Historical Books of the Old Testament - Week 1 Quiz

Deuteronomy and Joshua

Deuteronomy - 2 Kings

Deuteronomy - 2 Chronicles

the summary of Israel's history in Deuteronomy

No of the answers provided is correct

The Conquest Model, which essentially agrees with the biblical account

The Egyptian Model, which holds that the peoples became "Israel" were originally colonist from Egypt that originally settled in Canaan as client rulers with Pharaoh but later broke off and formed their own nation.

None of the answers provided is correct (except this one) is correct

The Immigration Model, with holds that the people that became known as "Israelites" were originally different groups of people who migrated into the land and were consolidated at a later time.

Joshua, Judges, Ruth, 1-2 Samuel, 1-2 Kings, Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther

None of the answers provided (except this one) is correct

Joshua, Judges, Ruth, 1-2 Samuel, 1-2 Kings, 1-2 Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther

Joshua, Judges, Ruth, 1-2 Samuel, 1-2 Kings, Ezra, Nehemiah, Judith

This is a trick question: there is no widely agreed upon list of which books belonging to the category "Historical Books"

Rahab is a harlot

The Bible never mentions "Deuteronomistic History"

There are discontinuities with Deuteronomy. For instance, while Deuteronomy makes clear provision for a future king, 1 Samuel seems to portray the people's desire for one as a rejection of God.

The book of Joshua makes frequent mention of the "to this day" -- suggesting the book was written much later

The Deuteronomistic History speaks of Israel going off into exile

The description of Jericho matches the description of the city in New Testament times

The recurring motif of "to this day" signaling the passage of a considerable amount of time since the books' events

The book tells us it was redacted by Ezra

None of the answers provided is correct (except this one) is correct

The books description of Canaan fit the context of the 6th century B.C. and does not at all cohere with the second millennium B.C.

No of the answers provided here is correct

There is no good reason to think that the book had ancient origins but it most likely was written entirely by a scribe in the 6th century

The book relates information about the migration of the Danites, which clearly happened at a much later time.

The names given for the heads of the twelve tribes

It uses ancient names for cities in the land instead of those more familiar to Israelite of a later period