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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

13.                   The culture resulting from the campaigns of Alexander the Great, which assimilated Greek language and customs with Persian and other Ancient Near Eastern beliefs and practices, is known as ____.

a.         Hellenism

b.         Classical

Hasidism

Second Temple Judaism

Determinism

____14.          The wisdom traditions were perpetuated by the _____

            a.         prophets

            b.         sages

            c.         Hasideans

            d.         Levites

            e.         Zadokites

_    _15. Wisdom traditions were not concerned about the ____ .

a. patriarchs and matriarchs

b. exodus and Moses

c. covenants

d. ethnic or national identity

e. topics above (a, b, c, and d)

_____16.         _____ is the term used to designate those books that were contained in the Septuagint version of the Jewish scriptures, but not in the canonical Hebrew Bible.

a. pseudonymity

b. theodicy

c. personification

d. apocalypse

e. apocrypha

____17.           An eschatological revelation, which is interpreted by an intermediary to a visionary person is known as _____.

a. pseudonymity

b. theodicy

c. personification

d. apocalypse

apocrypha

____18. ____ is a literary practice of ascribing something non-human with human qualities.

a. pseudonymity

b. theodicy

c. personification

d. apocalypse

e. apocrypha

____19.           A literary practice of writing a book in the name of a famous character from the past, which was commonly used by Jewish and Christian writers (among others) between about 250 BCE and 250 CE is known as _____.

a. pseudnymity

b. theodicy

c. personification

d. apocalypse

e. apocrypha

Explanation / Answer

13 - (a)

Explanation -  The adoption of ancient Greek language, customs, thought, art, called the Hellenism of Alexandrian Jews. It tells about the characteristics of Greek culture.

14 - (b)

Explanation - Sages were famous for their profound wisdom and perpetuated the traditions of wisdom.

15 - (b)

Explanation - According to the Book of Exodus, Moses was born in a time when his people, the Israelites, an enslaved minority. The wisdom traditions are not related to them therefore.

16 - (e)

Explanation -  The Jewish 'Apocrypha' included books which were found in the Septuagint but not in the Hebrew Bible, as for example 1 and 2 Maccabees and 4 Ezra.