Deck 22: The Restoration: Judah in the Late Sixth and Fifth Centuries BCE

Question 1

According to our sources, the returning exiles and those who had stayed in the land held differing viewpoints on how to proceed with the reconstruction of Israel. What were these differences? How were they reconciled?

Answer 1

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Question 2

What sources exist for reconstructing the history of Judah in the late sixth and fifth centuries BCE? How do they help scholars to understand the time period better? What limitations do they have?

Answer 2

no answer

Question 3

What is apocalyptic literature? What is its relationship to the phenomenon of prophecy? How are the two similar and different?

Answer 3

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Question 4

Why was intermarriage such a serious issue for Ezra and Nehemiah? What precedents did they have for prohibiting intermarriage?

Question 5

The Davidic monarchy was apparently restored after the return from exile.

Question 6

Ezra and Nehemiah were both among the first exiles to return to Israel.

Question 7

Malachi is a well-attested name in the Hebrew Bible with cognates throughout the ancient Near East.

Question 8

The book Joel refers to the priests, the Temple, and the king.

Question 9

Shinar is another name for Babylon.

Question 10

The Second Temple period in Jewish history lasts from the late sixth century bce until the first century bce.

Question 11

The Second Temple's foundations were apparently the same size as those of Solomon's Temple.

Question 12

During the first half of the first millennium bce, Aramaic became the lingua franca of the Near East.

Question 13

Most scholars agree that Ezra and Nehemiah were originally one unit.

Question 14

Ezra was a governor over the province of Judea.

Question 15

All are sources for the postexilic period except:

A) Ezra
B) First Isaiah
C) Haggai
D) Zechariah

Question 16

Second Zechariah describes all of the following except:

A) a divine defeat of Israel's enemies
B) a glorious restoration of the monarchy
C) a functioning temple
D) Jerusalem restored to its status as center of the world

Question 17

Cyrus the Great was succeeded by:

A) Cambyses
B) Darius
C) Tattenai
D) Xerxes

Question 18

Ezra 4.8-6.18 are written in the __________ language.

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

Question 19

Zechariah 1-8 deals with the ___________ century BCE:

A) early sixth
B) late sixth
C) early fifth
D) late fifth

Question 20

All are true of Third Isaiah except:

A) it shows opposition to the Temple
B) it uses frequent biblical quotations
C) it emphasizes social justice
D) it denounces Assyria

Question 21

In the Isaiah Apocalypse, on the day of the Lord Yahweh will finally defeat:

A) Persia
B) Baal
C) Edom
D) Leviathan

Question 22

Both Amos and _________ describe a plague of locusts.

A) Zechariah
B) Joel
C) Malachi
D) Haggai

Question 23

The returnees claimed to have the support of _______________________ in their efforts to rebuild the Temple.

A) Cyrus and Cambyses
B) Cambyses and Darius
C) Darius and Xerxes
D) Cyrus and Darius

Question 24

According to Ezra, the first step in reestablishing proper worship was:

A) installation of priests
B) dedication of the Temple
C) construction of the altar
D) celebration of the sabbath

Question 25

When the exiles returned to Israel, the high priest was:

A) Zerubbabel
B) Haggai
C) Zechariah
D) Jeshua

Question 26

All are true of the book of Haggai except:

A) supports the restoration of the Temple
B) all oracles occur in the same year
C) is the shortest of the Minor Prophets
D) supports restoration of the monarchy

Question 27

Hopes for a restoration of the Davidic dynasty lay with:

A) Zerubbabel
B) Jeshua
C) Nehemiah
D) Ezra

Question 28

Nehemiah had held an important position as the king of Persia's:

A) prophet
B) vizier
C) cupbearer
D) scribe

Question 29

Haggai describes Zerubbabel as a:

A) signet ring
B) treasured possession
C) son of oil
D) son of man

Question 30

All of Haggai's prophetic visions can be dated to the year:

A) 530 bce
B) 520 bce
C) 515 bce
D) 510 bce

Question 31

Zechariah's seventh vision is of a woman named ______________, who is taken in a covered container from Judah to Babylon.

A) Wisdom
B) Wickedness
C) Repentance
D) Sorrow

Question 32

All opposed Nehemiah's restoration of Jerusalem's fortifications except:

A) Tobiah
B) Noadiah
C) Geshem
D) Artaxerxes

Question 33

The final words of the book of ____________ likely record the ostracizing of
Foreign women and their children from the community.

A) Joel
B) Haggai
C) Nehemiah
D) Ezra

Question 34

There may be a link between the book of Malachi and the book of:

A) Zechariah
B) Joel
C) Amos
D) First Isaiah

Question 35

In 538 bce the leader of the returnees from Babylon was _______________.

Question 36

King _____________ died under mysterious circumstances in 522 bce on his return from Egypt.

Question 37

Aramaic is a(n) _____________ language that is closely related to Hebrew.

Question 38

_____________ is marriage outside of one's group.

Question 39

The word "apocalyptic" comes from a Greek term meaning ______________.

Question 40

The Second Temple period ended in the year _________.

Question 41

In Ezra, the governor of the province of "Beyond the River" was ____________.

Question 42

________________ describes all nations coming to Jerusalem to observe the festival of Booths.

Question 43

The name "Malachi" simply means _______________.

Question 44

Themes from the book of ______________, like the a plague of locusts, reappear in later apocalyptic literature of the New Testament.