Deck 17: The Northern Kingdom of Israel in the Eighth Century BCE

Question 1

How do nonbiblical sources supplement the biblical account of the history of the northern kingdom of Israel in the eighth century BCE? To what extent do these sources corroborate the biblical account? How do they differ? What do these differences tell us about the perspective of the Deuteronomistic Historians?

Answer 1

no answer

Question 2

Discuss how the nature of prophetic materials changes during the eighth century bce. What differences and continuities are there with previous prophets such as Moses, Elijah, and Elisha?

Answer 2

no answer

Question 3

What are the major themes found in the books of Amos and Hosea? How do these themes reflect the political and social issues of the time?

Answer 3

no answer

Question 4

How are Judah and Israel represented in the works of Amos and Hosea?

Question 5

Both Amos and Hosea were prophets from the north.

Question 6

Jeroboam II receives a great deal of attention in both the Bible and Assyrian sources.

Question 7

Most scholars believe that all of the material in Amos derives from the prophet himself.

Question 8

Tiglath-pileser III is sometimes called Pul in the Bible.

Question 9

Judah loses its autonomy in the eighth century bce.

Question 10

The Latter Prophets are arranged chronologically.

Question 11

Amos shows a close relationship to the Deuteronomistic school.

Question 12

Hosea seems to be aware of the fall of the northern kingdom.

Question 13

Hosea attacks Israelite religious rituals.

Question 14

The population of Israel was exiled to Mesopotamia after the fall of Samaria.

Question 15

Samaria was destroyed in the year ___________bce.

A) 722
B) 586
C) 850
D) 740

Question 16

_______________ besieged and captured Samaria at the end of the eighth century.

A) Shalmaneser V
B) Shalmaneser III
C) Sargon II
D) Tiglath-pileser III

Question 17

Amos refers to Samarian women as:

A) fat cows
B) prostitutes
C) priestesses
D) angels

Question 18

Baal was closely associated with the fertility goddess ____________.

A) Inanna
B) Isis
C) Ishtar
D) Asherah

Question 19

Tiglath-pileser III claimed to have installed ____________ as king of Israel.

A) Jeroboam II
B) Hoshea
C) Ahaz
D) Pekah

Question 20

Before becoming a prophet, Amos earned his living as a:

A) herder
B) priest
C) scribe
D) metalsmith

Question 21

Hosea's wife was named:

A) Jezreel
B) Gomer
C) Athaliah
D) Miriam

Question 22

The first use of the genre of covenant lawsuit occurs in the book of ___________.

A) Amos
B) Ezekiel
C) Isaiah
D) Hosea

Question 23

The Deuteronomistic historians' account of the fall of the northern kingdom does everything except:

A) blame the destruction on apostasy
B) emphasize theological interpretation over historical details
C) lamens that Yahweh is no longer worshipped in Samaria
D) describe the details of the deportation

Question 24

The confrontation at Bethel occurs in the book of _________________.

A) Amos
B) Hosea
C) Isaiah
D) none of the above

Question 25

In many of the prophets, oracles of judgment often take on the form of a(n):

A) covenant
B) lawsuit
C) oath
D) alliance

Question 26

Assyrian advance into the Levant was halted toward the end of the ninth century bce because of revolt in:

A) Damascus
B) Urartu
C) Moab
D) Anatolia

Question 27

All of the following nations are condemned at the beginning of Amos except:

A) Tyre
B) Edom
C) Moab
D) Assyria

Question 28

Perhaps the most important leader of northern Israel in the eighth century bce was:

A) Pekah
B) Hoshea
C) Jeroboam II
D) Menahem

Question 29

Most Christian canons place _________ among the Major Prophets.

A) Job
B) Micah
C) Daniel
D) Zechariah

Question 30

Amos's career probably took place around the year:

A) 800 bce
B) 750 bce
C) 725 bce
D) 700 bce

Question 31

All of the following prophets attack Israelite rituals except:

A) Obadiah
B) Isaiah
C) Amos
D) Hosea

Question 32

All are names of the children of Hosea except:

A) Jezebel
B) Jezreel
C) Not-loved
D) Not-my-people

Question 33

In Hosea, all of the following are listed as specific transgressions of God's law except:

A) worshiping other gods
B) forgetting the sabbath
C) making foreign alliances
D) denying social justice

Question 34

All the following statements about the Assyrian practice of deporting the inhabitants of conquered territories are true except:

A) it dates to the thirteenth century bce
B) it reduced nationalistic uprisings
C) deportees could return home after passing a loyalty test
D) it provided a source of labor for royal building projects

Question 35

The ___________________ is the day that God will come and fight Israel's enemies.

Question 36

Tiglath-pileser III deposed and exiled King___________________ from Israel.

Question 37

The northern kingdom is often called ______________, which is also the dominant tribe of the north.

Question 38

The Hebrew word that is usually translated as "lawsuit" is ________.

Question 39

Jeremiah, Isaiah, and Ezekiel are the three books that make up the ____________.

Question 40

The relationship between husband and wife in ancient Israel was one of ____________ power.

Question 41

The prophets Amos and Jeremiah insist that the Israelites offered no sacrifices in the period immediately after ______________.

Question 42

The Minor Prophets are also called the _________________.

Question 43

The genre used by prophets to describe Yahweh's judgment on foreign nations is called _____________________.

Question 44

The priest _________________ accuses Amos of treason.