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At which council was the Old Testament canon confirmed?
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Jamnia
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To whom can we attribute primary responsibility for the transmission of the Bible?
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Scribes
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What were the scribes called who preserved the Old Testament text?
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Masoretes
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Who developed a vowel system for the Hebrew language?
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Masoretes
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What are the two languages in which the Old Testament text was written?
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Aramaic and Hebrew
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What word is used to indicate for the study of biblical interpretation?
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Hermenutics
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What term is used to indicate that God became man?
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Incarnation
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What was the primary role of Syria-Palestine?
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Travel and Trade
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Which international route followed the coast line?
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Via Maris
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When was Jerusalem destroyed by Babylon?
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562 BC
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What is the definition/meaning of cosmogony?
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Description of how World was made
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what were the 2 things more important to ancient peoples?
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property and Sons/Offspring
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Where did Abram's family originate?
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Ur
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Which incident marks the point at which Moses' will "collided" with God's?
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Burning Bush
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What was the main purpose of the desert tabernacle?
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To worship
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Which route for the Exodus would have have been the most direct?
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Northern
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What was the most distinctive aspect of the Israelite sacrificial system?
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Linked to the Covenant
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What is the meaning of the worshiper placing his/her hand on their head and then on the sacrifice animal?
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The animal is the sacrifice's substitute
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What was an indication of God's leadership throughout the journey of the Israelite's?
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Tabernacle
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What was the most serious problem of the Israelites in the Book of Numbers?
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Rebellion/ Attitude
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What was the reason Moses was not allowed to lead the Israelites into the the Promised Land?
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He struck a rock out of anger
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What is the minimum time span covered by the Historical Books?
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800 years
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What book was written to vindicate Israel's need for a King?
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Judges
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In what year did Nebuchadnezzar and the Babylonians take Jerusalem?
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587 BC
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What is the meaning of the word Herem?
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Spoils of War
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To what place did Joshua send spies?
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Jericho
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Who helped the spies that Joshua had sent?
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Rahab
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What tribe received no land inheritance?
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Levites
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In the book of Judges, what did God do each time Israel repented?
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Delivered them
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What was the chief function of a kinsman-redeemer?
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Reediming property and returning it to owner
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What was a levirate marriage?
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Nearest male relative married widow
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What first caused Samuel to tell Saul that God would take the kingdom away from Saul?
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Saul tried to fill the role of a Priest
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Who was the prophet who confronted David about his sexual sin with Bathsheba?
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Nathan
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What did Solomon request from God?
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wisodom
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What was the major cause of Solomon's drift from monotheism?
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Foreign Wives
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At what place did Elijah challenge the prophets of Baal?
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Mount Carmel
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What was given the most attention by the chronicler?
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Reigns of David and Solomon
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Who is discussed most by the chronicler?
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David
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Who provided the political leadership for the Jews in the period following Cyrus' decree?
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Zerubbabel
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Who opposed the rebuilding of the temple begun by Zerubbabel?
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Samaritans
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What is most likely the role that Nehemiah played in the Persian Empire?
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Cup bearer/ Advisor
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How long did it take for Nehemiah to complete his construction project of building walls?
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52 days
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Who said, "If I perish, I perish?"
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Esther
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Which literature contains many statements that clearly parallel the Old Testament proverbs?
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Egyptian Instruction of Wisdom
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Where was most of the ancient Near Eastern wisdom literature written?
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Monotheism
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What is the main message of the Book of Job?
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Wisdom Belongs to God
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Who is the author of the largest number of Psalms?
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David`
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Which psalm did David write after Nathan confronted him about his sin with Bathsheba?
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Psalm 51
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How many divisions are in the book of Psalms?
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5
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Who was responsible for the initial classification of Psalms?
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Herman Gunkel
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What is the name for that calls for God's judgement on the enemy of the psalmist?
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Imprecatory
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What is basic contribution of the book of Proverbs?
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Wisdom
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What is the distinguishing feature of Hebrew wisdom literature?
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Monotheism
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What do the Proverbs identify as the enemy of wisdom?
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Pride
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From whom did King Lemuel learn his proverbs?
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His Mother
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What is the major theme of book of Ecclesiastes?
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Human kinds only hope of surviving the trials of life is to fear and obey God
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Which prophets are classified as classical Prophets?
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Isiah-Malachi
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Who was most significant in laying the foundation for classical foundation for the classical prophecy?
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Moses
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Where did Elijah confront the prophets of baal?
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Mount Carmel
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Which prophet's work involved tending flocks and taking care of sycamore trees before God called him to a prophetic ministry?
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Amos
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Who were the compilers of the omen texts?
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Babylonian
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What was the major differences between the words of the Hebrew prophets and other ancient Near Eastern "prophet-like" literature?
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Addressed whole nation, focus on peoples attitude, moral imperative, and looked at the far reaching implications
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Which prophets are considered nonliterary prophets?
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Elijah and Elisha
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What relationship did Baruch have to Jeremiah?
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He was his Scribe
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What is the meaning of the word masiah( Messiah)?
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Anointed One
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Who was of Judah's most wicked Kings?
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Manasseh
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Who conquered Judah after Nebuchadnezzar's death?
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Cyrus King of Persia
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What chapter of Isaiah deals with Isaiah's prophecies about the sign of Emmanuel?
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Chapter 7
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Which phrase is used twenty-five times by Isaiah?
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Holy one of Israel
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What is a woe oracle?
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Judgement speech begins with woe
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What group in Judah would cause God's people to suffer exile because of their behavior?
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Drunkards
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What was the sign that Isaiah gave to Ahaz?
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A virgin would conceive, bear a son, and call Him Immanuel
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Instead of trusting in God as Isaiah had told him to do, whom did Ahaz put his trust in?
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Assyria
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Which nation was at the top of Isaiah's "hit list"?
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Babylon
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What three nations did Isaiah predict would be a united blessing to the world?
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Egypt, Assyria, and Israel
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What did Isaiah predict about the earth?
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Earth's Destruction
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Whom did Isaiah condemn for making foreign alliances?
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Judah
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How did God help Hezekiah defeat Sennacherib?
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Delivered Him
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When Hezekiah was about to die, he prayed for mercy what did God grant him?
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Fifteen more years of life
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What was the most foolish thing Hezekiah did to the Babylonian delegates?
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Showed them everything
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What doe Deutero-Isaiah mean?
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Second Isaiah
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What are the most common divisions critical scholars make of the book of Isaiah?
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Time, Subject Matter, Vocab, and Mention of King Cyrus
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What is the unifying focus of the servant passage passage in Isaiah?
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Servant is God's Instrument
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What major point did Isaiah make against false gods?
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They have no power
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Who predicted that Babylon would be conquered by Persia?
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Isaiah
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What is the most likely interpretation of the suffering servant of Isaiah?
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Jesus' Life
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What does premilennialism refers to?
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Earth after Christ returns
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At what age in Jeremiah's day did priests begin their service?
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Thirty
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Who served as Jeremiah's Scribe?
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Barach
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What was Jeremiah's age when he received his prophetic call from God?
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16-25 years old
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What did God's action symbolize when He confirmed Jeremiah's call by touching his mouth?
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Giving him the Divine words
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What did Jeremiah compare Israel's idols to?
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Harlotry
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Who was basically responsible for filling Judah with idolatry?
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Manasseh
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Jeremiah warned the Judeans that Nebuchadnezzar would put them in exile for how long?
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70 years
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How is Jeremiah 30-33 often called?
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Book of Comfort
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On what, according to Jeremiah would the new covenant be written?
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People's hearts
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What did Jehoiakim do to the scroll which contained the words of God?
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Ripped it up and burned it
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What is the meaning of the name "Ezekiel"?
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God has Strengthend
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What did God tell Ezekiel to eat when he commissioned him?
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A Scroll
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Where lived the Jews that were the primary focus of Ezekiel's ministry
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Tel Abib
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What did Ezekiel identify as silent witness to what happened to Israel?
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Symbolic action- A brick under siege
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What did Ezekiel compare Israel's leaders to?
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Shepards
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What was not used by Ezekiel as a confirmation of God's spiritual reawakening of Israel?
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He used dry bones and rebirth, and two sticks labeled Judah and Joseph(Judah and Israel)
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What do Gog and Magog represent?
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Foes of God's people
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What did Ezekiel say the name of the name of city would be?
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The Lord is there
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What is the oldest document claiming to be apocalyptic
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Revelation
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Whom did Nebuchadnezzar's order to worship the golden idol?
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Shadrach, Meshac, and Abendago
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How tall was Nebuchadnezzar's golden Idol?
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90 feet
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In what chapter of Daniel is God portrayed as the "Ancient of Days"
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Chapter 7
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In what sense does Daniel differ from other prophets?
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Demonstrated God's lordship over whole world
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Which Kingdoms are generally seen to be among the four greatest empires of Daniel?
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Babylon, Medo-Persia, Greece, and Rome
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What is the most common non-evangelical view of the four kingdoms of Daniel?
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He had Historical errors
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How many books of the Old Testament are considered to be Minor Prophets?
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Twelve
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What was the name of the prophet Hosea's wife?
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Gomer
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What immoral life style did the wife of Hosea live?
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Adultrey
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Whom did God use as an example of his effort to teach the Israelites from their own history?
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Jacob
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What kind of a plague did Joel describe as "the day of the Lord"?
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Locust
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What does the name the name Joel mean?
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The Lord is God
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What was one way earned a living?
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Tending Sycamore Trees
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What people did Amos say had higher moral standards than Israel?
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The Egyptians and Philistines.
