific and personal tragedies that happen around us in all of the following ways EXCEPT |
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| recognize that it is futile to try to overcome them |
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| How many primary categories of miracles does the textbook suggest are evident in the OT |
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| Which was one of the major tasks of Nehemiah |
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| rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem |
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| The most sacred relic that the Israelites possessed was |
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| The book of Joshua concludes with |
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| a covenant renewal ceremony at Shechem |
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| To show the failure of the Israelites to keep their part of the covenant is the purpose of |
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| What addresses the Babel problem |
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| The typical house in the time of Jacob had how many rooms |
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| One of the most successful kings in history, ruled the Babylonian Empire from 605-562 BC, and distinguished himself in both military matters and domestic undertakings |
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| The man known as the father of Judaism was |
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| How many books in the OT are classified as historical literature? |
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| Approximately how many years passed between the story of Joseph and the beginning of the Exodus story? |
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| The only woman judge of Israel was |
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| The time to which OT prophets spoke was |
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| Israel fell to the Assyrians and Judah to the Babylonians because |
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| Yahweh was judging His people |
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| The historical literature of the OT covers a period of about |
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| The name Elielech means what? |
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| Sauel's three jobs included all of the following EXCEPT |
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| Why did Elimelech take his family to Moab |
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| a famine struck their home region |
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| The Persian Empire was eventually overtaken by |
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| Perhaps the most pointed OT passage for addressing tolerance and pluralism is found in |
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| "Science and theology say different thins about the same things" describes which view? |
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| The first city captured by Israel after entering Canaan was |
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| "Even one under the judgment of God who responds in faith will be spared" is shown by the response of |
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| What was one of the two acts Israel did before attacking Palestine |
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| The religious symbol of the northern kingdom was |
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| Most interpreters agree that the Tower of Babel was a ziggurat. Where were ziggurats typically built? |
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| An approach in which the fulfillment of prophecy serves as evidence of the divine authority of Scripture and the deity of Christ is |
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| Eschatology is the study of |
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| The psalmist often expects his deliverance to come |
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| The belief that what a person does returns to him/her is |
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| Sins reproved by Malachi include all of the following EXCEPT |
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| failure to rebuild temple |
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| Job's three friends do NOT include |
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| Which prophet is known as the weeping prophet? |
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| The "patron" of wisdom in the OT was |
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| This literary feature arranges words so that a second line of poetry inverts the order of the first line |
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| What is the primary theme of the book of Job? |
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| The search for disinterested righteousness |
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| Who does the Talmud suggest wrote the book of Chronicles? |
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| The most expansive development of the theme of Yahweh's deliverance is found in the book of |
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| The watershed event that demonstrated the sovereign power of God to deliver His people from their enemies was the |
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| Assyrian siege of Jerusalem in the time of Hezekiah |
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| Our primary example of apocalyptic literature in the OT is |
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| What name has Jewish tradition given the prophetic collection known in the Protestant canon as "the minor prophets?" |
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| The backdrop of Isaiah's ministry included |
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| "My God, my God, why hast Thou forsaken me?' is the beginning of Psalm 22. This psalm is an example of which kind of psalm? |
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| Which of these themes is NOT prominent among wisdom literature? |
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| All of the following were major prophets EXCEPT |
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| The Canaanite deity who was believed to control weather and fertility was |
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| Who of the following is NOT mentioned as an author of Psalms? |
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| The returning exiles faced all of the following problems EXCEPT |
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| results of a broken treaty between Judah and Egypt |
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| What term refers to short sentence founded upon long experience containing a truth? |
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| Haggai and Zechariah were concerned about |
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| The message that God's plan is going forward and cannot be thwarted is typically found in which kind of oracle? |
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| Who is the author of the greatest number of psalms? |
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| The Israelites believed the temple would shelter them for all of the reasons EXCEPT |
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| God had promised Isaiah that He would never allow anything to happen to the temple or to His people |
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| The wisdom books of the OT do NOT include |
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| The retribution principle begins with the premise that |
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| All of the following are part of the historical background of Amos' ministry EXCEPT he prophesied |
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| When Israel was dominated by the Babylonians and reduced to poverty |
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| The 150 psalms are arranged in how many books? |
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| Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of theological wisdom? |
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| What is the purpose of the book of Isaiah |
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| the trustworthiness of the Lord |
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| Hosea compared Israel to a |
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| What does the textbook suggest is the beginning or foundation of wisdom? |
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| The Israelites knew the expectations that God had of the because of the |
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| The first of the writing prophets was |
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| Which of the following scriptures does NOT demonstrate that fulfillment can be narrower or more defined than necessary or anticipated? |
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| Who does the Talmud suggest wrote the book of Job |
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| As far as we can tell, Isaiah was from |
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| When Isaiah was called to be a prophet, he was |
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| All of the following are true of the epilogue of the book of Job EXCEPT |
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| the Satan question is finally answered |
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| Because of the "question and answer" approach Malachi takes, he has been compared to |
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| The Immanuel prophecy was spoken in conjunction with |
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| the Syro-Ephraimitic crisis |
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| What did the name of Hosea's son Jezreel mean for Israel? |
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| God would sow destruction in Israel |
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| Which book contains the famous temple sermon? |
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| What is the purpose of the book of Jeremiah? |
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| to call the people of Judah back to faithful dependence on the Lord |
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| When we read the prophets, which of the following is NOT one of our primary questions? |
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| Whether we are guilty of the same sins |
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| Daniel was a contemporary of |
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