NBST 610 Quiz 4 Poetry

NBST 610 Quiz 4 Poetry

Quiz: Poetry, Wisdom, Narrative, Law, and Prophets

1. The style reflected in prophetic genre was compared to the songs of:
2. The authors suggest that this traditional method of interpreting OT law (relating to division of the Law into three parts: moral, civil, ceremonial) is inadequate.
3. What is the historical context that most of the prophets write from?
4. The Psalms function primarily for teaching doctrine and moral behavior.
5. The Old Testament character who looks like he is being praised when in reality he is being criticized is:
6. Much of the prophetic literature is comprised of poetry.
7. The vast majority of the material in the prophetic books addresses:
8. Often the material in the prophetic books is arranged non-chronologically.
9. Match the following subvarieties of heroic narrative to their proper definitions The formative story, not just of a nation, but of the cosmos The formative story of the heroic exploits of a virtuous hero The formative story of the destiny of Israel and her ownership of Canaan
10. A “proverb” is described by Klein et al. as “a concise, memorable statement of truth.”
11. Klein et al. argue that all of the OT applies to Christians, but none of it applies apart from its fulfillment in Christ.
12. Among the basic types of prophecy in the Old Testament, which is best characterized as a funeral lament over Israel?
13. According to Klein et al., of the following types of reports, which is best defined as reporting an experience in which God of the angel of the Lord appears to someone to convey a message?
14. In which of the following embedded genres are moral truths taught by plants and animals who behave like people?
15. According to Klein et al., apocalyptic literature and prophetic literature have nothing in common.
16. According to Klein et al., Hebrew poetry has no rhythm.
17. According to Klein et al., of the following types of reports, which is best defined as a report that details an event or experience in the life of a person, a private biography rather than a public history?
18. Which of the following may be characterized as a “conscious exaggeration for the sake of effect”?
19. Christians are not obligated to keep all of the Old Testament Laws since Jesus fulfilled the law.
20. Which of the following best defines the word “report” as a narrative genre according to Klein et al.?
21. Describe and define at least two of the Old Testament narrative genres (e.g., reports, heroic narrative, prophet story, comedy, and farewell speech). Offer an example from Scripture that illustrates the genres you chose.
22. Describe and define at least two of the Old Testament embedded genres (e.g., popular proverb, riddles, fables, parables, songs, and lists). How does a good understanding of genre help in understanding OT narratives?

Other sets

1. The vast majority of the material in the prophetic books addresses:
2. The Psalms function primarily for teaching doctrine and moral
3. The style reflected in prophetic genre was compared to the songs of:
4. What is the historical context that most of the prophets write from?
5. The Old Testament character who looks like he is being praised when in reality he is being criticized is:
6. Much of the prophetic literature is comprised of
7. The authors suggest that this traditional method of interpreting OT law (relating to division of the Law into three parts: moral, civil, ceremonial) is
8. Often the material in the prophetic books is arranged non-chronologically.
9. Match the following subvarieties of heroic narrative to their proper
10. A simile is a figure of speech that compares two things that, although different, share something in
11. According to Klein et , of the six ways that biblical prophecy finds fulfillment according to our textbooks, which one is described as similar to a typological fulfillment?
12. According to Klein et , the most common literature found in the Bible is narrative.
13. According to Klein et al., of the six ways that biblical prophecy finds fulfillment, which one is described as a rhetorical strategy for addressing the prophet’s original message to a much later audience?
14. Which of the following types of Old Testament legal material is best characterized as taking the form of an “if . . . then” grammatical structure?
15. Which of the following types of Old Testament legal material is best characterized as a type of law promulgated in unconditional, categorical directives?
16. Christians are not obligated to keep all of the Old Testament Laws since Jesus fulfilled the
17. According to Klein et , Hebrew poetry has no rhythm.
18. Poetry makes up about one third of the entire Bible and is the second most common literary
19. Which of the following may be characterized as a “conscious exaggeration for the sake of effect”?
20. According to Klein et al., of the following types of reports, which is best defined as reporting an experience in which God of the angel of the Lord appears to someone to convey a message?

Set 2

1. Much of the prophetic literature is comprised of
2. What is the historical context that most of the prophets write from?
3. The authors suggest that this traditional method of interpreting OT law (relating to division of the Law into three parts: moral, civil, ceremonial) is
4. The Old Testament character who looks like he is being praised when in reality he is being criticized is:
5. The vast majority of the material in the prophetic books addresses:
6. The style reflected in prophetic genre was compared to the songs of:
7. Often the material in the prophetic books is arranged non-chronologically.
8. The Psalms function primarily for teaching doctrine and moral
9. Match the following subvarieties of heroic narrative to their proper
10. Klein et argue that all of the OT applies to Christians, but none of it applies apart from its fulfillment in Christ.
11. Which of the following may be characterized as a “writing about an inanimate object or abstract ideas as if it here human”?
12. According to Klein et , of the six ways that biblical prophecy finds

fulfillment according to our textbooks, which one is described as similar to a typological fulfillment?

13. Which of the following best defines the word “report” as a narrative genre according to Klein et al.?
14. Among the basic types of prophecy in the Old Testament, which is best characterized as a funeral lament over Israel?
15. A simile is a figure of speech that compares two things using the words “like” or “as.” .
16. According to Klein et al., of the six ways that biblical prophecy finds fulfillment, which one is described as a rhetorical strategy for addressing the prophet’s original message to a much later audience?
17. Which of the following may be characterized as a “conscious exaggeration for the sake of effect”?
18. According to Klein et al., of the following types of reports, which is best defined as a report that details an event or experience in the life of a person, a private biography rather than a public history?
19. Poetry makes up about one third of the entire Bible and is the second most common literary
20. According to Klein et , of the following types of reports, which is best defined as reporting an experience in which God of the angel of the Lord appears to someone to convey a messge?

21. List and define the four general characteristics of Old Testament prophecy according to Klein, Blomberg, and
22. Define three of the following terms and offer an example of each: metaphor, simile, hyperbole, metonymy, and