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Salvation History Questions
1. Who were the three Old Testament patriarchs? (Please list them in chronological order.) 2. Who was sold into slavery in
Egypt by his eleven brothers and eventually became an advisor to the
Pharoah? 3. Who led the Jewish people out
of Egypt to Mt. Sinai? What was the name of the enclosue or tent
which embodied God's presence with His people during this period of
wandering in the wilderness? 4. Who led the Jewish people across the Jordan and into the Promised Land? 5. Who were the charismatic leaders who rallied the Twelve Tribes of Israel during the period of the Tribal Confederacy and challenged them to greater fidelity to God's law? 6. Who were the three kings who ruled over the whole of the united Jewish kingdom? (Please list them in chronological order.) 7. After the death of Solomon, the united Jewish kingdom split into two. The nation to the north was known as what? The nation to the south, in the territory around Jerusalem, was known as what? 8. By whom was this northern kingdom conquered and enslaved? 9. By whom was the southern kingdom conquered and sent into exile? 10. About how long was this exile of the southern kingdom? 11. Whose edict liberated the Jewish people from their exile and allowed them to return to their homeland? 12. Who was the famous governor of Jerusalem who, having returned from exile, attempted to rebuild the Temple and the walls of the city? 13. Who was the famous High Priest who spear-headed a major religious reform in Palestine among the returning exiles? 14. Who was the pupil of Aristotle who conquered the Persian Empire and made it his own? 15. Who was the Seleucid emperor who attempted to force the Jewish people to sacrifice to the Greek gods and violate the Jewish dietary laws? 16. Who were the Jewish leaders who led the revolt against the Seleucids? 17. Who was the Roman general who annexed the area of Palestine? 18. Who was the Jewish king over this territory when Jesus of Nazareth was born? 19. What are the four large categories into which we divided the books of the Old Testament? What is the order of these broad categories in the Old Testament? Which comes before which? (Please be able to name all of the books of the Pentateuch, and at least three of the historical books, three of the books of the Wisdom literature, and at least five of the prophets.) 20. What part of the Old Testament history we reviewed in class is covered in I-II Samuel, I-II Kings, and I-II Chronicles? 21. During which period of Old Testament history did the prophets Amos, Hosea, and Jeremiah live? 22.
After the death of King Herod in 4 B.C., his kingdom was divided up
among his three sons. List them. Which son of Herod the
Great was deposed and replaced by a Roman procurator? Who was the
Roman procurator when Jesus was crucified?
23. What was the name of the council of elders in Jerusalem under the direction of the chief priest of the Temple? 24. According to all four gospels, when did Jesus's public ministry begin? 25. Jesus's verbal teaching seems to have involved in large part the use of various ____________ by which He attempted to communicate the character of that concept which was central to his preaching: namely, ____________________. 26. The "Easter event" celebrated each year in the Church involves not only Jesus's death and resurrection, but also two other important events. What are they? 27. Who was thrown off his horse by the flash of a bright light on the road to Damascus, converted to the new Christian faith, and became one of the most important missionaries of the early Church? Who was his first partner on his missionary journeys? 28. Who was the early leader of the Christian church in Jerusalem? 29. What important question posed by Paul and Barnabas was resolved at the gathering of the apostles in Jerusalem -- a gathering we sometimes call "The Council of Jersualem," because it served as a model for all Church councils thereafter? 30. In what city were the followers of Jesus first called "Christians"? 31. What is the very last scene in the Acts of the Apostles? 32. In what city were Peter and Paul martyred? |