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At which council was the Old Testament canon confirmed?

To whom can we attribute primary responsibility for the transmission of the Bible?

What were the scribes called who preserved the Old Testament text?

Who developed a vowel system for the Hebrew language?

What are the two languages in which the Old Testament text was written?

What word is used to indicate for the study of biblical interpretation?

What term is used to indicate that God became man?

What was the primary role of Syria-Palestine?

Which international route followed the coast line?

When was Jerusalem destroyed by Babylon?

What is the definition/meaning of cosmogony?

what were the 2 things more important to ancient peoples?

Where did Abram's family originate?

Which incident marks the point at which Moses' will "collided" with God's?

What was the main purpose of the desert tabernacle?

Which route for the Exodus would have have been the most direct?

What was the most distinctive aspect of the Israelite sacrificial system?

What is the meaning of the worshiper placing his/her hand on their head and then on the sacrifice animal?

What was an indication of God's leadership throughout the journey of the Israelite's?

What was the most serious problem of the Israelites in the Book of Numbers?

What was the reason Moses was not allowed to lead the Israelites into the the Promised Land?

What is the minimum time span covered by the Historical Books?

What book was written to vindicate Israel's need for a King?

In what year did Nebuchadnezzar and the Babylonians take Jerusalem?

What is the meaning of the word Herem?

To what place did Joshua send spies?

Who helped the spies that Joshua had sent?

What tribe received no land inheritance?

In the book of Judges, what did God do each time Israel repented?

What was the chief function of a kinsman-redeemer?

What was a levirate marriage?

What first caused Samuel to tell Saul that God would take the kingdom away from Saul?

Who was the prophet who confronted David about his sexual sin with Bathsheba?

What did Solomon request from God?

What was the major cause of Solomon's drift from monotheism?

At what place did Elijah challenge the prophets of Baal?

What was given the most attention by the chronicler?

Who is discussed most by the chronicler?

Who provided the political leadership for the Jews in the period following Cyrus' decree?

Who opposed the rebuilding of the temple begun by Zerubbabel?

What is most likely the role that Nehemiah played in the Persian Empire?

How long did it take for Nehemiah to complete his construction project of building walls?

Who said, "If I perish, I perish?"

Which literature contains many statements that clearly parallel the Old Testament proverbs?

Where was most of the ancient Near Eastern wisdom literature written?

What is the main message of the Book of Job?

Who is the author of the largest number of Psalms?

Which psalm did David write after Nathan confronted him about his sin with Bathsheba?

How many divisions are in the book of Psalms?

Who was responsible for the initial classification of Psalms?

What is the name for that calls for God's judgement on the enemy of the psalmist?

What is basic contribution of the book of Proverbs?

What is the distinguishing feature of Hebrew wisdom literature?

What do the Proverbs identify as the enemy of wisdom?

From whom did King Lemuel learn his proverbs?

What is the major theme of book of Ecclesiastes?

Which prophets are classified as classical Prophets?

Who was most significant in laying the foundation for classical foundation for the classical prophecy?

Where did Elijah confront the prophets of baal?

Which prophet's work involved tending flocks and taking care of sycamore trees before God called him to a prophetic ministry?

Who were the compilers of the omen texts?

What was the major differences between the words of the Hebrew prophets and other ancient Near Eastern "prophet-like" literature?

Which prophets are considered nonliterary prophets?

What relationship did Baruch have to Jeremiah?

What is the meaning of the word masiah( Messiah)?

Who was of Judah's most wicked Kings?

Who conquered Judah after Nebuchadnezzar's death?

What chapter of Isaiah deals with Isaiah's prophecies about the sign of Emmanuel?

Which phrase is used twenty-five times by Isaiah?

What is a woe oracle?

What group in Judah would cause God's people to suffer exile because of their behavior?

What was the sign that Isaiah gave to Ahaz?

Instead of trusting in God as Isaiah had told him to do, whom did Ahaz put his trust in?

Which nation was at the top of Isaiah's "hit list"?

What three nations did Isaiah predict would be a united blessing to the world?

What did Isaiah predict about the earth?

Whom did Isaiah condemn for making foreign alliances?

How did God help Hezekiah defeat Sennacherib?

When Hezekiah was about to die, he prayed for mercy what did God grant him?

What was the most foolish thing Hezekiah did to the Babylonian delegates?

What doe Deutero-Isaiah mean?

What are the most common divisions critical scholars make of the book of Isaiah?

What is the unifying focus of the servant passage passage in Isaiah?

What major point did Isaiah make against false gods?

Who predicted that Babylon would be conquered by Persia?

What is the most likely interpretation of the suffering servant of Isaiah?

What does premilennialism refers to?

At what age in Jeremiah's day did priests begin their service?

Who served as Jeremiah's Scribe?

What was Jeremiah's age when he received his prophetic call from God?

What did God's action symbolize when He confirmed Jeremiah's call by touching his mouth?

What did Jeremiah compare Israel's idols to?

Who was basically responsible for filling Judah with idolatry?

Jeremiah warned the Judeans that Nebuchadnezzar would put them in exile for how long?

How is Jeremiah 30-33 often called?

On what, according to Jeremiah would the new covenant be written?

What did Jehoiakim do to the scroll which contained the words of God?

What is the meaning of the name "Ezekiel"?

What did God tell Ezekiel to eat when he commissioned him?

Where lived the Jews that were the primary focus of Ezekiel's ministry

What did Ezekiel identify as silent witness to what happened to Israel?

What did Ezekiel compare Israel's leaders to?

What was not used by Ezekiel as a confirmation of God's spiritual reawakening of Israel?

What do Gog and Magog represent?

What did Ezekiel say the name of the name of city would be?

What is the oldest document claiming to be apocalyptic

Whom did Nebuchadnezzar's order to worship the golden idol?

How tall was Nebuchadnezzar's golden Idol?

In what chapter of Daniel is God portrayed as the "Ancient of Days"

In what sense does Daniel differ from other prophets?

Which Kingdoms are generally seen to be among the four greatest empires of Daniel?

What is the most common non-evangelical view of the four kingdoms of Daniel?

How many books of the Old Testament are considered to be Minor Prophets?

What was the name of the prophet Hosea's wife?

What immoral life style did the wife of Hosea live?

Whom did God use as an example of his effort to teach the Israelites from their own history?

What kind of a plague did Joel describe as "the day of the Lord"?

What does the name the name Joel mean?

What was one way earned a living?

What people did Amos say had higher moral standards than Israel?