1. The second-century heretic who wanted to do away with the Old Testament:

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1 General Knowledge 1. The second-century heretic who wanted to do away with the Old Testament: 2. The Jewish scribes of the middle ages who carefully copied and preserved the Hebrew Scriptures and added vowel pointings to the words are known as: 3. What are terms that are used for the first five books of the Old Testament: Genesis 1. Why should we study the Old Testament? 2. What is typology? 3. What is the relationship between the Old Testament and the New Testament? 4. What is The original language for the vast majority of the Old Testament: 5. How many books are in the English Old Testament? 6. The Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible: 7. The numerical symbol for the Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible: 8. What are the major divisions of books in the Hebrew Bible? 9. What are the major divisions of books in the English Old Testament? 10. Be able to identify various books with which part of the English Old Testament they are found in. 11. Know the structure of the Pentateuch. 12. Torah is the Hebrew word for what? 13. What is the approximate date for Abraham? 14. The last event recounted in the book of Genesis is the death of: 15. The Hebrew name for the book of Genesis, bereshith, means: 16. What does the Hebrew word, Sabbath means? 17. What question did God ask immediately after the sin in the garden? 18. What is the protoevangelium? 19. Know what was created on each day of creation. 20. On what occasion did God say, They are one people...and nothing that they propose to do will be impossible for them?

2 21. How many times does Genesis 1 report that the creation was good? 22. According to Genesis 2, why did God create the woman? 23. From which tree in the garden were the man and woman forbidden to eat? 24. What was NOT a consequence of the sin in the garden? 25. Who does Adam blame for his sin? 26. What two men in Gen. 5 and 6 are described as men who walked with God? 27. Who asked, Am I my brother s keeper? 28. Who boasted, I have killed a man for wounding me, a young man for injuring me (I will be avenged) seventy-seven times? 29. What do we know about Enoch? 30. What do we know about Methuselah? 31. Who was commanded to build an ark? 32. Who entered the ark with this man? 33. What was the sign of the covenant with this man? 34. What is a Ziggurat and with what story would this be dramatically connected? 35. Know what we said about covenants? 36. Whom did God command to offer his son as a burnt offering on Mount Moriah? 37. Who had sexual relations with his own daughters, while drunk? 38. What were the two sons named who were born to this man s daughters? 39. What city was Abraham originally from? 40. How old was Abraham when he departed from Haran? 41. How old was Abraham when Isaac was born? 42. Where did Abraham flee to escape a severe famine that struck the land of Canaan? 43. Which two men both lied about their wives, saying she was his sister: 44. What did God credit or count to Abraham as righteousness in Gen. 15:6? 45. Who bargained with God not to destroy the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah?

3 46. God would have spared the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah if how many righteous people had been found in them. 47. What was given as the sign of the covenant between God and Abraham? 48. What does Bethel mean? 49. All together how many years did Jacob serve Laban for Rachel and Leah? 50. What do we know about Melchizedek? 51. Soon after the flood, what sin did Noah commit? 52. What do we know about the tower of Babel incident? Know the relationships among various people mentioned in Genesis: 53. The father of Abraham: 54. Who was Keturah? 55. Rebekah was the wife of: 56. Asenath was the wife of: 57. The mother of Joseph and Benjamin: 58. The mother of Judah and Levi: 59. The mother of Ishmael: 60. Which son of Jacob was the head of the tribe from which priests would eventually come? 61. Which son of Jacob was the head of the tribe from which Messiah would eventually come? 62. Why is the story of Judah and Tamar important? 63. By whom did Judah have a son named Perez? 64. Who was Dinah? 65. What great crime was committed by Simeon and Levi? 66. Ephraim and Manasseh were sons of: 67. The brother of Rebekah: 68. The father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth: 69. Seth was the son of: 70. Who was the first known polygamist:

4 71. Which woman bore Jacob the greatest number of children? 72. Who were Bilhah and Zilpah 73. Whose name means, laughter? 74. Whose name means, he grasps the heel or deceiver? 75. Whose name means, father of many people? 76. Whose name means, princess? 77. Whose name was changed to Israel? 78. This person was nicknamed the dreamer by his jealous brothers. 79. The oldest son of Jacob, he intended to rescue Joseph from the evil plans of his brothers and to return him (Joseph) safely to his father. 80. Teraphim is the Hebrew word for: 81. This woman hid the family s household gods and was unwittingly cursed by her husband. 88. Who stole his brother s birthright and blessing? 89. Which woman died in childbirth? 90. Which woman bore Jacob s firstborn son? 91. Which women in Genesis were initially infertile (unable to bear children)? 92. Who deliberately rebelled against his parent s wishes by marrying a Hittite woman? 93. Potiphar s wife tried to seduce this man but failed. 94. At Bethel this man dreamed of a stairway stretching from earth to heaven, and at Peniel he wrestled with God. 95. The story of which Patriarch s life is NOT one of the major narratives of Genesis? 96. Ishmael is the father of which modern peoples? 97. From whom did the Edomites directly descend? 99. What is significant about the cave of Machpelah? 100. In what country were Abraham s descendents living when the book of Genesis ends? Exodus:

5 What does Exodus mean? What time frame of events does the book of Exodus cover? 22. What is the Theme of Exodus? 23. What is the central event of the OT? 10. The term describing a visible and audible manifestation or appearance of God to a human: 58. The Ten Commandments are found in which chapter of Exodus? 59. Moses Father and Mother were: 60. Which was NOT one of the three major feasts of the Jews? 62. Moses received the Ten Commandments from God on which mountain? 63. What other terms are used for the Ten Commandments? 65. The last plague that finally compelled Pharaoh to let the Israelites leave Egypt was: 66. What was the first of the signs and wonders Moses performed on the land of Egypt? 67. The master craftsmen who supervised the construction of the tabernacle were named: 68. Know the objects of the tabernacle and where they were located. 69. The specific place in the tabernacle where God said he would dwell was: 70. The word manna means: 71. What happened to Moses face whenever he went into the presence of the Lord? 72. God s self-revealed personal name from the verb meaning I am who I am : 73. At Rephidim the Israelites fought their first battle with whom? (They were victorious as long as Moses held up his hands. ) 74. Yam Suph is the Hebrew name for which body of water? 75. Urim and Thummim mean: 76. What were the names of the midwives who feared God in Exodus 1? 77. Many scholars think that Horeb is another name for which mountain? 78. What were the names of the Moses father-in-law? 79. What were the elements of the Passover meal?

6 90. Which was the first sign and wonder on Egypt that the magicians could not also do? 91. Which was the first sign and wonder on Egypt when God set apart the land of Goshen and made a division between the people of Israel and the people of Egypt? 92. What did Aaron make for the people of Israel to worship? 93. To what does Lex Talionis refer? 94. How many times is the phrase as the Lord had commanded repeated in Exodus 39 and 40? 24. Who were Aaron and Miriam 25. What is the significance of the Merneptah Stele? 26. Know what we say about the hardening of Pharaoh s heart 27. What is the Book of the Covenant? 28. What happens during the Golden Calf incident? 29. How does God describe himself in Ex. 34:6-7? 48. From which tribe was Moses? What is the significance of the Passover feast and Feast of Unleavened Bread? Who acted as Moses spokesperson or prophet before Pharaoh?