Deck 20: After the Fall: Jews in Judah and Babylon

Question 1

What connection do scholars posit between Ezekiel and priestly circles in Jerusalem? Describe the various ties between Ezekiel and the P(riestly) source of the Pentateuch. Do the prophet's priestly affinities cause him to overlook wrongdoings in the Jerusalem priesthood?

Answer 1

no answer

Question 2

What are some of the fundamental differences between Ezekiel's prophecies and those of earlier prophets? What themes are unique to his visions? How are his stylistic differences important to his overall message?

Answer 2

no answer

Question 3

Why is there tension between the exiles in Babylon and the Israelites who remained in the Promised Land? How is this tension manifested in the book of Ezekiel in particular?

Answer 3

no answer

Question 4

In what ways was the Babylonian exile a transformative period for ancient Judeans' religious practices, national identity, and use of text?

Question 5

Ezekiel spent his entire prophetic career in exile.

Question 6

The term Judean refers only to an inhabitant of Judah.

Question 7

The Babylonian request to hear "one of the songs of Zion" in Psalm 137 demonstrates the religious tolerance of the exiles' captors.

Question 8

Scholars agree that Jeremiah is the author of the book of Lamentations.

Question 9

The book of Ezekiel is mostly prose, not poetry.

Question 10

According to his book, Ezekiel was deported after the destruction of Jerusalem.

Question 11

The book of Lamentations conceded that Yahweh is less powerful than the gods of Babylonia.

Question 12

It appears that the Deuteronomistic school heavily edited the book of Ezekiel.

Question 13

Ezekiel cites a lack of social justice as the main reason for Jerusalem's destruction.

Question 14

Judeans failed to thrive in Babylonia, which made their loss of the Promised Land particularly poignant.

Question 15

The book of Obadiah is an oracle against the nation of:

A) Babylon
B) Assyria
C) Egypt
D) Edom

Question 16

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

A) shepherd
B) farmer
C) priest c. priest
D) scribe

Question 17

In the Jewish canon, all are included among the Five Scrolls except:

A) Ruth
B) Lamentations
C) Esther
D) Job

Question 18

All are examples of dirges, except:

A) David's lament for Saul and Jonathan
B) Lamentations
C) David's lament for Abner
D) Judges 5

Question 19

Most scholars date the nucleus of Obadiah to the __________ century bce.

A) seventh
B) sixth b. sixth
C) fifth
D) fourth

Question 20

______________ stresses the importance of memory as an answer to the crisis of exile.

A) Obadiah
B) Ezekiel
C) Lamentations
D) Psalm 137

Question 21

Yahweh is depicted as a violent spouse in all of the following texts except:

A) Ezekiel
B) Obadiah
C) Hosea
D) Lamentations

Question 22

Ezekiel's contemporary was:

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

Question 23

The city of ___________ was never captured by the Babylonians.

A) Ashkelon
B) Sidon
C) Lachish
D) Tyre

Question 24

All were produced or edited by the survivors of the Babylonian destruction who remained in the land of Judah except:

A) Jeremiah
B) Lamentations
C) the Deuteronomistic History
D) Ezekiel

Question 25

According to Ezekiel, after the priests, the _____________ is given land closest to the sanctuary in the
New Jerusalem.

A) prince
B) tribe of Judah
C) tribe of Dan
D) tribe of Levi

Question 26

Each of the following texts contains acrostic poems except:

A) Lamentations
B) Psalms
C) Ezekiel
D) Nahum

Question 27

After the fall of Jerusalem, Nebuchadrezzer installed ______________ as the new
Ruler of Judah.

A) Ishmael
B) Gedaliah
C) Zedekiah
D) Jehoiachin

Question 28

All of the following sources blame the Edomites for their participation in the
Destruction of Jerusalem except:

A) Psalm 137
B) Obadiah
C) 1 Esdras
D) Jeremiah

Question 29

"The day of Yahweh," when Yahweh appears as the divine warrior who has come to fight against his enemies, including Israel, appears in all of the following books except:

A) Amos
B) Obadiah
C) all of the above
D) none of the above

Question 30

Ezekiel shares affinities with the _______ source.

A) P
B) J
C) D
D) E

Question 31

Gedaliah was assassinated by:

A) Hophra
B) Amel-Marduk
C) Ishmael
D) Nehemiah

Question 32

The "glory of Yahweh" accompanied the Israelites on their journey from Egypt to the Promised Land and, according to Ezekiel, it _______________ during the Babylonian exile.

A) remains in Jerusalem
B) moves to the high places
C) accompanies the exiled Judeans
D) disappears permanently

Question 33

According to Obadiah, Edom will be punished for its participation in the destruction of Jerusalem:

A) when the Babylonian empire falls
B) when the exiles return to the land
C) on the day of Yahweh
D) never

Question 34

All are true statements about the book of Ezekiel except:

A) it is ordered chronologically
B) it begins with the prophet in exile
C) it is autobiographical
D) it ends with the prophet's return to Jerusalem

Question 35

The scattering or dispersion of Jews living outside the Promised Land is called the __________________.

Question 36

The notion of an "empty land" following the Babylonian destruction was created by the survivors living in ______________.

Question 37

The basic genre of the book of Lamentations is the _________________.

Question 38

In the book of Ezekiel, special status is given to the descendants of David's chief priest ___________.

Question 39

Yahweh appears as a violent husband in the book of ___________.

Question 40

A(n) __________ is a poem in which the first letters of successive lines form a word or pattern.

Question 41

Buildings used by Jews as houses of prayer and community centers are known as ___________________.

Question 42

The term "son of man" simply means ______________ in Ezekiel.

Question 43

In Ezekiel's inaugural vision, he observes a _____________ coming from the north.

Question 44

According to _____________, Jerusalem would not have been saved even if the legendary figures Noah, Job, and Daniel had lived there.