Introduction to the Latter Prophets

When used to speak of what is found in the books of the Latter Prophets, the term oracle means
1. an object used to read the divine will
2. a saying announcing a message from the LORD
3. a place to which prophets traveled to find the divine presence
4. a law given at Mount Sinai
5. a narrative about how the prophet came to be a prophet
Roughly when did the disciples of Israelite prophets begin writing down the sayings of their prophetic master and preserving them in written form?
1. mid eleventh century BCE (1050)
2. mid tenth century BCE (950)
3. mid eighth century BCE (750)
4. mid sixth century BCE (550)
Which of the following is not one of the types of prophetic message that was typical of the Hebrew prophets?
1. appeals for the people to avoid national catastrophes by ìreturningî to Yahweh
2. precise predictions of specific events in the distant future
3. visions of a distant future in which Yahweh reigns supreme from a splendidly restored Jerusalem
4. warnings that foreign invasions and plagues are divine punishments for breaking the covenant or exercising social injustice
The prophets of ancient Israel were most concerned with
1. correct practice (behavior, orthopraxis)
2. correct beliefs (doctrines, orthodoxy)
3. the distant future (especially the end of the world)
What does the Hebrew word navi or nabi (usually translated into English as "prophet") mean?
1. One who is warned or one who warns
2. One who is called or one who announces
3. One who predicts or one who foretells
The Hebrew term from which we derive the word "Messiah" is used by the Latter Prophets to mean
1. Anointed
2. Lord
3. Master
Which of the following is not one of the women identified as a prophet in the Hebrew Bible?
1. Miriam (Mosesí sister)
2. Deborah (in the book of Judges)
3. Huldah (in Second Kings)
4. Athaliah (in Second Kings)
The books commonly called the Minor Prophets are called by that title because
1. they have typically had less influence than the Major Prophets
2. they are not particularly important
3. they are small books
Three of the Latter Prophets are commonly called the Major Prophets. Which of the following is not one of those three?
1. Isaiah
2. Jeremiah
3. Ezekiel
4. Micah
Which of the following best describes the relationship between the Mosaic covenant and the Latter Prophets?
1. While the Sinai Covenant was a major theme in the Pentateuch (Torah), the Latter Prophets seem altogether uninterested in the covenant.
2. The Latter Prophets mention Moses regularly and cite the Torah as scriptural justification for their prophecies.
3. The Latter Prophets do not mention the Torah, but they do defend the general principles of faithfulness to Yahweh and social justice that the Torah also defends.
Which of the following is not one of the three major crises which serve as a focus for the work of many of the latter prophets?
1. the Assyrian threat and eventual destruction of Israel
2. the Babylonian threat and eventual deportation of many Judeans
3. the readjustment to life in Judah after the Babylonian exile
4. the introduction of Hellenistic culture in the 330s BCE
Most of the books called the Latter Prophets probably date from the period between the ______ and _______ centuries BCE.
1. 13th and 12th
2. 8th and 6th
3. 3rd and 2nd
Which of the following is not one of the prophets who lived at the time of the Assyrian crisis of the 8th century BCE?
1. Amos
2. Hosea
3. Isaiah of Jerusalem
4. Micah
5. Nahum
Which of the following prophets did not address the 6th century BCE Babylonian crisis?
1. Jeremiah
2. Obadiah
3. Ezekiel
4. Malachi
5. Second Isaiah
The Persian Emperor who conquered Babylon and allowed the Jewish people to return to their homeland was
1. Alexander the Great
2. Pontius Pilate
3. Cyrus the Great
4. Augustus Caesar
Which of the following prophets is not one of those who addressed the situation of the restored Judean community in the late 6th to early 5th centuries BCE?
1. Haggai
2. Zechariah
3. Third Isaiah
4. Habakkuk

Introduction to the Latter Prophets

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