Question

Select the correct book title from those studied in this lesson to fill out each sentence and place it in the appropriate box.

            Proverbs             Ecclesiastes               Daniel           I Maccabees               II Maccabees

1. Wisdom is shown as Yahweh’s partner, “his darling and delight,” during the creation of the world in _____

2. __Daniel__ expressed a linear timeline that moved from the Babylonian Exile through a series of dominate cultures toward a final divine judgment of and retribution, which were expected in the redactor’s own time.

3. Chapters 7-12 of __Daniel__ are in the literary form of apocalyptic vision reports.

4. ____ was written as an ethnic myth to propagate support for the Hasmonean Dynasty.

5. ____ is an anthology of instructional pamphlets and manuals that derived from various sages and sources across a 500 year period in the first millennium BCE.

6. The book of ____ is in the literary genre of pathetic histories.

7. The “abomination of desolation” in ____refers to the sacrificial offering of a pig in the Jewish Temple in honor of the god Zeus incarnate in Emperor Antiochus IV Epiphanes.

Answer 1

1. Proverbs 8:30 depicts that Wisdom assisted Yahweh in the creation of world and that it is "his darling and delight".

Answer. Proverbs.

2. The book of Daniel expresses the journey of God's chosen people from Babylonian exile to the end times of final judgement and punishment. It contains Prophecy of end time.

Answer. Daniel

3. Chapter 7-12 of the book Daniel has revelation that were made to Daniel in visions. Before these chapters Daniel was an interpreter of dreams and vision but in these chapters Daniel is the one to whom visions are revealed.

Answer. Daniel

4.

I Maccabees is written by Jewish writer in a slight biased tone that doesn't gives much importance to the divine but propogates support to for the Hasmonean Dynasty.

Answer. I Maccabees

5. Answer. Proverbs.

6. Answer. ll Maccabees

7. Answer. Daniel