Open Bible Exam #2 Study Guide PDF

Open Bible Exam #2 Study Guide (200 points) Living God’s Word, chapters 7-9 Wisdom books  What is the difference between each of the OT wisdom books? o Key to interpreting Hebrew poetry: characteristics—particularly 3 types of parallelism  Psalms = W...

Open Bible Exam #2 Study Guide (200 points) Living God’s Word, chapters 7-9 Wisdom books  What is the difference between each of the OT wisdom books? o Key to interpreting Hebrew poetry: characteristics—particularly 3 types of parallelism  Psalms = What is the meaning of the word “psalm”? How many “books” are there in this collection? o Who authored most of the psalms? Who was the first to organize choirs and worship bands? o What is the purpose of the psalms? What are most of the psalms about? o Meaning of Selah and Doxology  Proverbs o Solomon’s “glory-kingdom”: building projects, prosperity, international stature o Define: “the fear of the Lord is the beginning/principle of wisdom” o What is a proverb? Define Hebrew wisdom, “two paths”  Ecclesiastes = meaning of “all is vanity/meaningless” and the concept of “time” (kairos, kronos)  Song of Solomon = main message  Job = main takeaway from his story o What did Satan want to prove? What did God want to prove? o The perspective of Job’s friends on Job’s plight o Why did God bring up Leviathan, a 7-headed dragon, at the end? 1-2 Kings, 1-2 Chronicles = what’s the purpose of 1-2 Kings and 1-2 Chronicles? How are they different?  What caused the kingdom to divide after Solomon? o Capital city of Israel and the capital city of Judah o Two “one last call” prophets to unite a divided kingdom o Total number of kings  Describe the Assyrians. What was their foreign policy?  Foreign policy of the Babylonians; who was their great king? o How many deportations did Judah experience? Who leveled Jerusalem? What happened to the Jews when they were deported? How long did the exile last? o Two dates: fall of Israel, fall of Judah  Foreign policy of the Persians; who was their great king? Esther = Did the Jews go back? What’s the story of Esther about? What Jewish holiday commemorates this book? The Prophets = the role of God’s prophets and marks of false prophets  What 2 prophets were sent to northern kingdom of Israel? o What was Amos’s background and his focus? What is the meaning of his visions? o What makes Hosea’s background story unique? What did his message focus on?  What 2 prophets preached messages concerning Nineveh? o What makes Jonah’s story unique? Where was he sent? What did his message focus on? o How is Nahum’s message tied to Jonah’s?  What was Micah’s big question?  Who is Isaiah’s “servant of the Lord”? What’s his mission?  Who were the “Day of the Lord” prophets? What did their message focus on?  What is the main takeaway of Obadiah?  Jeremiah: What happened to God’s people? What happened to Jeremiah? o Who is Baal, Baalzebub, Beelzebub?  Who were the exilic prophets?  o What’s unique about Daniel? What happened to Daniel and his friends? Interpreting the “beasts” o What’s unique about Ezekiel? Cherubim, throne-chariot, prophetic mimes  What did Nehemiah do to help the Jews? Who opposed him?  Who were the post-exilic prophets who spoke during the 3 returns? o Haggai and Zechariah’s main message o Malachi’s main message