Chapter 20 Self-Quiz

After the Fall: Judeans in Judah and Babylon Lamentations, Psalm 137, Obadiah, and Ezekiel

. Ezekiel spent his entire prophetic career in exile.

. The Babylonian request to hear "one of the songs of Zion" in Psalm 137 demonstrates the religious tolerance of the exiles' captors.

. The book of Ezekiel is mostly prose, not poetry.

. The book of Lamentations conceded that Yahweh is less powerful than the gods of Babylonia.

. Ezekiel cites a lack of social justice as the main reason for Jerusalem's destruction.

. The book of Obadiah is an oracle against the nation of:

. In the Jewish canon, all are included among the Five Scrolls except:

. Most scholars date the nucleus of Obadiah to the __________ century BCE.

. Yahweh is depicted as a violent spouse in all of the following texts except:

. The city of ___________ was never captured by the Babylonians.

. According to Ezekiel, after the priests, the _____________ is given land closest to the sanctuary in the new Jerusalem.

. After the fall of Jerusalem, Nebuchadrezzer installed ______________ as the new ruler of Judah.

. "The day of Yahweh," when Yahweh appears as the divine warrior who has come to fight against his enemies, including Israel, appears in all of the following books except:

. Gedaliah was assassinated by:

. According to Obadiah, Edom will be punished for its participation in the destruction of Jerusalem:

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