Deck 26: Jewish Texts and Traditions

Question 1

Discuss the development of the Jewish belief in the afterlife during the Hellenistic period. What understandings of life after death are presented by 2 Maccabees, Ben Sira, and the Wisdom of Solomon? Are the beliefs uniform? What are the primary differences?

Answer 1

no answer

Question 2

What are the overall differences in tone and style between 1 Maccabees and 2 Maccabees? How can you account for these differences?

Answer 2

no answer

Question 3

How are women depicted in Ben Sira?

Answer 3

no answer

Question 4

What are the Additions to the Book of Esther? How do they change the character of the book? What motivated these changes?

Question 5

The Letter of Jeremiah is a polemic against the worship of idols.

Question 6

The book of Tobit was probably written in Greek originally.

Question 7

The book of Judith was probably written sometime after the Maccabean revolt.

Question 8

The Wisdom of Solomon draws heavily on Greek philosophy.

Question 9

1 Maccabees is preserved only in Aramaic.

Question 10

The additions to the book of Esther are included in the Jewish canon.

Question 11

2 Maccabees is more religious in its content than 1 Maccabees.

Question 12

4 Maccabees is not a part of the canon of any religious community.

Question 13

2 Maccabees contains an account of the origins of the festival of Hanukkah.

Question 14

The Additions to Daniel are found only in the Hebrew version of the text.

Question 15

3 Maccabees is best categorized as a work of:

A) historiography
B) historical fiction
C) prophecy
D) poetry

Question 16

All are additions to Daniel except:

A) Bel and the Dragon
B) the Prayer of Azariah
C) Susanna
D) Daniel and the lions

Question 17

Tobit takes place in:

A) Judea
B) Assyria
C) Babylon
D) Persia

Question 18

In the book of Tobit, ____________ was tormented by a demon that killed her
Husbands.

A) Sarah
B) Judith
C) Esther
D) Anna

Question 19

In the book of Judith, Nebuchadnezzar is erroneously identified as the king of:

A) Persia
B) Babylon
C) Greece
D) Assyria

Question 20

All are thrown into the fiery furnace in the Prayer of Azariah except:

A) Belteshazzar
B) Shadrach
C) Meshach
D) Abednego

Question 21

1 Maccabees discusses the origins of the Jewish holiday of:

A) Yom Kippur
B) Rosh Hashanah
C) Hanukkah
D) Passover

Question 22

The "Day of Nicanor" was a national holiday celebrating the decisive victory over a persecutor of the Jews in the book of _______________:

A) 1 Maccabees
B) 2 Maccabees
C) 4 Maccabees
D) Tobit

Question 23

The book of Baruch uses all of the following as a primary source except:

A) Isaiah
B) Job
C) Daniel
D) 1 Maccabees

Question 24

2 Maccabees was written in:

A) Greek
B) Hebrew
C) Aramaic
D) Latin

Question 25

The Latin title of the Wisdom of Jesus, son of Sirach, is:

A) Ecclesiasticus
B) Qoheleth
C) Sirach
D) Wisdom of Solomon

Question 26

In the Bel and the Dragon story, Daniel is fed by the prophet:

A) Jonah
B) Nathan
C) Amos
D) Habakkuk

Question 27

The book of Judith tells us that Judith was a:

A) widow
B) priestess
C) Moabite
D) prostitute

Question 28

Ben Sira was originally written in:

A) Greek
B) Hebrew
C) Aramaic
D) Latin

Question 29

The Wisdom of Solomon features all of the following elements except:

A) Greek philosophical vocabulary
B) a retelling of the Exodus story
C) belief in an afterlife
D) references to Isis

Question 30

The character of Tobit shares many parallels with the figure of:

A) David
B) Jonah
C) Job
D) Jacob

Question 31

In Sirach, the women who are portrayed most positively are:

A) singers
B) wives
C) daughters
D) Mothers

Question 32

Tobit's wife is named:

A) Sarah
B) Anna
C) Azariah
D) Esther

Question 33

Daniel rescues _______________ from execution by proving that her accusers
Had used perjury to convict her.

A) Sarah
B) Anna
C) Judith
D) Susanna

Question 34

Baruch ben Neriah was the scribe of:

A) Isaiah
B) Jeremiah
C) Ezekiel
D) Daniel

Question 35

_____________ was the Assyrian general who was killed by Judith.

Question 36

The angel in the book of Tobit is named ________________.

Question 37

The Greek rendering of the Hebrew name Ezra is ________________.

Question 38

Tobit's son is named ________________.

Question 39

Many scholars suggest that 2 Maccabees was written in the city of _______________ in Egypt.

Question 40

The presence of a(n) ________________ keeps the furnace in the Prayer of Azariah cool enough that Shadrach, Meshach, and Abdnego are not burned inside it.

Question 41

The Greek version of Esther includes repeated references to ____________.

Question 42

________________ is an addition to the book of Daniel that is based on the motif of a satire against the worshippers of false gods.

Question 43

Judith is from the town of ______________.

Question 44

The author of __________________________has adopted the Greek view that the soul survives death.