7RE: THE WORD OF GOD – SACRED TEXT
THE HEBREW SCRIPTURES (OLD TESTAMENT)
NAME: ____________________
Read the information sections of your Bible then write the missing word in the box at the
end of the line. (1 mark for each correct answer.)
THE LAW (OR TORAH OR PENTATEUCH) Genesis, Exodus,
Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy
ANSWERS
1. The first book of the Bible is not a scientific explanation. It is the
xxxxx of humanity’s relationship with God.
beginning
2. Genesis contains four major divisions: the creation narrative, the
stories of Abraham, the stories of xxxxx, and the stories of Joseph.
Jacob
3. Moses is the main character in the Book of xxxxx which tells how
God freed the Israelites from slavery in Egypt.
Exodus
4. In the Book of xxxxx are laws about the use of land, the treatment
of the poor and instructions for the people about how to be holy.
5. The forty years of xxxxx in the desert by the Hebrew people after
they had escaped from slavery in Egypt is told in the Book of
Numbers.
6. Deuteronomy is written as xxxxx farewell speech before the tribes
enter the Land that becomes their homeland.
Leviticus
journey
Moses
HISTORY – Joshua through to 2 Maccabees
ANSWERS
7. The Book of Joshua shows God’s faithfulness to his people by
giving them the xxxxx promised to Abraham in Genesis.
leadership
8. xxxxx is a collection of accounts of tribal heroes and heroines from
between the time of Joshua and the time of Samuel.
Judges
9. In 2 Kings, the Israelites are reminded they will only flourish if they
and their leaders remain xxxxx to God.
Faithful
10. This book is concerned with the time after the return of the
Israelites to their homeland and the building of their new temple.
1 Chronicles
11. This book is a dramatic short story about God’s intervention through
Ezra
the heroism of a pious woman.
12. According to the story in this book, the heroic efforts and sacrificial
deaths of the martyrs helped the Israelites overcome persecution.
Esther
WISDOM – Job through to Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)
Answers
13. Job focuses on the meaning of xxxxxx and the relationship of God
to the one who suffers unjustly.
14. Psalms was the hymn book and xxxxxx book of the second temple
and continue to be used by the Jewish and Christian communities
today.
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Suffering
praise
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15. Proverbs is a collection of xxxxxx about how to live the good life.
wise
16. In xxxxx the author deals with matters of life and death and
accepting that human beings do not have control over their lives.
Ecclesiastes
17. Song of Solomon is a collection of love poems. The poems are
understood as a depiction of God’s xxxxx for the people of Israel.
love
18. Sirach is a collection of Jewish wisdom sayings and poems written
around xxxxx.
180 BCE
Prophecy - Isaiah through to Malachi
Answers
19. According to the prophet xxxxx, the God of Israel is the God of all
nations and the whole world is subjected to God’s providence.
Isaiah
20. This prophet looked forward to a day when a new covenant would
be made by God with the House of Israel.
Jeremiah
21. Hosea described the covenant relationship between God and Israel
as a xxxxx.
Marriage
22. Amos strongly criticized the social xxxxx and moral corruption of the
Inequities
people of Israel during his time.
23. Obadiah is the xxxxxx book in the Old Testament.
shortest
24. The famous words from this prophet are – “to do justice, to love
kindness, and to walk humbly with your God.”
Micah
25. This prophet contains a vision of a humble king riding on a donkey.
Christians believe this vision to be about Jesus on Palm Sunday.
Zechariah
You have had a quick look at what can be found in the Old Testament. Write down at least five
things that you learned about the Old Testament by doing this activity. (5 marks maximum.)
In the old testament there are only four main stories, and the second testament there
Are only five.
. Inside the first testament the stories are Law, History, Wisdom and Prophecy.
The 1st testament is about the Before Century Era.
In Exodus Moses is the main character in the book.
Judges is a collection of tribal heroes and heroines from between the life of Joshua and
Samual.
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