Exam 24: The Wisdom of the Sages: Preservation and Challenge

The book of Job is anonymous, but later rabbinic tradition attributed it to ____________.

All are true of the satan in the book of Job except:

A short saying that pithily expresses insight into experience is called a(n) _________:

Compare the representations of God in the books of Job and Ecclesiastes. What are the similarities and differences? How do these differ from representations of God in the Deuteronomistic History and the prophets?

Job's wife is named in the biblical text.

The book of Ecclesiastes can be summarized as a collection of the author's ideas concerning:

All are genres used in the book of Job except:

In the Septuagint, Job's wife is named:

The book of Job sufficiently answers why bad things happen to good people.

The expression "vanity of vanities" occurs in the book of:

In the book of Ecclesiastes, the author is given the name:

All are frequently mentioned in biblical wisdom literature except:

The Song of Solomon consists of:

The books of Ecclesiastes and the Song of Songs both share a strong connection to the figure of David.

Metaphors from nature are prevalent in:

The idea of bodily resurrection of the dead apparently developed in Judaism during the ____________________ period.

"The Protestation of Guiltlessness" is from the larger Egyptian work ___________________.

In the book of Job, Job and his friends rarely, if ever, refer to God by the name ____________.

____________ is a hypostasis and the source of order in society and success in life.

The "young man" who comes to talk to Job to provide a different point of view than Job's friends do was: