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Isaiah

Nineveh Lent

Secretary of Jeremiah

Christ (groom)&Church (bride)

Weeping prophet

Proverbs

Baruch

Song of Songs

Jeremiah

Fifth Gospel

King Solomon

Jonah

Structure and Authors of books – Find the best match

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1. Psalms according to the Septuagint is a collection of _______ soulful hymns

2. How many books of prophecy are in Old Testament ?

ANSWER: 151

ANSWER: 18

3. How many prophets are the authors of the books of prophecy ?

ANSWER: 16 ( 4 Major, 12 Minor)

4. Which are the books in Old Testament written by Solomon ?

ANSWER: Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs

5. According to Jewish tradition, which of the book is believed to have written by Solomon in his middle age ?

ANSWER: Proverbs

Structure and Authors of books - Question and Answer

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	Book	Dominant theme
	Psalms	Prayers, Hymns and poetry, Literary compositions
	Job	Unshakeable faith, Why good people also suffer
Wisdom Books	Proverbs	Wisdom, virtues, moral behavior, conduct
	Ecclesiastes	Limitations of wisdom, meaning of life, a tone of frustration or depression , futility of human life
	Song of Songs	Human Love
Major Prophets	Isaiah	Detailed visions of coming of Messiah
	Jeremiah	Capture of Jews by Babylonians, destruction of temple, ‘New covenant’ b/w God and mankind, grief and sadness on the stuborn nature of people
	Ezekiel	Gods direction of events to take place in heaven and earth
	Daniel	Experiences of Daniel and Friends in captivity.
Minor Prophets (The Twelve)	Hosea	Steadfast love
	Joel	Outpouring of Holy Spirit
	Amos	Declaration of God’s wrath on Israel for injustice, immorality etc
	Obadiah	Destruction of Edom
	Jonah	Prophecy on Ninevah’s destruction, forgiveness through prayers and repentance
	Micah	Peace reigning over those who do justice.
	Nahum	Ninevah’s fall
	Habakkuk	Dialogues, two complaints
	Zephaniah	Message of comfort and peace
	Haggai	Rewards on obedience to God, urge to rebuild temple
	Zechariah	Prophesies about Christ
	Malachi	Prophecy about John, the baptist

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1. The book which many times called as ‘most melancholy books’ of the Bible. melancholy: a gloomy state of mind, depression

2. Which book will have the below verse ?

“A greedy man brings trouble to his family”.

ANSWER: Ecclesiastes

ANSWER: Proverbs 15:27

3. Which book of prophecy deals with “two complaints to God”

ANSWER: Habakkuk

4. The old testament character who is identified by God as ‘blameless and upright man, who fears God and turns away from evil’.

ANSWER: Job

Dominant themes – Question and Answer

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“The scatterer has come up against you.

Man the ramparts;

watch the road;

dress for battle;

collect all your strength”

Name the prophet who is prophesizing the fall of a city

6. “basket of ripe fruit”, “plumb line”, “Swarm of locusts”, “ consuming fire” – These visions of divine retribution were by which prophet.

ANSWER: Nahum on the fall of Ninevah

ANSWER: Amos

7. “What profit has a man from all his labor in which he toils under the sun ?” – This verse is from which book ?

ANSWER: Ecclesiastes 1:3

8. Both Jonah and Nahum prophesized the destruction of Ninevah. What is the chronological order of these prophets ?

ANSWER: Jonah was sent approx. 150 years before Nahum

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9. This book in Old Testament does not have ‘Lord’ or ‘God’ mentioned a single time.

10. What is the difference between prophets like Moses, Aaron, Samuel etc vs Amos, Hosea, Micah, Isaiah etc.

ANSWER: Song of Songs

ANSWER: Homework – Research on the prophetic functions during pre-monarchy, pre-classical and classical periods.

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Hosea

Amos

Micah

Joel

Obadiah

Jonah

Who is like the lord

Yahweh is GOD

Servant of Lord

Salvation

a Dove

Burden bearer

Prophets – Find the best match

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Cross word Puzzle

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Across

1. This prophet was from a priestly family and God calls him more number of times than any other prophet.

4. This book is best read as a story of the relationship between God and His people.

5. This prophet unwillingly accepts God’s command to preach His mercy and forgiveness to the people of Ninevah

6. This book is the personal testimonial and sadness of Jeremiah over the devastation of Jerusalem and the temple.

8. A collection of moral and religious instruction

11. Prophet of Love

12. The first Hebrew prophet to have a biblical book named after him

14. This prophet prophesied the birth of a forerunner (John, the baptist)

15. The prophet who prophesied the defeat of the powerful Assyrian enemy due to their wicked lives

16. The prophet who is said to be the prophet who visits Daniel in the Lion's den.

17. Prophet of Pentecost

Down

2. The prophet who prophesied Christ's 'humble coming'

3. Wisdom of Sirach also called _____________________

7. The prophet who prophesied the virgin birth by “Theotokos”

9. The shortest of the prophetic books

10. This book writes about a preacher who philosophically seeks to understand the meaning of human existence

13. The prophet who urges the people of Israel to rebuild the destroyed temple.

17. The character of _______ can be equated to Christ who suffers unjustly and is rewarded for his Godliness

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